Release of six UN staff members arrested in Ethiopia
Six U.N. staff members have been released but five others, along with a deputy, are still being held in Addis-Ababa, U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric told […]
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Double attack in Uganda: Five suspects shot dead by the police
Ugandan police announced Thursday that they have shot dead five suspects and arrested 21 people as part of the investigation into a recent double suicide […]
Three dead, 33 injured in two “suicide bombings” in Kampala
At least three people were killed and 33 injured Tuesday in the Ugandan capital Kampala in a double “suicide attack” carried out by a “local […]
Miss Universe in Israel: South Africa protests against the participation of its miss
The debate is raging in the country on the participation or not of the Miss South Africa in the Miss Universe contest organized in Israel, […]
Head of Kenya’s soccer federation arrested
Nick Mwenda, the head of the Kenya Football Federation (FKF), which has been placed under trusteeship on corruption charges, has been arrested, police sources said. […]
Crisis in Ethiopia: US sanctions against Eritreans
The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned four entities and two individuals on November 12 in connection with the humanitarian crisis […]
Sudan: Al-Jazeera chief arrested, six protesters killed
Security forces arrested the Khartoum bureau chief of the Qatari TV station Al-Jazeera on Sunday, increasing pressure on the media in the wake of the […]
Sudan: General Burhan announces new Sovereignty Council
General Abdelfattah al-Burhan, author of the October 25 putsch, appointed a new Sovereignty Council on Thursday, November 11. Several personalities who called for a rapid […]
Boeing agrees to compensate families of 2019 Ethiopian crash victims
Boeing has reached a settlement with the families of the victims of the 737 MAX crash that killed 157 people in Ethiopia in March 2019, […]
Death of Frederik Willem de Klerk, last white president of South Africa
The last white president of South Africa, Frederik Willem de Klerk, died Thursday at his home in Cape Town at the age of 85, his […]