East Africa

Puntland may become the first territory in the Horn of Africa to ban female circumcision. The president and government of this semi-autonomous territory in Somalia have approved a law banning female genital mutilation. Somalia has one of the highest rates of excision in the world with 98% of women between the ages of 15 and 49 being victims, according to the UN. The text has not yet been ratified, but Save The Children is already talking about a "big step forward". Under the Council of Ministers, The President's denial…

Heroin, cocaine, cannabis, but also more recently synthetic cannabis and methamphetamine: drug trafficking and consumption are increasing and diversifying in the Indian Ocean, especially in Madagascar, the Seychelles and Mauritius. The NGO's global initiative against cross-border organized crime has been researched and published…

MOGADISHU, Somalia - Somali national army continued to make significant gains against Al-Shabaab militants in Somalia, with the ongoing war recording significant gains, which have positively contributed to the stability of the Horn of Africa nation. Over the past three decades, Somalia has struggled with the instability that literally entrenched most operations, including, but not limited to, political chaos that lasted for a few months. Instability almost caused anarchy. However, the fight against Al-Shabaab almost…

MOGADISHU, Somalia - Somali Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble has dispelled doubts about his presidential candidacy days after being associated with the move, following his incredible strategy to resolve electoral disputes. Roble, who was first incorporated into government in October 2020, was named as a possible surprise candidate for the election after resolving disputes that nearly plunged the country into possible lawlessness after months of disagreements. Last month, Roble held a nationwide conversation that…

WASHINGTON, United States - The United States has expressed serious concerns about the impending elections in Ethiopia, just weeks after warning key Ethiopian and Eritrean leaders, who are closely linked to the ongoing genocide in the Tigray region. In a statement, the United States said it was gravely concerned about the upcoming election, adding that it had reached out to community leaders and politicians, denouncing the violence that has been on the agenda for the past two months. "The hardening of regional and…

Saturday 12 June is World Day Against Child Labor, a day organized under the auspices of the UN. Three days ago, Unicef ​​and the International Labor Organization pointed out in a report the increase in the number of children forced to work in the world due to the effects of the pandemic. Children's rights NGOs warn of the physical, health and economic consequences of these forms of exploitation for minors. The majority of them are between 5 and 11 years old. According toa report published by Unicef ​​and the…

The head of the UN Humanitarian Office believes that we can talk about famine in the Tigray region. The region is experiencing record levels of malnutrition, seven months after the start of the civil war between the Ethiopian government and Tigrayan rebels. The numbers are truly catastrophic, but Addis Ababa absolutely refuses to use the word famine, which could obviously increase pressure on the…

The winner in Tunisia 2-0 on June 11, 2021, the Algerian team signed its 27th game without defeat in a row. The Algerians have thus done better than the Ivory Coast Didier Drogba, undefeated in 26 matches between 2010 and 2013. Algeria has undoubtedly entered the history of African football on June 11, 2021 in Radès. Not…

In a report published on Friday, June 11, the International Crisis Group (ICG) thinks that the Mozambican government, hitherto unwilling to accept any foreign intervention, should accept "measured" military support to fight the jihadists terrorizing the province of Cabo Delgado, in the northern part of country, for more than three years.…

First, the Eritrean soldiers stole the pregnant woman's food as she hid in the bush. Then they turned her away from a checkpoint when she was on her way to work. She gave birth at home and went for 12 days to get the starving child to a clinic in the northern Ethiopian region of Tigray. At 20 days old, baby Tigsti still had shrunken legs and a lifeless gaze - a sign of what the UN's top humanitarian official calls the world's worst famine in a decade. "She survived because I kept her close to the…