Ethiopia’s Tigray rebels say pushing into neighbouring Afar
Addis Ababa – Rebels in Ethiopia’s Tigray region said on Tuesday they had been provoked into launching “robust” military... Read more
26 Jan, 2022
Biden threatens Putin with personal sanctions over Ukraine
Washington – The United States on Tuesday warned Moscow of damaging sanctions, including measures personally targeting Vladimir Putin, if... Read more
26 Jan, 2022
Ravaged by war, separatist east Ukraine fears new conflict
Donetsk – Tears stream down Antonina Zaytseva’s face as she considers the possibility of her separatist region of Ukraine... Read more
20 Jan, 2022
Chad frees first rebels and dissidents under amnesty
N’Djamena – Chad’s military-led government on Tuesday released 22 rebels and opposition figures who had been jailed for treason, in... Read more
19 Jan, 2022
Sierra Leone marks 20 years since civil war
Lungi – Dozens of Sierra Leoneans held a ceremony near the capital Freetown on Tuesday to mark the 20-year... Read more
19 Jan, 2022
Hospitals in Ethiopia’s war-torn north reel from shortages, ICRC says
Nairobi – Doctors in Ethiopia’s Tigray region are recycling surgical gloves and using salt to disinfect wounds as essential medical... Read more
19 Jan, 2022
Blinken seeks ‘diplomatic path’ on Ukraine with Russian FM
Washington – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called for diplomacy to end the Ukraine crisis in a call with... Read more
18 Jan, 2022
UN’s Western Sahara envoy meets with Polisario chief in Algeria
Algiers – The UN’s new Western Sahara envoy met on Sunday with the leader of the pro-independence Polisario Front... Read more
17 Jan, 2022
Ethiopia lashes out at WHO chief for Tigray war remarks
Nairobi – Ethiopia has asked the UN health agency to investigate its chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus for “harmful misinformation”... Read more
14 Jan, 2022
MSF says staff were intentionally killed in Ethiopia’s Tigray
Nairobi – The killing of three Doctors Without Borders (MSF) personnel in Ethiopia’s war-hit Tigray region last June was “intentional”... Read more
14 Jan, 2022
