East Africa

UN report calls for massive action to eradicate racism MOGADISHU, Somalia - A senior United Nations official has tabled a report that builds on sweeping actions to eradicate racism, which has primarily targeted people of African descent around the world for decades now. Michelle Bachelet, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, released a report calling for sweeping action to…

A spectacular turnaround in Tigray in northern Ethiopia: the region, at war since November, was the site, on Monday 28 June 2021, of a major offensive by the Tigray rebels, which seized the capital Mekele province. An important piece for the Ethiopian army and the government of Abiy Ahmed. Tigrayan Forces (TDF) seems to be able to control other cities.…

FINLAND - Somalis within the diaspora have continued to form historical past the world over, essentially the most latest having arrived in Finland, the place one in all their very own was elected to parliament, the place he'll serve for the subsequent two years as he'll write historical past and provides hope to these in despair. Suldaan Said Ahmed will formally be a part of the Finnish parliament in the approaching weeks and signify the pursuits of the Left Alliance on this Scandinavian nation, which hosts numerous…

The two countries signed three bilateral cooperation agreements this weekend. "The first indicates the siteCD news, on the promotion and protection of investments. The second is a convention to avoid double taxation and to avoid tax evasion. Finally, the third agreement concerns the exploitation of gold between two companies, Congolese and Rwandan. ”Goals, inheritance Young Africa: "Ensure the traceability" of the yellow…

How TDF's victory over Ethiopian troops in Mekelle sounds the dying knell for Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed NAIROBI, Kenya - After months of combating, the Tigray Protection Forces previously often called the In style Entrance for the Liberation of Tigray ultimately took management of Mekelle, the regional administrative capital of Tigray, of which they misplaced management virtually eight months…

TDF seizes Mekelle as Ethiopian troops withdraw from Tigray NAIROBI, Kenya - The Well-liked Entrance for the Liberation of Tigray in any other case generally known as the Tigray Protection Forces took over Mekelle, the regional administrative capital of the Tigray area, moments after the Ethiopian Nationwide Protection Forces withdrew . ENDF has been tenting in Tigray since November 2020 in…

NAIROBI, Kenya - Kenyan authorities have reported a mass exodus of youngsters from the Al-Shabaab group, whom they've reportedly joined lately, as a part of an ongoing crackdown to forestall militants from finishing up assaults within the nation. This 12 months alone, authorities advised Voice of America, at the least 350 youngsters have dumped Somalia-based al-Shabaab militants and at the moment are being reintegrated into their respective households. The defections primarily came about alongside the coastal strip of the…

The Ethiopian government on Monday night declared a "unilateral and unconditional ceasefire" in Tigray, where forces loyal to the region's former authorities (TPLF) have retaken the capital Mekele, several state media reported. Federal soldiers had left their base in Mekele around 4pm today. With them the members of the Provisional Administration set up by Addis Ababa. Communication was interrupted. The satellite telephones of humanitarian organizations were even confiscated by Ethiopian soldiers. Mekele is therefore…

The Ethiopian authorities on Monday declared a right away, unilateral ceasefire within the Tigray area after practically eight months of lethal battle and a whole bunch of 1000's of individuals dealing with the world's worst starvation disaster in a decade. The assertion from the state media got here shortly after the interim administration in Tigray, appointed by the federal authorities, fled the regional capital, Mekele, and demanded a ceasefire for humanitarian causes in order that desperately wanted…

NAIROBI, Kenya - The latest assault which left three humanitarians useless was sparked by a picture of a Finnish journalist pictured with Getachew Rada, an adviser to the Tigray presidency and a robust former minister within the Ethiopian authorities. Sources inside the Ethiopian Nationwide Protection Forces say the army has focused MSF staff following the picture of Liselott Lindstrom, a Finnish journalist, which was photographed with Rada, a critic of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's administration. Of their thoughts,…