Sudan has called for the immediate withdrawal of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Horn of Africa country. In a letter sent to UN Secretary-General António Guterres, the Sudanese military Government demanded the UN’s mission, known as Integrated Transition…
Horn of Africa drought not possible without climate change – Study
The drought that has left some 4.35 million people in the Horn of Africa in dire need of humanitarian aid – with 43,000 in Somalia estimated to have died last year – would not have been possible without climate change,…
French, German foreign ministers arrive in Ethiopia to support Tigray peace agreement
The French and German foreign ministers arrived in Addis Ababa on Thursday on a mission to support a peace agreement signed last year to end two years of brutal war. The visit by France’s Catherine Colonna and Annalena Baerbock of…
Drought, conflict force 80k Somalis to Kenya’s Dadaab refugee camps – UN
The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) has said that no fewer than 80,000 Somalis were forced from their homes by extremist violence and drought. According to the agency, these Somalias had sought shelter in recent weeks at Kenya’s Dadaab Refugee Camps.…
Obasanjo, a democrat, peacemaker – CUPP
The Coalition of United Political Parties on Thursday commended former President, Olusegun Obasanjo for successfully negotiating a cessation of hostilities between the Ethiopian government and the Tigrayans, describing him as “a reformer, visionary and defender of democracy in Nigeria and…