Ethiopia tells Addis Ababa residents to prepare to defend city as it looks to fall to advancing Tigray army
Authorities in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa on Tuesday urged residents to prepare to defend their neighbourhoods after forces from Tigray region, who have been fighting the central government for a year, indicated they could advance on the city. People should register their weapons and gather in their neighbourhoods, the...
Kenya President tells conference the African nation has a plan for low carbon emissions by 2030
Kenya President Uhuru Kenyatta has called on leaders of wealthier nations to take into consideration the “special needs and circumstances of Africa” in the fight against climate change. Addressing the world at COP26 climate conference in Glasgow, he said Kenya has developed a plan to maintain low carbon development trajectory...
Deposed Sudan Prime Minister Hamdok wants to be reinstated with his government
Sudan’s deposed Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok says the reinstatement of his government, dissolved in a military coup, could pave the way to a solution in the country, the information ministry said, as international mediation progressed to end the political crisis. Hamdok spoke on Monday during a meeting at his home,...
UN boss tells Sudan’s army generals to return country to civilian rule as countrywide protests rise
The UN secretary general urged Sudan’s generals on Sunday to reverse their takeover of the country, a day after tens of thousands of people took to the streets in the largest pro-democracy protest since last week’s coup. Antonio Guterres said the generals should “take heed” of Saturday’s protests. “Time to...
Tigray forces seize key cities on major highway to Addis Ababa amid new wave of detentions
Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has called on citizens to redouble their efforts to combat the rival Tigray forces who claim to have seized key cities on a major highway leading to the capital, while a new wave of detentions of ethnic Tigrayans has begun. A move on Addis Ababa...
US crackdown on scientists with Chinese ties raises fears of racial bias in research collaborations
The US government’s search for spies in laboratories and businesses has stoked fear among scientists of Chinese descent and damaged collaborations with researchers in China, according to a survey of nearly 2,000 scientists. “There was a lot of broad speculation about this idea,” says Jenny Lee, a social scientist at...
Ethiopian government forces kill 12 civilians in sustained weeklong bombing of Tigray town
At least six people were killed and 21 injured in an Ethiopian army airstrike Thursday on the Tigray regional capital, Mekelle, hospital sources told VOA. The attack brings the total number of casualties reported by medical personnel from a series of government bomb strikes since last week to at least...
Military council will appoint technocrat PM to run government, Sudan’s governing junta announces
The Sudanese general who seized power in a coup this week said the military he heads will appoint a technocrat prime minister to rule alongside it within a week. In an interview with Russia’s state-owned Sputnik news agency published on Friday, Abdel-Fattah Burhan said the new premier will form a...
Somali president, PM commit to ‘speeding up elections’ but tension high in Mogadishu
After weeks of heated disputes between the outgoing President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo and his Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble over the disappearance of a female spy, the two men finally agreed to move on. According to a deal signed by Farmajo and Roble, “speeding up elections is a top priority.”...
Somalia tops list of most dangerous countries for journalists to work for sixth year running
Over the past decade, 226 of the 278 journalists killed in a nexus of corruption, organised crime, extremist groups, and government retaliation, have been murdered with impunity, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists’ 2021 Impunity Index, published today, October 28. The annual Index spotlights countries where journalists are murdered...
