Africa
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 ...Ethiopia declares Tigray ceasefire as rebels enter regional capital
Ethiopia’s federal government on Monday declared a “unilateral ceasefire” in its war-torn Tigray region, state media reported, as rebel fighters entered the ...Madagascar droughts push 400,000 toward starvation: UN
The U.N. World Food Program says southern Madagascar is in the throes of back-to-back droughts that are pushing 400,000 people toward starvation, ...Northeast Nigeria conflict has caused deaths of 324,000 children: UN
A 12-year-old conflict in northeast Nigeria has caused the deaths of some 324,000 children under five, mostly from disease and hunger, the ...Ethiopian military says only combatants hit in Tigray air strike
Only combatants, not civilians, were struck in an air strike this week in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, the country’s military spokesman said on ...Heavy fighting reported in Ethiopian Tigray region
Officials in Ethiopia counted ballots on Tuesday after a parliamentary election billed as the first free vote in the country’s history but ...Former Ivory Coast president Gbagbo returns home after decade of exile
-Ivory Coast’s former president Laurent Gbagbo, ousted during a civil war in 2011 and acquitted of war crimes in The Hague, flew ...














