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Gunmen kill more than 100 in Ethiopia

Gunmen kill more than 100 in Ethiopia

-- 2020-12-24 11:20:55

More than 100 people had been killed in a recent armed attack in west Ethiopia, the country's federal rights group confirmed late Wednesday, reports Xinhua. The bloodshed took place in the village of...

'You will die in the forest' - Nigerian schoolboys recount their kidnap ordeal

'You will die in the forest' - Nigerian schoolboys recount their kidnap ordeal

REUTERS 2020-12-20 16:36:43

Annas Shuaibu says he awoke to the sound of gunshots fired by men who burst into his boarding school in northwest Nigeria in a nighttime raid. He and hundreds of other boys were rounded up and forcibl...

Nigerian schoolboys reunited with families after week-long captivity

Nigerian schoolboys reunited with families after week-long captivity

-- 2020-12-18 20:53:21

Scores of schoolboys who were rescued from kidnappers in northwest Nigeria arrived back home on Friday, many of them barefoot and wrapped in blankets after their week-long ordeal. The boys, dressed i...

Nigerian rescues more than 300 schoolboys kidnapped by gunmen

Nigerian rescues more than 300 schoolboys kidnapped by gunmen

-- 2020-12-18 17:06:27

Security forces on Thursday rescued nearly 350 schoolboys who had been kidnapped in northwestern Nigeria and taken into a vast forest, the governor of Katsina state said, bringing relief to many famil...

Nigeria's families of kidnapped boys fear time running out

Nigeria's families of kidnapped boys fear time running out

FE ONLINE REPORT 2020-12-17 12:47:01

Families of more than 300 kidnapped Nigerian schoolboys worried they may be radicalised or held for years as security forces combed a vast forest on Wednesday for armed captors possibly from the jihad...

Boko Haram behind Nigeria's schoolboys' abduction

Boko Haram behind Nigeria's schoolboys' abduction

REUTERS 2020-12-16 10:34:25

A man identifying himself as the leader of Nigeria’s Boko Haram said on Tuesday the Islamist group was behind the abduction of more than 300 schoolboys, as anxious parents begged the government...

Anger grows in Tunisia as dreams of 'Arab Spring' remain unfulfilled

Anger grows in Tunisia as dreams of 'Arab Spring' remain unfulfilled

-- 2020-12-15 18:01:57

Ten years ago, a fruit seller set himself ablaze in the central Tunisian town of Sidi Bouzid after an altercation with a policewoman about where he had put his cart. Word of Mohammed Bouazizi’s...

UN agency says over 400,000 flee militant attacks in Mozambique

UN agency says over 400,000 flee militant attacks in Mozambique

-- 2020-12-14 14:05:18

At least 400,000 people have fled militant attacks in northern Mozambique, the United Nations refugee agency said, warning that the crisis could quickly spread beyond the country’s borders if re...

Parents pray for hundreds of boys kidnapped in Nigeria's Katsina

Parents pray for hundreds of boys kidnapped in Nigeria's Katsina

-- 2020-12-13 21:14:43

Parents converged on a secondary school in Nigeria’s northwestern Katsina state on Sunday, begging authorities to save hundreds of boys abducted by gunmen, reports Reuters. The army had exchang...

United Nations, Ethiopia reach agreement to allow aid into war-hit Tigray

United Nations, Ethiopia reach agreement to allow aid into war-hit Tigray

-- 2020-12-03 15:54:00

Ethiopia and the United Nations agreed on Wednesday to channel desperately-needed humanitarian aid to the northern region of Tigray, where a month of war is believed to have killed thousands of combat...

110 civilians killed in Nigeria massacre

110 civilians killed in Nigeria massacre

-- 2020-11-29 22:13:19

A “gruesome” massacre against farmers in northeastern Nigeria killed at least 110 people, the United Nations has said, raising tolls initially indicating 43 and then at least 70 dead. The...

Ethiopian military takes 'full control' of Tigray capital

Ethiopian military takes 'full control' of Tigray capital

-- 2020-11-29 16:13:35

Ethiopian troops have taken "full control" of the Tigray region's capital Mekelle, the government said on Saturday evening, a major development in a three-week-old war that is sending shockwaves throu...

Ethiopian forces begin offensive on Tigray capital

Ethiopian forces begin offensive on Tigray capital

Reuters 2020-11-28 21:07:49

Ethiopian government forces began an offensive to capture the regional capital Mekelle in the rebellious northern Tigray region on Saturday, said a diplomat in direct contact with residents, and the l...

Ethiopian military claims control of several Tigray towns

Ethiopian military claims control of several Tigray towns

-- 2020-11-28 14:29:40

Ethiopia's military claims it has seized control of several towns in the northern region of Tigray. The army has been locked in conflict with the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) for weeks. L...

Ethiopian PM says will begin ‘final phase’ of offensive in Tigray region

Ethiopian PM says will begin ‘final phase’ of offensive in Tigray region

-- 2020-11-26 13:24:23

The Ethiopian military will begin the “final phase” of an offensive in the rebellious northern Tigray region, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said in a statement on Thursday, hours after an ulti...

Ethiopia's Tigray forces destroy airport in Axum

Ethiopia's Tigray forces destroy airport in Axum

-- 2020-11-23 14:12:34

Forces of Ethiopia’s Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) have destroyed an airport in the town of Axum, state-affiliated Fana broadcaster said on Monday, after federal troops gave them...

Ethiopian army plans artillery attacks on Tigrayan capital, alerts civilians

Ethiopian army plans artillery attacks on Tigrayan capital, alerts civilians

-- 2020-11-22 19:01:44

Ethiopia's army plans to surround the rebel-held capital of Tigray region with tanks and may use artillery on the city to try to end a nearly three-week war, a military spokesman said on Sunday, urgin...

Post-Mugabe era: High hopes for change dissipate into disaffection

Post-Mugabe era: High hopes for change dissipate into disaffection

-- 2020-11-21 19:18:28

Zimbabwe’s former leader Robert Mugabe stepped down on November 21, 2017, bringing an end to nearly 40 years of iron-fisted rule. His resignation came days after military tanks rolled through t...

Nigeria slips into recession, weighed down by pandemic

Nigeria slips into recession, weighed down by pandemic

-- 2020-11-21 19:00:27

Nigeria has slipped into a recession after its gross domestic product contracted for the second consecutive quarter, according to data released on Saturday. Africa’s biggest economy was last in...

Ethiopia issues arrest warrants for 76 army officers amid Tigray unrest

Ethiopia issues arrest warrants for 76 army officers amid Tigray unrest

-- 2020-11-19 12:00:14

Ethiopia has issued arrest warrants for 76 army officers accused of being linked to the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF). Forces loyal to that party are fighting the government in the restive...

Congo announces end to its 11th deadly Ebola outbreak

Congo announces end to its 11th deadly Ebola outbreak

AP 2020-11-18 17:49:06

Congo has declared an end to its 11th Ebola outbreak, this one in western Equateur province, nearly six months after cases were reported and amid the rise of COVID-19 in the Central African nation. Th...

UN releases $100M to seven countries at risk of famine

UN releases $100M to seven countries at risk of famine

AP 2020-11-18 17:10:26

The United Nations humanitarian office is releasing $100 million in emergency funding to seven countries at risk of famine in Africa and the Middle East amid conflict and the COVID-19 pandemic, while...

Battle for Ethiopia state capital looms

Battle for Ethiopia state capital looms

Reuters 2020-11-17 22:55:53

Ethiopia's prime minister warned on Tuesday that a deadline for rebel northern forces to lay down arms had expired, paving the way for an advance on the Tigray region's capital in a two-week conflict...

Tigray town seized by Ethiopia as war embroils Eritrea

Tigray town seized by Ethiopia as war embroils Eritrea

Reuters 2020-11-16 18:20:28

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s government said on Monday it had captured another town in the northern Tigray region after nearly two weeks of fighting in a conflict already spilling into...

Over 20,000 refugees flee Ethiopia to Sudan: UN

Over 20,000 refugees flee Ethiopia to Sudan: UN

Reuters 2020-11-15 19:02:54

The number of people who have fled into Sudan from the conflict in northern Ethiopia has risen to at least 20,000, the UN refugee agency said on Sunday. More than 12,500 crossed at Hamdayat and nearl...

Rockets fired from Ethiopia's Tigray hit Eritrea

Rockets fired from Ethiopia's Tigray hit Eritrea

Reuters 2020-11-15 12:12:20

At least three rockets were fired at Eritrea’s capital from Ethiopia on Saturday night, five regional diplomats said, a major escalation of a conflict pitting Ethiopian government troops against...

Two missiles target Ethiopian airports as Tigray conflict widens

Two missiles target Ethiopian airports as Tigray conflict widens

Reuters 2020-11-14 20:05:12

Two airports in Ethiopia's Amhara state which neighbours Tigray where federal troops are fighting local forces were targeted by rocket fire late on Friday, the government said, as an 11-day conflict w...

Airports near Ethiopia's Tigray state under attack

Airports near Ethiopia's Tigray state under attack

-- 2020-11-14 18:22:18

Two airports in Ethiopia’s Amhara state which neighbours Tigray where federal troops are fighting local forces were targeted by rocket fire late on Friday, the government said, reports Reuters....

Blasts occur in two cities in Ethiopia’s Amhara state

Blasts occur in two cities in Ethiopia’s Amhara state

-- 2020-11-14 12:24:10

Two explosions went off in two different cities in Ethiopia’s Amhara state, which neighbours the northern state of Tigray where federal troops are fighting local forces. The explosions were rep...

Ethiopians including soldiers flee escalating conflict to Sudan

Ethiopians including soldiers flee escalating conflict to Sudan

-- 2020-11-10 17:56:07

Several Ethiopians, including army soldiers, fled the escalating conflict in the restive Tigray region to neighbouring Sudan on Monday, Sudanese state media and residents said. The flare-up in the no...