Rashid Abdi
@RAbdiAnalyst
Chief Analyst. Horn of Africa, Middle East. Sahan Research. Security, military, major power competition, strategy, media, humour
Fellow: Rift Valley Institute
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http://sahan.global/ 17-03-2016 11:21:27
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A new Nature Genetics study reveals the highest quality genome to date of #Arabica #coffee , tracing its origins to the prehistoric forests of #Ethiopia ๐ช๐น between 610,000 & 1 million years ago โ well before the emergence of Homo sapiens also in #Africa . reuters.com/science/genomeโฆ
Happy ๐ Europe ๐ช๐บ day. Thanks to EU in Ethiopia / แจแ แแฎแ แ แฅแจแต แ แขแตแฎแตแซ EU Delegation to AU for a beautiful celebration in #Addis today. And a special ๐ to Denmark in Addis and our fantastic interns for making and serving ๐ฉ๐ฐ โsmรธrebrรธdโ with our ๐ซ๐ฎ and ๐ธ๐ช friends.
In a gesture of solidarity, this afternoon, I joined a government delegation led by H.E President William Samoei Ruto, PhD and H.E Deputy President H.E. Rigathi Gachagua, EGH to offer our heartfelt condolences to the grieving family of the late Chief of Defence Forces, Gen. Francis Ogolla at his Nairobiโฆ
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RIP General Francis Omondi Ogolla, CDF Kenya Defence Forces, and the other 9 military officers who died in the line of duty; in the service of a grateful country #Kenya ๐ฐ๐ช.
I briefly met the Finnish Special Envoy for Peace Mediation in the Horn Amb Suldaan Said Ahmed in Addis today.
Great to see his mandate renewed. Nice to see Helsinki empowering Suldan Sa'id to do heavy-lifting peace mediation in a troubled region.
Important visit to Addis of Elina Valtonen Special Envoy Suldaan Said Ahmed on #PeaceMediation for the #HornOfAfrica -thank you Mesganu Arga Moach | Ambassador for good exchange !
Rashid Abdi Oh, I see you uncle Rashid Abdi standing in the second place from the right-side.
Let peace shall be upon us ๐
Rashid Abdi Yum, teff and shiro! <3 Food's magic, bringing us together. #FoodUnites #wow