Asha Ibrahim Aden and Mohamed Olad Hassan NEW YORK AND WASHINGTON — Somali Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre said Thursday that his government is appealing for more international support in its long-running war against al-Shahab militants. In an exclusive interview with … Continued
BY Tanya WILLMER Kenyan police said Thursday they had learned from their “mistakes” as the nation commemorated the 10th anniversary of a bloody siege at an upmarket shopping centre in the capital Nairobi. In all, 67 people were killed and … Continued
BY ERIC TUCKER WASHINGTON (AP) — A contractor for the U.S. government has been arrested on espionage charges, accused of providing a foreign country classified information that he downloaded and printed from his work computer system, the Justice Department said Thursday. … Continued
GENEVA, A group of UN experts said on Thursday that since it last reported, the situation in Ethiopia has “deteriorated significantly” and that Eritrean troops and Amhara militias continue to commit atrocities against civilians in Tigray, the country’s northernmost state. … Continued
By Jewel Kiriungi Forced to walk on crutches after being shot five times during an attack by militant Islamists on a Kenyan shopping mall exactly a decade ago, Shamim Allu has now set herself the goal of climbing to Mount … Continued
Chad, Somalia and Ethiopia are the first three African countries set to benefit from a new, large-scale push to establish potentially life-saving early warning systems in some of the world’s most climate-vulnerable countries. The initiative by the UN Development Programme … Continued
Addis Abeba – Six members of the United States Congress have called on the State Department and the United States mission to the United Nations to extend the mandate of the International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia (ICHREE). In a … Continued
By Abdi Sheikh MOGADISHU — People often laugh when Fathi Mohamed Ahmed tells them she runs the first and only all-female newsroom in Somalia, one of the most dangerous places on the planet to be a reporter. But Bilan, the … Continued
The Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF) announced Wednesday it has killed around 462 Al-Shabaab fighters after a failed attack by the militant group. The ENDF said in a press release that the fighters were killed in Rabdhure town in southwestern … Continued
Mohamed Haybe Hassan is worried about his five children who were forced to drop out of Ugas Yasin School in Bosaso when support for their tuition ended. Four of the children were set to join secondary school. The school serves … Continued
By Chi Zao It’s six o’clock in the morning. The dawn light highlights the silhouettes of the workers filing into a Chinese shoe factory in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. In the factory’s canteen, chefs prepare Injera, a local sour fermented flatbread, … Continued
Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame has said he will run for a fourth term in next year’s presidential election. “Yes, I am indeed a candidate,” Mr Kagame told French-language magazine Jeune Afrique on Tuesday. Asked about what the West would think about … Continued
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