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NAIROBI, Kenya - There is growing concern that tensions between Kenya and Somalia could erupt in combat due to a military build-up along the two countries' borders.

Assaults via armed teams in northern Mozambique's Cabo Delgado province have pressured greater than 500,000 other folks to escape their houses, whereas practically half of of the internally displaced are youth, a UN company acknowledged on Monday. Whereas over 90% of IDPs reside with host households, lack of confidence in November remained "prevalent in some districts of the province of Cabo Delgado, with some inhabitants stream caused via lack of confidence and restricted get entry to to northern…

In Ethiopia, fighting continues in Tigray without knowing exactly where it is because telecommunications are still cut across the province.

The UN and Ethiopia have reached a brand new settlement on joint missions to evaluate humanitarian wants within the northern Tigray area, Secretary Normal Antonio Guterres introduced late Wednesday. The deal, which was concluded every week after a earlier settlement, proved unimaginable to implement instantly, however will "guarantee full entry to the entire territory and full capability to launch humanitarian operations primarily based on actual wants and with none type of discrimination," stated…

More than a month after the outbreak of conflict in Tigray province on November 4, we now know a little more about the role played by the neighborhood of Eritrea. Several sources confirm the Eritrean army's active participation in the fighting against the TPLF, the dissident party that ruled Eritrea, despite the denials of the two capitals.…

Tensions are rising at the border between Ethiopia and Sudan, especially in the el-Fashaga triangle region, an area whose demarcation has been a problem between the two countries for decades. But thanks to the conflict in Tigray, the Sudanese army took possession of part of this agricultural area. as reported from the region,…

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…

The federal army has taken control of Mekele, the capital of the Tigray region, but the leaders of the TPLF party are nowhere to be found. Their leaders say the war continues and they will win. For its part, the international community is pushing for a definitive end to the conflict and a dialogue, in particular to prevent the deterioration of the humanitarian crisis.…

Ethiopia's prime minister rejects growing international consensus on dialogue and a halt to deadly fighting in the Tigray region as "interference", saying his country will handle the conflict on its own. "We respectfully urge the international community to refrain from any unwelcome and illegal interference," said the statement from Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's office on Wednesday, quoted by the Associated Press (AP), as government forces surrounded the capital, Tigray, Mekele. "The international…