Ethiopian troops push for regional capital, rebels promise ‘hell’
Ethiopia predicted swift victory but northern rebels promised them “hell” on Wednesday in a two-week war threatening the vast nation’s unity and further destabilising the Horn...
Africa
Congo declares end of Ebola outbreak, sees lessons for Covid fight
Democratic Republic of Congo announced the end of an almost six-month Ebola outbreak in the west of the country on Wednesday as health authorities looked to apply...
UN says “full-scale humanitarian crisis” is unfolding in Ethiopia as arms deadline expires
A “full-scale humanitarian crisis” is unfolding in Ethiopia, the United Nations refugee agency said on Tuesday, with more than 27,000 now having fled heavy fighting to...
Egypt showcases scores of 25,000-year-old coffins
Egypt on Saturday showcased more than 100 coffins dating back 25,000 years, the latest and largest find this year in the vast burial ground of...
Thousands flee Ethiopia conflict, anti-Tigray protests planned
Ethiopian refugees were flowing into Sudan on Wednesday as Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s federal troops battled well-armed local forces in Tigray and protests against the...
Ethiopia sends army into Tigray region, heavy fighting reported
Heavy fighting broke out in Ethiopia‘s northern Tigray region on Wednesday, diplomatic sources said, after the prime minister launched military operations in response to what he...
Warring Libya rivals sign truce but tough political talks ahead
Libya‘s warring factions signed a permanent ceasefire agreement on Friday, but any lasting end to years of chaos and bloodshed will require wider agreement among...
Israel, Sudan agree on steps toward normalization of ties
An agreement between Israel and Sudan on steps toward normalization of diplomatic ties is expected to be announced later on Friday, a senior U.S. official...
Refusing to wear a mask in Ethiopia could cost you two years in jail
Ethiopia can jail people for up to two years if they deliberately violate restrictions aimed at curbing the spread of COVID-19, the attorney general’s office...
Lagos locked down after protesters fired on, president urges calm
Lagos was under a round-the-clock curfew on Wednesday enforced by police roadblocks, as smoke rose from a flashpoint area in Nigeria’s biggest city where soldiers shot...
Egypt unveils 59 ancient coffins in major archaeological discovery
Egypt on Saturday put on show dozens of coffins belonging to priests and clerks from the 26th dynasty nearly 2,500 years ago, with archaeologists saying...
‘Music is not a crime’: U.N. experts urge Nigeria to lift singer’s death sentence
U.N. rights experts asked Nigeria on Monday to release a 22-year-old singer who was condemned to death over an allegedly blasphemous song, and said the...
South African defence minister’s pay docked over use of military plane
South Africa’s president has reprimanded defence minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula and docked her pay for three months for taking a delegation to Zimbabwe on an air...
AstraZeneca resumes Covid-19 vaccine trials
AstraZeneca has resumed COVID-19 vaccine trials in South Africa, more than a week after tests were paused due to serious side effects in a participant...
Roadside bomb attack misses Afghan vice president, but kills six
A roadside bomb in Kabul targeted first Afghan Vice President Amrullah Saleh on Wednesday morning but he escaped unharmed, his spokesman said. The attack killed at least...
‘Hotel Rwanda’ hero arrested on terrorism charges
Rwanda said it had arrested Paul Rusesabagina – the man who was hailed a hero in a Hollywood movie about the country’s 1994 genocide – on...
More dolphins found dead on Mauritius beach near oil spill
Seven more dead dolphins were found on a Mauritius beach on Thursday, a government official said, a day after 17 carcasses were washed up near an oil...
Wild polio sufferers reflect as Africa declared free of the disease (Update)
Nigerian Gbemisola Ijigbamigbe’s right leg was virtually paralysed after she contracted wild polio aged 11 months. Now the 28-year-old leads an active life as a wheelchair basketball...
Gulf Arab states welcome truce announcement in Libya
The six-member Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) has welcomed a ceasefire announcement in Libya, the UAE news agency WAM reported on Saturday. GCC Secretary General Nayef...
Kenyan all-female conservation ranger unit patrols amid coronavirus
Purity Amleset Lakara has spent the year capturing armed poachers, running from an aggressive buffalo, and relaxing around a campfire reading “A Day Before my...
