East Africa

Somalia's upcoming election will cost $ 40 million, FM says MOGADISHU, Somalia - The Federal Government of Somalia announced the budget for the country's forthcoming parliamentary and presidential elections amid a dispute that delayed the voting plan. Somalia's Finance Minister Abdirahman Dualle Beileh has said in a television interview on Friday night that the next election will cost $ 40 million, with…

On the eve of the presidential and legislative elections in the Central African Republic, the fighting between the coalition between rebel groups and government forces continues. This Friday, following the interruption of a ceasefire unilaterally adopted by the rebels, three peacekeepers from Burundi were killed in Doka, 250 kilometers north of Bangui by unidentified armed fighters. Votes were raised to…

Djibouti sends fact-finding team to Somalia-Kenyan border amid tension DJIBOUTI - Djibouti has sent a commission of inquiry to the Kenya-Somalia border to assess the situation following allegations by Mogadishu that the KDF is mobilizing and arming militias to attack the SNA in the Gedo region. Djibouti Foreign Minister Mahmud Ali Yusuf told reporters that the team included diplomats and senior military…

Somali army kills extremists during clashes with al-Shabaab MOGADISHU, Somalia - At least seven militants have been killed and dozens wounded during army operations against Al-Shabaab in the Gedo region on Friday amid rising tensions in areas near the Kenyan border. In a speech to Garowe Online, the Somali army's operations commander in the province of Col Aden Abdi said the attack was launched…

In Ethiopia, last Friday, the electoral authorities finally chose a date for holding parliamentary elections. The vote, which was eagerly awaited given the volatile political situation, was originally scheduled to be held last summer, but it had been postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. However, some opponents doubt that the conditions are met for these choices to take place correctly,…

A team of young Malagasy people won $ 24,500 from the US State Department for their project "Women Break The Silence", which is due to start in January next year. It aims to support victims of sexual violence and to combat the stigma surrounding sexual assault. with our correspondent in Antananarivo, Like Laetitia"Help victims…

Customs duties on this disaster, which took place on Wednesday 23 December on this border lake between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda, have been revised upwards. We are now talking about 41 corpses found in the lake. as reported from Kinshasa, Commander Muzembe Commander41 bodies were recovered from Lake Albert…

A pirog turned on Lake Albert on Wednesday as it traveled with its passengers from the DRC to Uganda. Several people died. Several people have died and others are missing after a shipwreck that occurred at Lake Albert on Wednesday. A pirog turned around as he traveled with his passengers from the DRC to Uganda to buy or sell…

Ethiopia will hold a parliamentary election on June 5, 2021, the National Electoral Commission said on Friday, after the votes scheduled for 2020 were delayed by the coronavirus pandemic. The aborted election was a factor that led to tensions between Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and the opposite northern Tigray region, which eventually saw him send federal troops there in a military offensive in November that left thousands dead and created tens of thousands of refugees. The election in Ethiopia, Africa's second most…

For weeks there have been regular clashes between the armies of the two countries, to which is added the involvement of militiamen.