Ethiopia said Thursday that rebels from war-hit Tigray had been routed from the neighbouring region of Afar. The office of Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) had “suffered great losses” and were forced to retreat from Afar, two months after the rebels launched incursions into the region – the…
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari visited a restive southeastern state on Thursday in a region where separatist tensions and attacks on police have been on the rise. The visit to Imo State came two months after a southeast Biafra separatist leader Nnamndi Kanu was captured overseas and brought back to Nigeria to face trial. With a…
ECOWAS suspended Guinea following a military coup. The coup came under international condemnation. Lieutenant Colonel Mamady Doumbouya seized power. West Africa bloc ECOWAS has decided to suspend Guinea following a military coup in the country, the organisation said after an emergency summit on Wednesday, calling for “an immediate return to constitutional order”. Special forces led…
Ethiopia is on course to become a net exporter of energy as it unveiled a $40bn roadmap to build 71 power projects over the next ten years. By Seth Onyango – bird Newsroom. Of those projects, 16 are hydro-power, 24 wind, 17 steam, and 14 are solar, making the model arguably one of the world’s…
Tanzania’s Freeman Mbowe, leader of the main opposition party, Chadema, was sent to prison in July and is now on trial on charges of financing terrorism. He and his allies say these charged are trumped up and represent the bad old days of opposition intimidation under former president John Magufuli. What happens now is a…
Abdoulaye Bah, a senior member of the Union of Democratic Forces of Guinea party was among dozens of prisoners released by Guinea’s junta on Tuesday. They had been jailed for opposing ousted President Alpha Conde’s third term bid and his controversial re-election last November. On Wednesday, he became the latest senior figure of the West…
JUBA , SOUTH SUDAN – The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) called on military commanders and political leaders Tuesday to end clashes in Western Equatoria state following the deaths of at least five people on Monday. A joint team made up of South Sudan defense forces and Opposition Alliance forces was dispatched to Tambura to resolve the…
Saudi Arabia has lifted its travel ban on South Africa, allowing for movement between the two countries. Previously, South Africans were banned from entering the country and Saudi citizens were prohibited from travelling to South Africa. But South African travellers need to be aware of Saudi Arabia’s strict vaccine rules. Tourists need to be fully…
Guinea’s main opposition leader said on Tuesday he was open to participating in a transition following a military coup over the weekend, as the soldiers who seized power consolidated their takeover. West African countries have threatened sanctions following the overthrow of President Alpha Condé, who was serving a third term after altering the constitution to permit…
Military leaders who’ve seized power in Guinea have released about 80 prisoners ahead of a summit of the west African grouping Ecowas. The leaders of the Ecowas bloc are due to meet virtually on Wednesday to discuss the Guinea coup and the political transition in Mali. The prisoners had been opponents of President Alpha Condé,…