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Libya’s eastern strongman urges troops ‘drive out’ Turkish forces
Eastern Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar has called on his fighters to “drive out” Turkish forces backing the UN-recognised government, as talks drag ...Ethiopia’s PM says forces have been sent into Benishangul-Gumuz region
Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said on Thursday he had deployed forces to the western Benishangul-Gumuz region, a day after gunmen killed ...Trump pardons former campaign chairman Manafort, associate Roger Stone
U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday granted pardons to former campaign chairman Paul Manafort and former adviser Roger Stone, sweeping away the ...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 ...Armenian opposition sets up protest tents to pile pressure on PM
Hundreds of opposition supporters set up a protest camp outside Armenian government headquarters in central Yerevan on Tuesday, escalating a campaign against ...Russia bars more EU officials over ‘unacceptable’ Navalny sanctions
Russia said on Tuesday it had expanded its list of European Union officials barred from the country in response to what it ...India likely to approve AstraZeneca vaccine by next week
India is likely to approve Oxford/AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine for emergency use by next week after its local manufacturer submitted additional data sought ...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 ...EU approves first coronavirus vaccine
The European Union on Monday gave official approval for the coronavirus vaccine developed by BioNTech and Pfizer to be used across the ...














