Africa
More than 100 killed in latest ethnic massacre in Ethiopia
The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission says more than 100 people have been killed in the latest massacre along ethnic lines in the ...Fearing violence, shops shut, people hunker down before Central African vote
Panic gripped the streets of Central African Republic’s capital Bangui on Wednesday with businesses closing and people holing up in their homes ...UN requests $156 mn in aid for refugees from Ethiopia’s Tigray
The United Nations on Tuesday appealed for $156 million to help the tens of thousands of refugees who have fled fighting in ...Hundreds of kidnapped schoolboys released in Nigeria
More than 300 schoolboys abducted last week by armed men in northwest Nigeria have been released, a government official said Thursday. In ...From hope to agony, what’s left of the Arab Spring?
Ten years ago a wildfire of revolts in the Arab world touched off an unlikely series of events that swelled, then dashed ...EU delays budget support to Ethiopia over Tigray conflict
The European Union said Wednesday it is postponing nearly 90 million euros in budget support payments to Ethiopia because of the conflict ...UN fears for Eritrean refugees caught in Ethiopia conflict
The United Nations and rights groups have expressed growing alarm over the plight of Eritrean refugees caught in the conflict in Ethiopia, ...Israel and Morocco agree to normalise relations in latest Trump-brokered deal
US President Donald Trump announced Thursday that Morocco is now the fourth Arab state this year to recognize Israel in a diplomatic ...Turkey condemns seizure of vessel by east Libyan forces
Turkey on Tuesday condemned the interception of one of its ships by eastern-based Libyan forces in the Mediterranean, saying it must be ...UN worried as DR Congo struggles with political crisis
The United Nations has sounded a warning about a brewing political crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where a long-running impasse ...














