About 340 people were killed in an attack in the western part of Ethiopia’s Oromiya region earlier this month, the Prime Minister’s spokeswoman said on Thursday, blaming a militia formerly allied to an opposition party. Oromiya, home to Ethiopia’s largest ethnic group and others, has experienced unrest for many years, rooted in grievances about political…
Many others fled the scene wounded as airstrikes targeted Zamfara state. Nigeria’s military conducted airstrikes in Zamfara state, “neutralizing” dozens of gang members, the Defense Ministry said late Thursday. Bernard Onyeuko, the deputy spokesman for the ministry, said aerial raids dubbed “Operation Hadin Kai” targeted gang elements in the Bakura region and 82 armed gang…
Ethiopia Prime minister Abiy Ahmed has denounced the allegation by Sudan that the Ethiopian defense force executed seven Sudanese soldiers. Speaking through Billine Seyoum, his spokesperson, the prime minister on Thursday said “remains committed to the principles of amicable resolution and of any differences among states, particularly Sudan is very close“ ” Again the Ethiopian side…
People in Senegal heeded a call by the country’s main opposition to bang on saucepans and honk their car horns on Thursday, in a noisy protest ahead of next month’s elections. A day after the opposition said it would halt street protests and take part in the July 31 legislative vote, people took to their…
The Malian government has adopted an electoral calendar for the transition three days before a summit of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), which is due to consider the tough sanctions imposed on the junta in January. The date of the presidential election is set for February 2024, and that of the referendum…
140,000 people leave homes to take shelter in neighboring countries after fierce fighting between Tutsi militia and government forces. KAMPALA, Uganda Attacks by the M23 or March 23 Movement, a primarily Congolese Tutsi militia, are causing large-scale displacements in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and tensions with neighboring Rwanda. On June 13 this year,…
The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission called for the immediate release of more than 8 500 people from the war-torn Tigray region. The 8 560 men, women and children, detained since December, had been subjected to “illegal and arbitrary arrests” on the basis of their ethnic identity. Families had been broken up with men and women…
The United Nations Security Council has to maintain the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Mali, while condemning the country’s military rulers for using mercenaries that have committed human rights violations. After Wednesday’s vote, the council expressed “grave concern” at the deteriorating political and security situation in the West African nation. Russia and China abstained on the French-drafted resolution…
Growing demand for fish and other seafood is rapidly changing the fishing and aquaculture sector. Consumption is expected to rise, driven mainly by fast-paced increase in population. The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) presented at the Oceans conference in Lisbon Wednesday the latest report on the fisheries sector and outlined a relatively optimistic scinario.…
Twenty people were found dead in the Libyan desert following a vehicle breakdown near the border with Chad and were presumed to have died of thirst, rescuers said Wednesday. A team “recovered 20 bodies found in the desert after their vehicle broke down,” rescue services in the southeastern region of Kufra said in a statement.…