East Africa

After nearly two years of diplomatic tensions between France and Madagascar, Emmanuel Macron acquired Andry Rajoelinace on Friday, August 27, 2021 on the Élysée. The content material of the assembly was not made public, however in introductory statements the 2 heads of state confirmed their mutual sympathy. From the start, the…

Three months after the eruption of Mount Nyiragongo, life resumed in Goma. But experts say residents are yet to come out of the woods and the threat to the city remains. Fearing that one day this regional capital of the DR Congo will disappear under the lava, researchers, authorities and…

The African Union's mission in Somalia is in depth. Amisom's mandate, in place since 2007, would finish at the top of 2021. But the AU and the Somali authorities have signed an settlement: the power, which incorporates greater than 19,000 troops, will stay, however in a modified format. as reported from Nairobi, Albane…

After ten months of battle in Tigray, Washington is once more elevating its tone concerning Addis Ababa. The United States is threatening to take away Ethiopia from its record of privileged buying and selling companions - generally known as Ago - if Ethiopia doesn't finish human rights abuses in that province. A menace with US Trade Representative Katherine Tai in half phrases throughout an interview…

On tonight's present, we deliver you the newest information from Ethiopia, the place the state-appointed Human Rights Commission says 150 individuals had been killed by gunmen final week. We additionally take a have a look at the newest Covid-19 vaccines and head to Burundi, the place tons of…

In Ethiopia, the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission condemns ethnic assaults within the Oromia area, within the western a part of the nation. This group, affiliated with the federal government of Abye Ahmed, arouses greater than 200 victims and attributes the primary assault to an Oromo insurgent group. The Ethiopian Human…

After their initial defeat against the host country Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of Congo won against Cape Verde and was revived in Group A in Afrobasket 2021, in Kigali. Identical dynamics for the Central African Republic, winning in the final seconds against Guinea in pool B. The Congolese reacted well. After Rwandan bang…

On August 26, the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (ECHR) said militants had killed more than 150 people in an attack in a troubled area in western Ethiopia. “Residents of the area and others told the commission that the militants had killed more than 150 people,” the independent but state commission said in a statement. The commission said the militants were affiliated with the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA), an armed group accused of violence in western and southern Ethiopia. The killings prompted residents, mostly…

NAIROBI, Kenya - The Director of Ethiopia's National Intelligence and Security Service Temesgen Tiruneh vowed to crush the Tigray protection forces , which continued to shut in on Amhara and Afar territories, additional complicating the Tigray War. The intelligence chief has additionally stepped up the tough criticism towards foreign nations he accused of saving the TDF. He didn't, nevertheless, point out the nations he suspected of serving to the Tigray rebels. In a press release on Facebook, Temesgen, who was the…

Egypt finds answer to include Nile water circulate amid Ethiopia's distrust Cairo, Egypt - The present battle between Egypt and Ethiopia over the building of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam may come to an abrupt finish following Cairo's newest choice which has but to be applied. Ethiopia has maintained that it should fill the dam alongside the Blue Nile regardless of complaints from Sudan…