Addis Ababa The Ethiopian government on Monday said that humanitarian assistance is being provided as planned in the conflict-hit northern Tigray regional state. The remark was made by Demeke Mekonnen, Ethiopia’s deputy prime minister and foreign minister, while briefing the diplomatic community and the Human and Resilience Donor Group on the current humanitarian situation in…
The Central African Republic’s Faustin Archange Touadera has won re-election as president after the first round of voting, the electoral commission announced on Monday. The incumbent won “an absolute majority” of the December 27 vote with 53.9 percent and is “declared elected”, National Elections Authority (ANE) chief Mathias Morouba told reporters. In a field of 15…
Khartoum Sudan has voiced its reservation over participation in a ministerial meeting on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) that was convened on Monday, the country’s Irrigation and Water Resources Ministry has said. “Based on [the] outcome of the tripartite ministerial meeting held on Sunday, Sudan requested [the] convening of a bilateral meeting with the…
Honouring the Lives Lost in Tragic Violence Three days of mourning in the Republic of Niger as announced Monday by the Interior Minister Mohamed Bazoum. In addition to the reinforcement of security in the border area with Mali. This comes two days after the reported deadliest jihadist attack in the Sahel nation that saw the…
The attacks occurred Saturday just as first-round presidential results were announced. “Terrorists” killed around 100 people in two villages in western Niger, the latest in a string of civilian massacres that have rocked the jihadist-plagued Tillaberi region, a local mayor said Sunday. The attacks on the villages of Tchoma Bangou and Zaroumadareye occurred Saturday just as first-round…
A leading scientist has warned coronavirus vaccines could be ineffective against the highly infectious South African mutation. Sir John Bell, regius professor of medicine at Oxford University who helped develop its jab, said he is more concerned about it than the Kent strain. ‘The mutations associated with the South African form are really pretty substantial…
Southern Bangassou town partially captured day before authorities are due to declare results of the presidential election. Rebel fighters have partially captured the southern city of Bangassou in the Central African Republic (CAR), weeks after they were accused of an attempted coup and ahead of partial results from a tense presidential election. A coalition of…
Monitoring Defense and security from Dec. 21 to 28, 2020-CC
The Egyptian army has intensified the military exercises and drills recently as a “deterrent message” to some regional powers, and an assurance of the armed forces’ readiness against any threats, according to political and military experts. “The four strategic directions of Egypt, the Mediterranean at north, Sinai at east, Libya at west and the headwaters…
Kenya’s standard gauge railway cargo revenue rose 10 percent in the third quarter, defying the challenging times brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic to post growth, new economic data shows on Thursday. The revenue rose from 2.85 billion shillings (about 26.1 million U.S. dollars) in the quarter ending June to 28.7 million dollars in the…