East Africa

Ethiopian government forces launched an offensive to capture the regional capital of Mekelle in the rebellious northern Tigray region on Saturday, a diplomat said in direct contact with residents and the leader of Tigray's forces. Debretsion Gebremichael, leader of the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), told Reuters in a text message that Mekelle was under "heavy bombardment". The Ethiopian military uses artillery in the attack, he said in a subsequent text message. The diplomat said explosions…

DJIBOUTI - Djibouti President Omar Guelleh has expressed concern over the forthcoming elections in Somalia, arguing that they could pave the best way for the election of al-Shabaab militants and even their sympathizers, which may compromise the nation's seek for peace and stability. For weeks, Somali opposition leaders have known as free of charge and truthful elections, with numerous them arguing that President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo has imposed NISA brokers and his loyalists on the election committee, which is…

In Madagascar, a creativity fair to support small businesses ends after the economic downturn caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. as reported from Antananarivo, Laetitia BezainFrom 25 to 28 November, Antananarivo Chamber of Commerce and Industry, in the capital, gathered mostly rural companies. Crafts, delicacies, cosmetics or…

Two days after the announcement of the offensive against Mekele, the provincial capital of Tigray, there is still some information about the fighting in the north, where telecommunications are still cut. The African Union met with Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Friday morning, November 27, as concerns grow over the civilian fate of Tigray. According to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, the 100,000…

MOGADISHU, Somalia - Al-Qaeda-linked group Al-Shabaab has claimed accountability for the lethal bomb blast on the Gelato Devino restaurant in Mogadishu on Friday, arguing that the assault was "well-executed" in response to plans within the newest terrorist assault in Somalia. which raises doubts in regards to the nation's readiness within the combat towards Al-Shabaab. This was the group's first organized assault throughout the Somali capital Mogadishu in so many months, and authorities confirmed that eight lives…

The country celebrates its 60th anniversary of its independence this Saturday, November 28. But this date also marks another anniversary, painful: the massacre of 28 black soldiers, hanged at the base of the Inal, in the Nouadhibou region, on November 28, 1990. A drama that is part of a period of bloody repression against the Negro Mauritanians, between 1989 and 1991. A period was qualified as…

MOGADISHU, Somalia - A senior official working in Mogadishu port as Normal Supervisor survived a morning assault with improvised explosive units in Somalia's capital, officers mentioned in an explosion that comes almost 8 hours after a suicide bombing within the coastal metropolis. Ahmed Washington, who works because the port's chief, is alleged to have escaped unhurt from the scene of the assault, who allegedly focused him due to his affect within the port, which has lengthy been underneath siege by al-Shabaab…

WASHINGTON, USA - The highest CIA agent killed in preventing in Somalia has been positively recognized, stories The Intercept with preliminary investigations revealing that he died early this week after being barely injured in a terrorist assault inside Mogadishu, a metropolis that's typically been focused by Al-Shabaab. He's the primary American identified to have been killed because of violence within the capital because the disastrous 1993 Black Hawk Down battle, when the US intervened within the Civil Struggle…

Not less than eight individuals have been killed and several other others injured in a suicide bombing at a busy restaurant in Mogadishu, Somalia on Friday evening, police mentioned. The assault passed off close to Mogadishu airport in a well-liked restaurant usually visited by authorities and safety authorities. In line with medical sources, not less than 10 individuals have been injured within the assault and rushed to hospital for therapy. Ismail Mukhtar Oronjo, a spokesman for the Somali…

Several associations have taken a stand to warn of a number of restrictions regarding the so-called sensitive archives for the role of the French army in Rwanda in the early 1990s. For some historians, access to these archives is only a problem for the Duclert Commission. , especially since they treat a painful substance. The…