Africa
Violence spreads to South Africa’s economic hub in wake of Zuma jailing
Shops were looted overnight and a section of the M2 highway was closed in Johannesburg on Sunday, as sporadic acts of violence ...Bandits kill 35 villagers in northwest Nigeria
Armed raiders killed at least 35 people in five villages in northwest Nigeria’s Zamfara state, police said on Saturday, in the latest ...First African American wins U.S. spelling bee, conquering with ‘Murraya’
Zaila Avant-garde, 14, became the first African American to win the 90-year-old Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday by correctly spelling ‘Murraya,’ ...Ethiopia resumes filling Nile mega-dam reservoir, angering Egypt
Ethiopia has started the second phase of filling a mega-dam’s reservoir on the upper Blue Nile, Egypt and Sudan said, raising tensions ...Ethiopia’s Abiy boasts of military might despite rebel gains
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said Monday his government could easily recruit one million new fighters but wants to foster a period ...Tigray rebels accept ‘ceasefire in principle’ but set conditions
Rebel leaders in Ethiopia’s war-torn Tigray region on Sunday accepted “a ceasefire in principle” but posed strict conditions for it to be ...U.N. warns of worsening famine, more clashes in Ethiopia’s Tigray
Top U.N. officials warned the Security Council on Friday that more than 400,000 people in Ethiopia’s Tigray were now in famine and ...Ethiopia says won’t ‘suffocate’ Tigray as UN clamours for access
Ethiopia on Friday rejected charges that it planned to choke off aid to war-hit Tigray after rebels took control of the northern ...Tigray rebels gain more ground, vow to drive out ‘enemies’
Rebel fighters in Ethiopia’s war-hit Tigray seized control of more territory on Tuesday, one day after retaking the local capital and vowing ...Tigray rebels vow to drive out ‘enemies’ despite ‘ceasefire’
Dissident leaders in Ethiopia’s war-hit Tigray have vowed to drive out “enemies” from the region, suggesting fighting will continue despite a federal ...














