Two Benin soldiers killed after running over bomb
Cotonou – Two Benin soldiers were killed on Thursday when their vehicle hit a makeshift bomb in the country’s north,... Read more
7 Jan, 2022
Four police die in Kenya attack, official says
Nairobi – Four police officers were ambushed and killed on Friday in a coastal region of Kenya bordering Somalia that... Read more
7 Jan, 2022
China to appoint special envoy to Horn of Africa, says FM
Mombasa – China’s foreign minister Wang Yi announced on Thursday that Beijing would appoint a special envoy to the Horn... Read more
6 Jan, 2022
Patients dying as medicines run out in Ethiopia’s Tigray, doctors say
Nairobi – Doctors in Ethiopia’s war-hit Tigray region say patients are needlessly dying of treatable conditions because a de... Read more
5 Jan, 2022
Ethiopia detained, abused Tigrayans deported from Saudi, HRW says
Nairobi – Thousands of ethnic Tigrayans deported from Saudi Arabia have been detained, abused or forcibly disappeared after arriving... Read more
5 Jan, 2022
Dozens reported killed in Tigray air strikes, UN says
Nairobi – Dozens of civilians were reportedly killed last week in a barrage of air strikes in Ethiopia’s conflict-wracked... Read more
31 Dec, 2021
Four soldiers killed in Mali attack, army says
Bamako – Four Malian soldiers were killed and around a dozen others were wounded when they were attacked in the... Read more
30 Dec, 2021
Sudanese gunmen loot UN food aid warehouse in Darfur
Khartoum – Sudanese gunmen have looted a World Food Programme warehouse containing some 1 900 tons of food aid in... Read more
29 Dec, 2021
Ethiopia’s Tigray taps Muslim past in propaganda push
Beirut – Rebels from Ethiopia’s Tigray region are drawing on early Islamic history in an Arabic-language propaganda push to... Read more
29 Dec, 2021
Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas makes rare Israel visit for talks
Jerusalem – Israel unveiled a package of “confidence-building measures” for the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, after Defence Minister Benny... Read more
29 Dec, 2021
