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Fighting breaks out in Sitti, Ethiopia’s Somali area, amid tensions
NAIROBI, Kenya - Ethnic and political skirmishes in Ethiopia have taken on another dimension, after Tuesday's clashes in the town of GarbaIssa in the Somali region, something could further hamper peacemaking processes in the Horn of Africa nation .
According to reports from the BBC Somali Service, fighting broke out in the town of the Sitti zone of the Somali region between herders and militias from the Afar region. The battle comes a day after the Somali regional state said it would protect its residents of the city on…
Libya to return to “square one” on elections
If Libya's national elections scheduled for December are delayed, the war-torn country will return to "square one" and unrest in 2011, the speaker said, with a new rival government likely to set up in the east.
The election is seen in the West as a critical step in efforts to create stability in Libya, which has been in chaos since the NATO-backed uprising in 2011 against Muammar Gaddafi.
Libya, a major oil and gas producer, was divided in 2014 between an internationally recognized government in the…
a gathering in Addis Ababa to rent
Large patriotic meeting on Tuesday 27 July 2021 in the morning in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa. City Hall called on young people to mobilize to fight the Tigrayan rebels in the north of the country. In fact, the war that has been going on in Tigray for almost nine months has recently spread to neighboring regions and destroyed the impact of the national army. The Ethiopian government is now being…
Restoration of African works of art:
In Britain, the issue of restoring the African heritage is regularly in the news. The country is full of museums where visitors can discover paintings and sculptures from around the world, but also works acquired during the time of the British colonial empire and which have now become embarrassing.
as reported from London,When…
European Union cuts Kenyan navy funding in Somalia
The European Union cuts Kenya's military funding in Somalia
NAIROBI, Kenya - The European Union has cut off Kenya's defense forces Somalia's budget by nearly half, giving further indication of the imminent exit of AMISOM troops from the Horn of Africa nation, which still grapples with the threat of Al-Shabaab.
This will pave the way for the exit of FDK troops serving in AMISOM, and subsequent…
disillusionment for Nigeria Abdoul Razak Alfaga
The silver medalist at the 2016 Olympics, Abdoul Razak Issoufou Alfaga, was prematurely eliminated from the taekwondo tournament during the Tokyo 2021 Olympics on July 26. The Nigerian collapsed after his poor heavyweight performance.
From our special correspondent in Tokyo,He was Niger's hope at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021. But…
In the spotlight: political crisis in Tunisia
"President Kaïs Saïed attacks the institutions", headlineRelease. "The Tunisian head of state has given himself full executive powers, closed parliament and fired the prime minister. Deputies have started a sit-in and condemn a coup ". Here is the scene that Libéqui puts here sees "a coup of power by Kaïs Saïed".Le Figaroalso notes that the president gave Ennahdha a real "blow", but that "the border of the Islamist party…
Ethiopia’s Amhara State recruits extra teenagers and guarantees to crush TDF in
Ethiopia's Amhara State recruits more youth, promises to crush TDF in Tigray
NAIROBI, Kenya - The conflict in Ethiopia appears to be spiraling out of control as Amhara regional forces have gathered more young people to join the combat strategy with the Tigray Defense Forces. which closes in the north by buying back its strongholds.
Amhara State called on young people to join the regional army,…
Tunisia’s Prime Minister is leaving his large parliament
On Monday, most of Tunisia's political parties and parliamentary blocs blocked President Kais Saied's decision to suspend parliament and oust the government.
On Sunday, Saied fired Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi, froze parliament and adopted the executive with the help of a new prime minister.
The Ennahdha Movement, which has 53 seats in parliament with 217 members, rejected Saied's move and considered them contrary to the Tunisian constitution.
Rached Ghannouchi, head of Ennahdha and speaker of the…
Nigerian Sunday Adeyemo Igboho now
Activist Sunday Adeyemo Igboho is in pre-trial detention; the freedom judge has issued a decision to place him on Monday night during a commitment decision in a prison in Benin. Surprise, the crimes have changed. He is now being prosecuted "for criminal associations preparing to commit crimes in Benin". And yet his country Nigeria accused him of "arms trade, which demanded rebellion and undermined…