UN welcomes renewed ties between Eritrea, Ethiopia
The UN Security Council on Tuesday welcomed the peace deal between Eritrea and Ethiopia that brought relations out of a deep freeze. The 15-member Security […]
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‘Wind blowing in the direction of peace’ in Africa, UN Secretary-General
Secretary-General António Guterres (right) addresses a peace and security in Africa session at the Second Annual AU-UN Conference in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Recent developments in […]
Ethiopia, Eritrea to restore diplomatic ties as leaders embrace
Eritrea and Ethiopia are set to re-establish diplomatic and trade ties, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and Eritrean President Isaia Afwerki said during a landmark […]
Ethiopia’s PM welcomes Eritrean delegation over border war
Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Tuesday welcomed Eritrean Foreign Minister Osman Saleh and a high-level delegation for historic talks that could ease military tension […]
Ethiopia “accepts 2000 peace agreement” to end Eritrea border war
Executive Committee members of the ruling Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) on Tuesday said the Horn of Africa nation will fully accept the 12 […]
AU launches world’s largest free-trade area, biggest economies out
Forty-four African countries on Wednesday launched a $3 trillion continental free-trade zone encompassing 1.2 billion people. But Nigeria and South Africa, the continent’s biggest economies […]
Illegal African migrants, worse than terrorists – Israeli PM
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the massive arrival of illegal African migrants in Israel is a “worse” threat than that of terrorists in the […]
UN seeks $80 million to support refugees in Ethiopia
Two United Nations humanitarian agencies are jointly seeking $80 million to provide food assistance to refugees in Ethiopia, which hosts the second largest number of […]
PyeongChang: Meet Africa’s Winter Olympics hopefuls
As the 2018 Winter Olympics kick off this Friday in PyeongChang, eight contingents will represent the African continent with 13 athletes. It is a record […]
Eritrea summons Dutch envoy over Diaspora tax row
The Eritrean government on Thursday summoned the Dutch envoy to the Horn of Africa nation to explain the expulsion of the highest representative of Eritrea […]