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Ethiopia peace deal leaves unanswered questions and concerns
Nov 04, 2022 (AFP)
Other than the silencing of the guns, the accord notably calls for the provision of humanitarian aid to war-stricken regions, the re-establishment of federal au...
'Excellent news': world hails Ethiopia truce
Nov 03, 2022 (AFP)
Here are some of the reactions from around the world: - 'Welcome first step' - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres heralded the announcement as a ...
Military deployments in east DR Congo
Nov 03, 2022 (AFP)
Scores of armed groups roam the DRC's east, many of them a legacy of full-blown wars that erupted in the final decade of the 20th century. The M23 rebel group, ...
After Ethiopia truce, UN urges reparations for victims
Nov 03, 2022 (AFP)
Volker Turk, who took over as the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights two weeks ago, said he hoped the breakthrough agreement signed Wednesday wou...
Mali suspends major news channel
Nov 03, 2022 (AFP)
In a decision seen by AFP, the High Authority for Communication (HAC) argued that "the grievances alleged against Joliba TV News constitute serious and repeated...
AU mediator to give update on Ethiopia peace talks
Nov 02, 2022 (AFP)
The negotiations began last Tuesday in South Africa, the first formal dialogue to try to end a war that has killed hundreds of thousands of people and unleashed...
Ethiopia warring parties agree to cease hostilities
Nov 02, 2022 (AFP)
The surprise deal between Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's government and Tigrayan rebels was unveiled after little over a week of negotiations led by the African Un...
US targets Somali arms network for sanctions
Nov 01, 2022 (AFP)
The Treasury placed on its blacklist eight individuals and one company involved in the multi-million dollar arms network between Iran, Yemen and the horn of Afr...
Burkina Faso says 'fighting for survival' against jihadists
Nov 01, 2022 (AFP)
"If, for a long time, the fight against terrorism has been seen as a combat pertaining only to the defence and security forces, it is time to change that view a...
Ghana president seeks to reassure over economic 'crisis'
Oct 31, 2022 (AFP)
Under pressure from his own lawmakers to fire his finance minister, Akufo-Addo on Sunday night gave a television address urging Ghanaians to support his decisio...
Niger govt denies 'massacre' of civilians
Oct 29, 2022 (AFP)
The political opposition and the civil society organisation Turning the Page (TLP) claimed that the strikes had resulted in far more casualties than the seven a...
Mali militarises police force
Oct 27, 2022 (AFP)
"Civil servants of the national police and civilian protection are now governed by the general statute of the military," the country's official journal said. Th...
Second day of Ethiopia peace talks in South Africa
Oct 26, 2022 (AFP)
Led by the African Union (AU), the negotiations in Pretoria follow a surge in fierce fighting in recent weeks that has alarmed the international community and t...
UN warns Somalia humanitarian crisis remains 'dire'
Oct 26, 2022 (AFP)
The impoverished Horn of Africa nation is on the brink of a famine for the second time in just over a decade, with UN humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths stress...
Ethiopia peace talks enter day two in South Africa
Oct 26, 2022 (AFP)
Led by the African Union (AU), the negotiations in Pretoria follow a surge in fierce fighting in recent weeks that has alarmed the international community and t...
Sudan names new military chief for conflict-hit Blue Nile
Oct 24, 2022 (AFP)
The new chief comes a day after eyewitnesses reported that crowds of thousands protested in front of army headquarters in the state capital Damazin, accusing th...
Crisis-hit Sudan faces biggest threat yet: climate change
Oct 20, 2022 (AFP)
A determined climate campaigner for nearly a decade, both at home and on the world stage, she speaks passionately of the growing threat a heating planet poses t...
Facing threat, Togo forces simulate 'jihadist' attack
Oct 20, 2022 (AFP)
Togo and neighbouring West African coastal states like Ghana, Benin and Ivory Coast are preparing for growing spillover from Islamist militant conflicts across ...
Some 250 health journals call for Africa climate help
Oct 19, 2022 (AFP)
The call, written by 16 editors of leading biomedical journals across Africa, said damage already being wrought across the continent "should be of supreme conce...
DR Congo colonels condemned to death for murder of two Chinese workers
Oct 15, 2022 (AFP)
Four other military personnel were sentenced to 10 years in prison by the Ituri Military Court. All but one of those receiving the death sentence were members o...
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