Prime Minister Says No Negotiations Are Underway Two Days After Declaring Government Ready for Dialogue With Militants Who Abandon the Group MOGADISHU (WDN) — Somalia’s Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre has denied that the Federal Government is negotiating with Al-Shabaab, only two days after publicly declaring that his government was prepared to engage members of...
JOHANNEBURG (AP) — Two men sit on top of a hill at the end of a narrow road in Johannesburg ’s industrial suburb of Kya Sands. But the hill is no natural feature — it is a mountain of illegally dumped trash, piled so high it now swallows the road beyond. “When I started as...
JEDDAH —(WDN) – The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and several Arab countries on Thursday condemned a drone attack on a power station in Madinah that the Saudi-led coalition attributed to Houthi rebels fighting the internationally recognized government in neighboring Yemen. The statements from the organization, the United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Kuwait and Bahrain followed...
By Lucy Fleming, BBC Africa and Teklemariam Bekit, BBC Tigrinya Explosions were heard overnight in Ethiopia’s capital, some in the area of the military headquarters in the west and another in the south of the city, residents and diplomatic sources say. The blasts came hours after drone flights were banned over Addis Ababa and a...
(Reuters)- Ethiopia ordered the closure of its embassy in Eritrea and declared 10 Eritrean diplomats persona non grata on Thursday, prompting Asmara to sever all diplomatic ties with its neighbour after overnight blasts heard in Addis Ababa sparked fears about renewed conflict in northern Ethiopia spreading. Addis Ababa has accused Eritrea, Sudan and Egypt of...
Addis Ababa Reportedly Plans to Withdraw More Than 3,000 Soldiers as Fighting Spreads Across Multiple Fronts Addis Ababa (WDN) — Ethiopia’s expanding internal conflict is beginning to carry consequences beyond its borders, with Addis Ababa reportedly preparing to withdraw more than 3,000 troops from Somalia as Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s government faces mounting military pressure...
Tigray erupts again, Ethiopia teeters on the edge of a wider war as rebels advance, drones strike and regional powers are accused of intervening ADDIS ABABA — (WDN) – Ethiopia’s northern war has erupted again, raising fears of a return to the devastating 2020–2022 conflict as federal forces battle the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF)...
Three Rounds of Fighting in Six Weeks Leave Hospitals Overwhelmed as MSF Warns of a Growing Humanitarian Crisis Baidoa (WDN) — The fighting in Baidoa is becoming a recurring war with no political settlement in sight, and civilians are paying the price. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has issued a stark warning over the latest clashes...
PMPF Seizes Control of Hijacked Vessel After Months in Pirate Hands, Rescuing Crew and Cargo Bandarbeyla (WDN) — Puntland security forces have successfully freed the MT Honour 25, a commercial vessel that had reportedly been held by pirates off the coast of Bandarbayla in the Karkaar region since April, in a major maritime operation hailed...
Hassan Sheikh Says Trade Disruptions Are Driving Up Import Costs and Cutting Government Revenue New York (WDN) — Somalia’s customs revenue has fallen by about 40% amid disruptions around the Strait of Hormuz, President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud told the UN General Assembly on Thursday. Hassan Sheikh said Somalia’s heavy reliance on imports from the Middle...