East Africa

The text, which was adopted last week by the National Assembly, provoked strong reactions from the opposition and civil society. The latter had condemned "a budget voted in a hurry and contrary to the needs and challenges of the people". Yesterday afternoon, the Rohy movement, which brings together associations across the country, organized a citizens' debate in the capital Antananarivo to better…

700 US particular forces suggest the Somali military of their struggle in opposition to the jihadists. The choice to withdraw troops was introduced by the Pentagon on Friday night time.

It has been a month since this Friday, December 4, that the battle started in Ethiopia. The federal military has taken management of Mekele, the capital of Tigray, however the TPLF has promised to proceed combating. Dialogue nonetheless appears not possible between the 2 camps because the humanitarian state of affairs continues to deteriorate.

The UN said Friday that fighting continued "in many parts" of Ethiopia's Tigray, complicating efforts to deliver humanitarian aid despite an agreement that gave the UN access to territory under federal control. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed announced military operations in the northern region a month ago, saying they were targeting the leaders of its ruling party, the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF). Last week, he declared victory and said the fighting was "over" after federal forces entered the…

Madagascar is currently suffering from a pluviometric deficit leading to a shortage of drinking water in several regions of the country and not just in the south where famine is widespread. While the rainy season should be in full swing, the meteorology department decided last week to start "artificial rain" to allow the springs to be regenerated. The first resort to benefit from it was Fianarantsoa in…

Schools and universities will be closed for ten days. A measure motivated by an increase in new cases of coronavirus registered in recent weeks. Almost 159 cases have been registered in the last 24 hours. Since the pandemic began in March, Mauritania has experienced 9,000 cases of infection, including 7,900 cures and 181 deaths. The death toll has risen in recent days.…

Almost a million individuals at the moment are displaced in Tigray or refugees in neighboring Sudan. The wants are monumental in meals, drugs, hygiene merchandise. An settlement signed on Wednesday between Addis Ababa and the UN was to supply entry to help to Tigray. However at current the state of affairs isn't but unblocked.…

In Uganda, Bobi Wine, the main challenger to President Yoweri Museveni before the presidential election on January 14, 2021, went on the road on Thursday after another collision with the police this week. On Tuesday, his vehicle came under fire from the police. Since the campaign opened last month, incidents have multiplied.…

MOGADISHU, Somalia - The diplomatic row between Kenya and Somalia escalated on Wednesday after the newest string of accusations from the latter about what may additional derail regional integration, which had been a priority amongst stakeholders. Final week, Somalia expelled Kenya Ambassador Lucas Tumbo along with remembering his envoy to Nairobi, in what analysts consider was triggered by the upcoming election in Somalia. Kenya waste claims it disrupted the nation's inner affairs. However on Wednesday, Somalia's…

MOGADISHU, Somalia - A CIA officer died throughout a raid in Somalia final month concentrating on a key extremist believed to be accountable for an assault that killed a U.S. soldier in Kenya final 12 months, native intelligence officers have instructed the Guardian. The officer was deployed together with Somali and US particular forces throughout the operation in Gendershe, a coastal city about 30 miles southwest of Mogadishu, and died when fighters from al-Shabaab's extremist motion detonated a automotive bomb…