Africa
UN chief calls for all foreign forces to leave Libya
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for all foreign troops and mercenaries to leave war-torn Libya during a meeting with the country ...Guinea Ebola death toll rises to five
Five people have died of Ebola virus in Guinea, the health agency said on Monday, as the government and aid groups began ...Ethiopia closes camps housing Eritrean refugees in Tigray after reports of attacks
Two camps in Ethiopia’s Tigray region housing Eritrean refugees have been shut and the occupants relocated, authorities said on Thursday, after the ...UN boosts food aid to Ethiopia’s Tigray over starvation fears
The head of the World Food Programme has said he has reached a deal with Ethiopia to expand access for aid workers ...U.N. warns Tigray conflict could spark broader destablization in Ethiopia
A conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region could trigger broader destablization in the country, U.N. aid chief Mark Lowcock told the Security Council ...Somalia faces troubled national election as time runs out
As Somalia marks three decades since a dictator fell and chaos engulfed the country, the government is set to hold a troubled ...UAE says will cooperate with UN, US on Libya conflict
The United Arab Emirates, accused this week by the United States of military intervention in Libya’s protracted civil war, issued a statement ...Morocco starts coronavirus vaccination campaign
Morocco started a national coronavirus vaccination campaign on Thursday after receiving vaccine shipments from AstraZeneca and Sinopharm, state media said. Inaugurating the ...Parents of Somali soldiers fear sons fighting in Ethiopia
Somalia is under growing pressure to explain the fate of soldiers whose families fear they were secretly deployed from training camps in ...Uganda high court orders end to Bobi Wine house arrest
Uganda’s High Court on Monday ordered security forces to end their confinement of presidential election runner-up Bobi Wine. Wine, whose real name ...














