East Africa

JIGJIGA, Ethiopia - Former Somali Minister Ali Khalif Galaydh has died in Jigjiga city, the capital of the Somali regional state of Ethiopia, due to COVID-19 on Thursday, according to the local minister. Speaking to the media, Mukhtar Yusuf, Deputy Minister of Information of the Somali Region, said that they have found out that Galaydh died of COVID-19 after performing a post mortem, is to determine the cause of his death. He has served as prime minister during the first transitional government in Somalia, formed…

JIGJIGA - Former Somali Prime minister Ali Khalif Galaydh has today died in Ethiopian Somali region, an official confirmed. He was 79.

NAIROBI, Kenya - Two men were found guilty on Wednesday of aiding Al-Shabaab attackers during the siege of the Westgate shopping mall in 2013, seven years after undergoing a hectic trial, which becomes one of the first terror-related convictions in Kenya, which often has been targeted by Somalia-based militants. The 2013 attack was the first major attack on Kenyan soil since 1998, when the U.S. embassy in Nairobi was bombed by al-Qaeda, leaving more than 200 people dead. It was also the first major attack by…

MOGADISHU, Somalia - Individuals working with the Federal Government of Somalia must now submit their information to the National Intelligence Security Agency , a move that aims to streamline operations within the Horn of Africa, but which may provoke sharp political debate. Sadiq Warfa, Minister of Labor and Social Affairs, said all government departments have been affected by the directive, adding that those responsible should now work closely with NISA to ensure the data is collected within the shortest possible…

MOGADISHU, Somalia - At least six members of the Somali National Army was killed Wednesday after a landmine explosion in central Somalia, officials said in an attack that comes barely a week after dozens of soldiers were deployed to the region. Officials said the soldiers were killed after their vehicle ran over an improvised explosive device near Bal'ad town in Middle Shebelle, where al-Shabaab militants have been battling SNA troops for the past week as the government moves with speed to control the region.…

After several postponements, the mini-summit between the heads of state of the DRC, Rwanda, Uganda and Angola was held at a video conference on Wednesday, October 7th. The initiator of this virtual meeting, Félix Tshisekedi attended from the city of Goma, on the border with Rwanda. Several topics were on the menu, but security issues played a large role in the discussions.…

Tourist operators in Madagascar predict the slaughter of "small tourist operators", these small hoteliers, restaurateurs or tour operators who could not withstand the crisis. While waiting for better days, each resists in their own way and prepares for return, no matter how remote the tourists are. as reported from Farafangana, In 17 years of existence, the tour operator “Always Madagascar” had never had as many reservations as for 2020. Covid-19 commits to, 90% of its tours have been canceled. But several customers…

In tonigh's version: A Kenyan court finds two men guilty of aiding al Shabaab in Westgate mall attacks. 67 people were killed in the 2013 violence. And once the world's leader in phosphates, Tunisia is now importing the product. We bring you a report on the impact of both covid 19 and social movements on the country's phosphate industry. And Madagascar's tourism sector continues to suffer from the…

ADDIS ABABA - Ethiopian lawmakers have ruled that federal officials should cut ties with leaders in the northern Tigray region who defied Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed last month by holding elections his government considered "illegal." The decision, announced late on Tuesday by the House of Federation, the upper house of parliament, promotes the collapse of relations between Abiy and the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), which dominated Ethiopian politics before Abiy came to power in 2018 and is still under…

In Ethiopia, members of the federal parliament have begun announcing the modalities of the gap between the authorities in Addis Ababa and the regional state of Tigray in a state of de facto insurgency. The latter, for his part, no longer considers the government of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed "legitimate", given that his term expired on Monday. The Ethiopian federal government will no longer have any interaction with the exercise of the state of Tigray and its various bodies. From now on, he will only have to deal with the…