East Africa

The EU said on Monday it would allocate 53.7 million euros ($ 64.6 million) in humanitarian aid to the most vulnerable people in Ethiopia, including those affected by the conflict in the northern Tigray area, according to a statement. EU Commissioner for Crisis Management Janez Lenarcic, who is expected in Ethiopia on Tuesday, said the conflict in the Tigray region has exacerbated an already difficult situation in the Horn of Africa. On November 4 last year, Ethiopia launched a sweeping law enforcement operation…

At least 14 civilians and a police officer have died in the latest ethnic violence in Ethiopia's Amhara region, officials said on Monday, increasing to hundreds. Dozens of homes have burned to the ground and thousands of civilians have been displaced since just Wednesday, many of them now housed in schools and stadiums, officials said. The Ethiopian military said on Sunday that it was sending troops to try to calm the situation, which has exacerbated security concerns ahead of the national elections…

France made possible the genocide against Tutsi, a genocide that was nevertheless predictable: here is the main conclusion of the report on the role that France ordered in 2017 by the Rwandan government from a US law firm and was published on Monday 19 April in Kigali. A report which, like that of the Ducler Commission, concludes that the French state has a heavy responsibility, but not that it is…

GALKAYO, Somalia - A number of top Al-Shabaab commanders were arrested in Central Somalia on Sunday, officials said, in what could be a major milestone in the fight against the al-Qaeda-linked group that is wreaking havoc in central and southern Somalia. Galmudug's security minister Ahmed Moalim Fiqi and Mudug governor Abdiladif Muse Nur jointly said security forces in the two states had arrested senior Al-Shabaab members, but did not reveal their details. In recent months, Mudug has been heavily influenced by the…

This Monday afternoon, Rwanda publishes its own report on France's role in Rwanda before, during and after the genocide against the Tutsis, three weeks after the publication in France of the Duclert report on the same subject. If the French report had been entrusted to historians, the Rwandan investigation was carried out by a US law firm.…

The World Bank wants to hire financial markets to save the black rhinos in South Africa. With "nature bonds", the organization plans to issue bonds with the simple principle: investors only make money if the black rhino in South Africa increases. What happens if investors play a role in rescuing black rhinos? The idea came…

France has "significant" responsibility for "enabling a foreseeable genocide", a report describing the role of the French government in the 1994 events, in which an estimated 800,000 people were slaughtered, has found. The report, commissioned by the Rwandan government, comes amid Rwanda's efforts to document the role of the French authorities before, during and after the genocide, part of the steps taken by French President Emmanuel Macron to improve relations with the Central African country. The…

Somali security forces open fire on ex-spy chief in Mogadishu MOGADISHU, Somalia - Mogadishu security forces on Sunday night opened fire on a former director of Somalia's National Intelligence Security Agency , in what could escalate political tensions in a country struggling with instability. Speaking to the media, General Abdirahman Mohamud Turyare said "I came under fire while the…

"Idriss Déby between the ballot box and the rebels' cannon," says Walfau Senegal. "While the first tendencies in the presidential election in Chad are largely favorable to him, we read, Idriss Déby sees the country he claims to lead for a sixth term being attacked in the north."Attacked by the rebels from the facts, the front of the alternation and Chad's concorde. They say they want to end what they see as a "relentless…

Somalia: Farmajo arrives in Kinshasa as protests intensify in Mogadishu Kinshasa - Embattled Somalia's outgoing President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo has arrived in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo where he is expected to hold a meeting with the President of the current African Union and the President of the country Felix Tshisekedi. Farmajo, whose term…