Africa

The spokesperson for the Ethiopian Prime Minister’s Office announced Wednesday, the 7-member peace committee had drawn up a “proposal” to start ceasefire talks with the rebels and end the war …

The stability of Chad Republic, and, indeed, all our neighboring countries, is in our interest, President Muhammadu Buhari has said. The President spoke Friday at State House, Abuja, while receiving …

A 24-year-old woman who was arrested in Rwanda for wearing “shameful” clothing faces up to two years in jail for “public indecency”, prosecutors said Thursday. Liliane Mugabekazi was arrested on …

Ethiopia’s government has described as “unethical” the statement by the World Health Organization’s director-general that the crisis in the country’s Tigray region is “the worst disaster on Earth” and his …

After several postponements, the “Inclusive National Dialogue” (DNI), which should allow for “free and democratic” elections and the handing over of power to civilians, opens Saturday in N’Djamena. What are …

A bus crash east of Morocco’s economic capital Casablanca on Wednesday left 23 people dead, a health official said, marking one of the deadliest such accidents in recent years. The …

At least 26 people died and dozens of others were injured in forest fires that ravaged 14 districts of northern Algeria on Wednesday, the interior minister said. Kamel Beldjoud told …

Kenya’s president-elect William Ruto vowed Wednesday that his new administration would be transparent, saying there was no time to waste in meeting the “huge expectations” of Kenyans. Ruto, who has …

The Pentagon said Wednesday that US forces killed 13 fighters of the al-Shabaab militant group in an airstrike in Somalia. The strike took place on August 14 near Teedaan in …

More than 1,400 delegates gather in Chad from Saturday for a crucial parlay on the future of the African nation. Scheduled to last three weeks, the “inclusive national dialogue” in …