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5 useless in morning bomb explosion focusing on senior police official in
Five dead in morning bomb blast targeting senior Somalia police official
MOGADISHU, Somalia - A senior police commander survived a serious bombing in Somalia's capital Mogadishu, officials said, in an attack that comes just three months after assuming his security responsibilities in this country in the Horn of Africa.
Colonel Farhan Mohamud Adan aka Qarole, was targeted by a massive explosion…
Somali Prime Minister Roble visits Garbaharey with out Jubaland’s consent
Somali Prime Minister Roble visits Garbaharey without Jubaland's consent
MOGADISHU, Somalia - Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble will today lead a federal government delegation to Garbaharey in Jubaland, in one of the strategies for planning the upcoming elections, which are crucial for the future of Somalia, which is in balance.
For two days Roble has been locked up in Jubaland, where he has…
Madagascar is getting ready for the risk from the Delta variant
The Delta variant roams the Indian Ocean and threatens Madagascar. It was discovered in Réunion and Mauritius, so the Malagasy government has decided to extend the border closure indefinitely to protect the country. According to the ongoing sequence on the island, the variant has not been discovered in the territory, but the authorities are preparing for this eventuality.…
Rwanda pronounces that it’s sending troops to Cabo
Rwandan soldiers were sent to Mozambique to take part in the fight against the armed group Al-Shabab in the province of Cabo Delgado. The announcement was made on Friday, July 9 by Kigali. Cabo Delgado is located in the far north of Mozambique, on the border with Tanzania, and has been in an armed uprising since 2017. An uprising with local roots, but which has promised allegiance to the Islamic State…
The UN calls for concessions to regulate
On Thursday, July 8, the UN pressured Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan to resume negotiations on the great renaissance dam on the Nile, under the leadership of the African Union. Egypt would have liked the UN Security Council to address the issue, but the fifteen members unanimously invited them to reconsider concessions in order to resolve the situation as quickly as possible.…
a first peak since the announcement of the end
A G5 Sahel summit will take place on Friday, July 9, through video conferencing, the first since the announcement of the gradual end of Operation Barkhane. Emmanuel Macron will attend the meeting. He should take the opportunity to clarify the contours of this decoupling. The French president will attend this Elysee summit. But he will not be alone, he will have Mohamed Bazoum, the Nigerian president,…
MSF discontinues operations
Médecins Sans Frontières has made the painful and difficult decision to suspend activities in certain places in the Tigray region, in Ethiopia, and calls on all authorities and all parties involved in the conflict to carry out in-depth investigations with one to establish the light, facts, circumstances and responsibilities, around this unfortunate event. We talk about difficult decisions, because we have always seen many needs on the ground. Therefore, Médecins Sans Frontières has decided to…
Somalia: Farmajo’s advisor chased via Kismayo air
MOGADISHU, Somalia - A plane carrying a relative of incumbent President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo was turned back in flight Thursday before landing at Kismayo airport in another dramatic event in Somalia's tectonic politics.
Abdi Ali Rage, special adviser to outgoing President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, was on a plane due to land at Kismayo airport on the Indian Ocean, but authorities in Jubaland were apparently aware of his trip In the region.
Several sources confirmed that the plane was denied landing rights, forcing…
UN Safety Council to focus on dam Ethiopia amid tensions with
The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) will meet on Thursday to discuss the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) as regional tensions escalate.
Earlier this week, Egypt and Sudan said Ethiopia had begun the second phase of filling the reservoir, an operation not yet confirmed by Addis Ababa. The Nile is 6,695 kilometers and is one of the world's longest rivers and a major supplier of water and hydropower in a largely dry region. Its more than 3 million square kilometers (1.16 million square…
Ethiopia closes diplomatic missions in Tigray battle
Ethiopia closes diplomatic missions in Tigray conflict
NAIROBI, Kenya - The Ethiopian federal government has started implementing Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's order to close several embassies and consulates, Addis Ababa Standard has established, in a move that could reduce its overseas presence.
Already, the government has started recalling diplomats home from missions who are expected to remain…