‘Worried and anxious’: Conflict-hit Ethiopia confronts new year
Addis Ababa – Tesfaye Hagos usually rings in the Ethiopian New Year by buying embroidered cotton dresses for his... Read more
10 Sep, 2021
Kenya suffers huge job losses as Covid pummels economy
Nairobi – Kenya’s economy shrank for the first time in three decades last year as the country was battered by... Read more
10 Sep, 2021
Ethiopia says Tigray rebels ‘routed’ in Afar; rebels deny
Addis Ababa – Ethiopia said on Thursday that rebels from war-hit Tigray had been routed from the neighbouring region... Read more
10 Sep, 2021
Opposition figure held for rape in Rwanda
Kigali – A Rwanda University teacher and well-known opposition figure was arrested on Thursday on rape accusations, police said.... Read more
10 Sep, 2021
‘It is God’s country’: Kenya’s fly fishing fans chase bigger catch
Mathioya – With the nimbleness of a younger man, John Ngaii Moses skillfully knotted a tiny fishing fly onto... Read more
9 Sep, 2021
Tigray rebels ‘categorically reject’ claims they killed civilians
Addis Ababa – Tigrayan rebels denied allegations that they killed scores of villagers in a neighbouring region of northern... Read more
9 Sep, 2021
Somalia PM accuses president of ‘obstructing’ high-profile probe
Mogadishu – Somalia’s prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble on Wednesday accused the country’s president of “obstructing” a high-profile investigation... Read more
9 Sep, 2021
Sudan summons Ethiopia envoy over bodies found in river
Khartoum – Sudan summoned the Ethiopian ambassador recently over the recovery of bodies that Khartoum says are deceased Tigrayans from... Read more
9 Sep, 2021
Tigray rebels massacre 125 villagers in Ethiopia’s Amhara, doctors say
Addis Ababa – Rebels from Ethiopia’s war-hit Tigray killed at least 125 residents of a village in the neighbouring... Read more
8 Sep, 2021
Somali agent’s disappearance triggers political crisis
Nairobi – For months, the mysterious disappearance of a Somali intelligence agent raised few eyebrows in elite circles, but... Read more
8 Sep, 2021
