Families want justice, ‘blood money’ for AU peacekeeper killings in Somalia | Conflict News

Families want justice, ‘blood money’ for AU peacekeeper killings in Somalia | Conflict News

Omar Hassan Warsame was a larger-than-life figure in the Somali town of Golweyn, where his sizeable farm provided maize, bananas and jobs that helped sustain the community. The 65-year-old and a contingent of up to a dozen of his employees would tend to crops on the plot in the Lower…

Why hasn’t US President Biden made any state visits to Africa? | Joe Biden News

Why hasn’t US President Biden made any state visits to Africa? | Joe Biden News

Joe Biden’s planned trip to Angola on October 13 was meant to be historic. It would have been his first visit to Africa during his tenure as president of the United States. But as Hurricane Milton advanced on Florida last week, the White House postponed the trip to an unspecified…

As China, Africa woo each other, who gains more? It’s complex, say experts | Business and Economy News

As China, Africa woo each other, who gains more? It’s complex, say experts | Business and Economy News

Nkurunziza Alphonse knows that every time he goes out to protest, he could get arrested, even detained for a lengthy period in Kampala’s maximum security prison. It has happened before. Still, as he sat in a courtroom on Tuesday, watching another batch of protesters arraigned, Alphonse said he has no…

Somalia president accuses Ethiopia of trying to annex part of its territory | African Union News

Somalia president accuses Ethiopia of trying to annex part of its territory | African Union News

President Mohamud ‘categorically objects’ to Ethiopia’s Red Sea port deal with Somaliland, territory Somalia claims as its own. Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has accused Ethiopia of trying to annex part of his country’s territory by signing a sea access deal with the breakaway region of Somaliland. Speaking at the…

It is time for a new Africa beyond borders and boundaries | African Union

It is time for a new Africa beyond borders and boundaries | African Union

African leaders will be convening in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, for the 37th summit of the African Union on Saturday. During the two-day gathering, the Heads of State and Government of the African Union will discuss issues of peace, development and integration against the backdrop of resurgent coups, global food…