Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan urged Palestinians to unite amid Israel’s war in Gaza following hours-long talks with Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh in Istanbul on Saturday, his office said. Erdogan said Palestinian unity was “vital” following the talks at the … Continued
By Abraham Tekle Ethiopia remains steadfast in its commitment to the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed with Somaliland and the recent furor in Mogadishu over the deal is nothing more than a temporary setback, according to Abdulaziz Ahmed Adem (Amb.), … Continued
Türkiye hopes to conduct a deep-sea oil drilling operation off the Somali coast in 2025, the country’s energy minister said on Friday shortly after the two nations agreed to extend their cooperation by signing an oil and natural gas cooperation … Continued
Kampala Uganda, Somali authorities should drop all criminal investigations against the Somali Journalists Syndicate and desist from weaponizing the judicial system to obstruct the work of the media rights organization, the Committee to Protect Journalists said on Friday. Two commercial … Continued
By Charles Onyango-Obbo The sharp escalation of the hostilities between Iran and Israel could have major geopolitical consequences for Eastern Africa, which is already feeling the economic heat from disruptions caused in the Red Sea by Iran-allied Houthi rebels in … Continued
I. INTRODUCTION As the international community faces multiple crises we, the G7 Foreign Ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States of America, and the High Representative of the European Union, renew our commitment … Continued
PANAMA CITY (AP) — Eight years after 11 million leaked secret financial documents revealed how some of the world’s richest people hide their wealth, more than two dozen defendants are on trial in Panama for their alleged roles. The repercussions … Continued
APA-Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) Africa has seen increasing debt, financial and climate challenges amid remarkable resilience against a series of shocks, Claver Gatete, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) has said. A press statement issued by the … Continued
Africa’s biggest coffee producer has revised rules to allow foreign companies to buy the commodity directly from farmers and processors, the latest in reforms to liberalize East Africa’s biggest economy. Until now Ethiopia — which prides itself as the birthplace … Continued
More than 21 million people need urgent aid in Ethiopia, where a food crisis is deepening. Organisers said ahead of the conference they did not expect to raise the full amount by Tuesday, but rather to begin closing the gap … Continued
By Ian Wafula Kenya’s military chief, Gen Francis Omondi Ogolla, has died after a military helicopter crashed in the west of the country, the president has announced. Gen Ogolla was in the helicopter alongside eleven other military personnel. Only two … Continued
(ERGO) – Around 2,200 Somali refugee families living in Kenya’s Dadaab refugee camps have been becoming desperate for food due to a lapse in the issuance of registration cards and their inability to access food aid. Habibo Abdiasis Shawi, a refugee … Continued
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