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By: AFP A government source said, on condition of anonymity, that the German ambassador to Chad was seen as "interfering too much" in the governance of the country. The German ambassador to Chad,...

By:REUTERS Ministers from Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan said on Friday a final agreement will be signed by the end of February on the giant Blue Nile hydropower dam that sparked a years-long diplomatic crisis between Cairo and Addis Ababa. The countries have been at odds over...

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Sunday he would raise a controversial arbitral ruling on the South China Sea with China's leaders, and vowed not to surrender any sovereignty or deviate from the July award by the tribunal in The Hague. Duterte said his trip...

By: Horndiplomat, Xinhuanet Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed shared with Chinese President Xi Jinping the commitment of Ethiopia to deepening the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership with China, which is enabling critical moves like restructuring the debt of the Addis Ababa - Djibouti railway. The railway project is an early harvest of the...

China's foreign ministry says it has lodged a complaint with the US after President-elect Donald Trump spoke to Taiwan's leader in a phone call. China sees Taiwan as a breakaway province. US policy set in 1979 cut all formal relations with Taiwan. However, Mr Trump's transition...

Horndiplomat-U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Tibor Nagy underscored that the Horn of Africa is now the Hope for Africa. Minister of Foreign affairs, Dr. Workneh Gebeyehu received Assistant Secretary Nagy later today (November 29) at his offices. On the occasion, Secretary Nagy thanked...

By Kassahun Addis It is famously noted that the African Union (AU) summit is an opportunity for demagogues and dictators of the continent to come together and congratulate each other for surviving yet another year at the helm of pyramids of oppression that subject their...

BY: AFP Indian authorities on Wednesday halted production at a pharmaceutical factory under investigation over the deaths of 66 children in The Gambia, according to local media. The World Health Organisation last week...

Sulaika Abokor, a Somali-born elementary-school teacher in London, dreams of “a road trip from Seattle to California.” The 34-year-old was planning a vacation to Seattle this summer to see a friend who was recently married. She fell in love with the green, outdoorsy city...

By: Vivian Tan Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - For most of her life, Nawa watched as other children went to school. As a refugee and a girl at that, she was told there was no place for her in the classroom. That looked set to continue when...