The Group Chief Executive Officer of Ethiopian Airlines, Mesfin Tasew, says the senior management team of the carrier has met with the ambassadors of Nigeria, Ghana and six other African countries with a view to finding amicable solutions to the reported delays and detention of some passengers at the Addis Ababa Bole International Airport, Ethiopia....
As Israeli forces continue to intensify their cataclysmic assault on the occupied Gaza Strip, Amnesty International has documented unlawful Israeli attacks, including indiscriminate attacks, which caused mass civilian casualties and must be investigated as war crimes. The organization spoke to survivors and eyewitnesses, analysed satellite imagery, and verified photos and videos to investigate air bombardments...
Kismayo, Twenty-six Jubaland State officials and civil society activists have concluded a five-day training of trainers’ course on the prevention of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) and sexual exploitation. The training held in the port city of Kismayo was jointly organised by the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) and the Jubaland Ministry of Women, Family Affairs and...
Harun Maruf The head of the African Union Mission in Somalia has called for international support for Somali government forces who are battling the al-Shabab militant group on multiple fronts in the country. Mohamed El-Amine Souef says the Somali army needs not just training but weapons, equipment and skills for the officers, and lifting the...
With the looming threat of El Niño expected to affect 1.2 million people in Somalia in 2023, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has developed a comprehensive, preparedness, anticipatory action and response plan aimed at mitigating and responding to the impact of the crisis. This is part of a global FAO anticipatory action...
An unprecedented, deadly attack carried out by Hamas on Israel on Saturday has sparked fears of a broader regional escalation, with Saudi-Israeli normalisation particularly at risk, experts told FRANCE 24. By:Lara BULLENS At the break of dawn on October 7, the Islamist militant group Hamas launched a multi-pronged attack on Israel. From its stronghold, the blockaded Gaza Strip, the group fired...
By Wycliffe Muia Kenya’s Foreign Minister Alfred Mutua has been demoted as controversy rages over plans to deploy police to Haiti to fight gangs. Main opposition leader Raila Odinga was the latest to oppose the move, saying the deployment would risk the lives of Kenyan police. Mr Mutua’s demotion to tourism minister was part of...
2 killed, 6 wounded in attack last month in Ottawa Guy Quenneville When someone yelled “Gunshots!” in the middle of celebrations for the newly-married bride and groom, Fowsia Hussein had a difficult choice to make. Should she duck under her table? Run and save herself? Or should she join her 16-year-old daughter in the women’s washroom? She...
MOGADISHU (SJS)- Thursday marked the International Day for Universal Access to Information; however, the Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) expresses its deep concern about the denial of the right to information for the minority community in Barawe, in Somalia’s Lower Shabelle region, following the cessation of broadcasts by their only radio station in their native language...
By Peter Mwai A video of a man in a suit stroking three lions has been widely shared online in several African countries, but it does not show a church pastor demonstrating his powers to tame lions as many online have claimed. In the short film, a man in a blue suit can be seen...