Africa

 Authorities have shut off Internet access in eastern Ethiopia amid an outbreak of violence there, residents said on Wednesday, a sign of the challenges facing reformist Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in containing ethnic tensions in parts of the country. The residents, one speaking from Oromia...

Djibouti, Dhu-AlQa'dah 25, 1439, Aug 7, 2018, SPA -- The Republic of Djibouti has expressed its condemnation and denunciation of the Canadian interventions in the internal affairs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, affirming its absolute solidarity and full stand with the Kingdom in...

Horndiplomat-Earlier today (7 August 2018), an Ethiopian High-level Delegation composed of Oromia Region President Lemma Megersa and Foreign Minister Dr Workneh Gebeyehu have signed a reconciliation agreement in the city of Asmara with the leaders of the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) Dawud Ibsa (Chairman),...

Horndiplomat-Somaliland At least nine inmates in Hargeisa main prison began a hunger strike to protest against being kept in the jail after having completed their sentence terms. Horndiplomat reports The Inmates lawyer Mohamed Ahmed Abokor told VOA Somali, said the inmates started a hunger strike on Saturday. "The...

Leading Ethiopian botanical scientist, Professor Sebsebe Demissew, has been elected as a Foreign Member of the Royal Society, becoming the first ever Sub-Saharan African scientist to be elected in the Society’s 357-year history. On 13th July, the Professor was formally admitted to the Society at the...

Horndiplomat - Somaliland government announced the interception of four vehicles looted and stole from Jigjiga Ethiopia’s Somali region, which was intercepted in Wajale and Burao towns. Horndiplomat reports Somaliland's State Minister for Security at the Ministry of Interior, Mohamed Muse Dirie, told the BBC's Somali service confirmed his government apprehend vehicles looted and stole...

In the Hollywood blockbuster Black Panther, a fictional African nation known as Wakanda commands the heights of technological advancement while still retaining an ancient and rich culture. This revolutionary depiction of a culturally powerful and scientifically advanced African kingdom resonates throughout the popular imagination, which...

The president of Somaliland has reportedly called on citizens to respect and welcome foreigners in the country following armed confrontations in Ethiopia’s Somali region over the weekend. Meanwhile, media reports indicate that refugees are arriving in Somaliland as at this morning. Since late Friday, an...

Sudan yesterday announced its commitment to removing border restrictions with Ethiopia through “Joint Technical Commissions,” local media has reported. The move was said to have aimed at strengthening the relations between the two countries. The two neighbours have been disputing over the Al-Fashqa area which is...

A new police unit has been unveiled to patrol remote sections of the Kenya-Somali border in efforts to combat banditry. The pioneer camel patrol unit under the Border Patrol Unit of the Administration Police Service will be based in Isiolo County and will involve 50...