East Africa

Reactions in Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo, after the President of Rwanda recently visited this volcanic city in northern Kivu for a bilateral meeting with his Congolese counterpart Félix Tshisekedi. During a press conference on Saturday afternoon, Paul Kagame urged Congolese and Rwandans to flip through the past, look ahead and live together. The residents of Goma did not remain indifferent…

Generally it's forgotten, however the Comoros is a component of the franc zone, and the foreign money, the Comorian franc, is pegged to the euro, as is the CFA franc. Typically criticized in West and Central Africa, the fastened parity between the franc and the euro within the Comoros can also be questioned by the work of the economist Saandi Mouignidaho, CFA Franc and the emergence within the Comoros,…

World Championship chief Sébastien Ogier (Toyota) gained in Kenya on Sunday 27 June. It was the primary version of the Kenya Safari Rally on the World Cup calendar since 2002. And it was "an unbelievable expertise" in keeping with the winner. President Kenyatta has introduced that the rally shall be on the championship program for no less than 5 years.…

NAIROBI, Kenya - Tuesday's airstrike within the Tigray area continues to entice worldwide condemnation with the dying toll now reaching 80, in one in every of the newest massacres towards harmless civilians, who've been focused by the Ethiopian navy. Ethiopian Nationwide Protection Forces continues the Standard Entrance for the Liberation of Tigray fighters, who opposed Abiy Ahmed's authorities, which took over as prime minister in 2018, however has struggled to impose its authority within the nation. The European…

Somalia: chief Hirshabelle boycots FGS-FMS talks in Mogadishu MOGADISHU, Somalia - Somalia's try and maintain elections below the Could 2021 deal suffered a heavy blow after one in all the leaders of the federal member state skipped the second spherical of talks, that are anticipated to outline the major points earlier than the subsequent polls. Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble has summoned…

Somali Northeastern State executes dozens of activists in spate of assaults GALKAYO, Northeastern State - As a part of its pledge to get rid of terrorists, Northeastern State has executed 21 al-Shabaab operatives after rigorous courtroom hearings leading to their convictions as state steps up combat towards violent extremists who're slowly making incursions Within the area. Northeastern State is…

Detectives arrest suspects behind kidnapping Somali girl NAIROBI, Kenya - Nairobi detectives have arrested two individuals suspected of being the suspects within the kidnapping of a Somali businesswoman within the Eastleigh space, in a transfer that may expose the delicate plan behind the incident weird that has been extensively mentioned within the nation. Hafsa Mohamed Lukman was kidnapped and…

Motivated by ethnic tensions, the battle in Ethiopia's Tigray area has taken a brand new kind after a authorities flight on civilians amid reviews that troopers had been additionally blocking medical personnel from reaching the location. Maerg was serving his clients at his cafe in Ethiopia's Tigray village of Togoga when the navy airstrike occurred, filling the room with mud and smashing particles that hit him in the pinnacle. "Every little thing was coated in black smoke, it was like hell," he…

In Ethiopia, the outcomes of the legislative elections held on Monday (June 21) ought to be identified on Sunday, based on the Nationwide Election Fee. Few surprises are anticipated given the tense political and safety state of affairs within the nation. Nonetheless, it's on this local weather that crucial Oromo occasion, the Oromo Federalist Congress, which boycotted the election and whose chief is in…

In his latest exhibition in Paris, "Human @ condition", Jean-David Nkot delivers a committed reflection on portraits of diggers to inform the public and, above all, to condemn the dramatic consequences of the mismanagement of African mines. Some look at us, determined. Others smile or are represented laughing, arm in arm, as if…