On Monday, an agreement signed in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, between Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and President Muse Bihi Abdi of the breakaway republic of Somaliland preceded a shocking announcement that has already set the tone for interstate relations in the Horn of Africa this year. The memorandum of…
A few minutes after joining the elite 150-goal club for Liverpool and helping his team climb to the top of a closely contested Premier League table, Mohamed Salah laid bare his ambition to “win this competition”. The player of the match in Monday’s 4-2 win over Fulham had already shifted…
South Africa launched case against Israel, saying the magnitude of death and destruction in Gaza meets the threshold of the 1948 Genocide Convention. Israel will appear before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague to contest South Africa’s accusation that it is committing genocide against Palestinians in its…
Somalia to discuss pact allowing landlocked Ethiopia to use Red Sea port of Berbera, state news agency reports. Somalia’s cabinet has called an emergency meeting to discuss a port deal between Ethiopia and the breakaway region of Somaliland. The Somalian cabinet will convene on Tuesday to discuss the plan after the…
The deal will pave the way for the landlocked country to use the port of Berbera. Landlocked Ethiopia has signed an initial agreement with Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland to use its Red Sea port of Berbera, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s office says. The Horn of Africa country currently relies…
Succes Masra returned from exile in November after signing a reconciliation agreement with Chad’s military rulers. Chad’s transitional government has appointed former opposition leader Succes Masra, who recently returned to the country following exile, as prime minister. Masra will serve through the transition to civilian rule, Mahamat Ahmad Alhabo, Chad’s…
NewsFeed Supporters of Felix Tshisekedi are celebrating his landslide re-election as president of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Opposition parties called the vote a ‘farce’ before results were announced on Sunday and are now demanding a rerun. Published On 1 Jan 20241 Jan 2024 Check out our Latest News and…
Garissa, Kenya – In January 2020, one of the biggest locust plagues to hit the Horn of Africa in 70 years landed in Garissa, a remote town in northeastern Kenya near the Somali border. The region is honeycombed with small-scale croplands growing mostly maize and an array of produce –…
Kiplagat’s body was found with a knife wound to his neck, suggesting he was murdered, according to the local police. Ugandan athlete Benjamin Kiplagat has been found dead in Kenya, police say, with Uganda’s Daily Monitor and other media outlets in Kenya reporting he had been stabbed to death. The…
Twenty-five-year-old Naomi Iwelu is now settled, living in a room in the centre of Catania, Sicily. Here she recounts the robberies, betrayals and rape she experienced on her journey from Benin, Nigeria. It was her mother’s death, four years after her father’s, that prompted Naomi to quit school and leave…
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