Eastern Africa

Hotel Rwanda’ hero sentenced to 25 years on terror charges

Paul Rusesabagina, the "Hotel Rwanda" hero who became a fiercely outspoken government critic, was sentenced Monday to 25 years in…

3 years ago

UN Security Council: Press Statement on the Situation in Somalia

The Members of the Security Council were briefed by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on the current situation in…

3 years ago

IOM Relocates Over 17,000 People Uprooted by Conflict in Northern Ethiopia to New Shelter

After months in makeshift sites, with little food or water, thousands of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) affected by the conflict…

3 years ago

Egyptian researchers find fossil of a four-legged, land-dwelling whale

Egyptian scientists have identified the fossil of a four-legged prehistoric whale, unearthed over a decade ago in the country's western…

3 years ago

Ethiopia’s New year celebrations dampened by Tigray conflict

Africa's second most populous country adheres to a unique 13-month calendar that begins in September and runs seven to eight…

3 years ago

Burundi launches massive COVID-19 testing among students, teachers

In an effort to limit the spread of Covid-19, the government of Burundi last week began a compulsory screening campaign…

3 years ago

Fawzia Yusuf Adam, the Somali woman running for president

A lawmaker in Somalia who became the country's first female foreign minister is now running for the presidency. Fawzia Yusuf…

3 years ago

Update on joint UN and Ethiopian Human Rights Commission investigation on Tigray

The joint investigation by the UN Human Rights Office and the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) into alleged violations of…

3 years ago

U.S. Donates Tuberculosis Testing Machines Worth $1 Million to Ethiopia

Today, the United States through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), donated 46 cutting-edge tuberculosis (TB) testing machines…

3 years ago

Tigray rebels massacre 125 villagers in Ethiopia’s Amhara: doctors

Rebels from Ethiopia's war-hit Tigray killed at least 125 residents of a village in the neighbouring Amhara region earlier this…

3 years ago

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