Russia rejects calls for arms embargo on South Sudan
Russia on Tuesday said it was opposed to calls for arms embargo on South Sudan, in the wake of reports that the Juba government had...
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South Sudan undermines deal to send more peacekeepers: UN
Aconfidential letter from the U.N. secretary-general says South Sudan’s government is undermining a U.N. Security Council decision to deploy an additional 4,000 peacekeepers, risking an...
Ethiopia meets protests with bullets
ETHIOPIA’S RULERS have redoubled a repressive policy that is failing. Instead of looking for ways to alleviate the pent-up frustrations of the ethnic Oromo and...
Foreign businesses are torched in protests, and Ethiopia is in a state of emergency
For years, Ethiopia’s government has repressed dissent, jailed opposition leaders and at times shut down social media, producing the kind of political stability that has...
Kenya, SA sign deals to counter terror and deepen police and defence ties
Kenya and South Africa have made a commitment to deepen their cooperation by signing two critical memoranda of understanding on security. The two documents, signed...
EU Needs a New Approach to Ethiopia
In January the European Parliament passed a 19-point resolution condemning the Ethiopian government’s brutal crackdown on protests that had left more than a hundred dead....
Ethiopia withdraws from Somalia el-Ali in Hiran region
Ethiopian troops fighting militant Islamist group al-Shabab have withdrawn from a key military base in central Somalia’s Hiran region, witnesses say. Al-Shabab fighters have entered...
Kenya forcing refugees back to Somalia, NGO says
Kenya is violating international law by forcing residents of the world’s largest refugee camp to return to Somalia, an aid agency said Monday. Kenya insists...
Ethiopia blames foreign groups for stoking unrest
Ethiopia accused elements in Eritrea, Egypt and other states on Monday of arming, training and funding groups that it blames for a wave of protests...
Ethiopia declares state of emergency after months of protests
he Ethiopian government on Sunday declared a six-month nationwide state of emergency following months of anti-government protests. It is the first time since the ruling...
