Countries

Military leaders of Ethiopia warring parties talk disarmament

Nairobi – Ethiopian government officials met with representatives of the Tigrayan authorities in Kenya on Monday to discuss plans... Read more

8 Nov, 2022

World

New Italy PM Georgia Meloni meets Macron on first day of office

Rome – Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni took her first steps on the international stage on Sunday, meeting French... Read more

24 Oct, 2022

World

New Zealand outlines plans to tax livestock burps, farts

Wellington – New Zealand on Tuesday unveiled plans to tax the greenhouse gas emissions from farm animals, in a... Read more

11 Oct, 2022

Countries

Somaliland’s opposition rejects presidential term extension

Mogadishu – Opposition leaders in the separatist Somali region of Somaliland on Sunday slammed as unlawful a decision to... Read more

3 Oct, 2022

Countries

Somaliland elders extend president’s mandate

Mogadishu – A powerful council of elders in the breakaway Somali region of Somaliland on Saturday extended the term... Read more

2 Oct, 2022

Business

Ethiopia raises fuel prices by 20%

Addis Ababa – Fuel prices in Ethiopia rose by about 20% on Thursday, in the second such increase in... Read more

30 Sep, 2022

Countries

Morocco extends activist’s jail time on appeal

Rabat – A Moroccan appeals court on Wednesday extended by another year the prison sentence of an activist tried... Read more

22 Sep, 2022

Countries

Egypt’s parliament approves major cabinet reshuffle

Cairo – An emergency session of parliament on Saturday approved several cabinet changes in Egypt’s first major reshuffle since... Read more

14 Aug, 2022

Countries

Mortar fire hits Somalia capital as parliament approves cabinet

Mogadishu – Mortar shells struck residential neighbourhoods near the presidential palace in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Sunday shortly after... Read more

8 Aug, 2022

Countries

Somalia appoints former al-Shabaab leader as religion minister

Mogadishu – Somalia has appointed the former deputy leader and spokesperson for the al-Shabaab Islamist group as religion minister,... Read more

3 Aug, 2022