Ethiopia is at war with itself. The year-old civil war has spawned one of contemporary Africa’s worst human rights and humanitarian crises. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali has lost his shine. When he rose to power in April 2018, he was beloved by Ethiopians and the world. He was likened to Che Guevara or Thomas […]
Ethiopia is on the brink of disaster. With rebel forces threatening to march on the capital, this does not augur well for the huge country of more than 110 million people and the entire Horn of Africa region. To Ethiopia’s immediate west, another conflict is raging, as the Sudanese military leaders have ejected civilians from […]
Ethiopia is heading in a dangerous direction. Everything must be done to maintain the peace Among the competing factions poised against the government of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed of Ethiopia, there seems to be a contest as to who first gets to Addis Ababa, the nation’s capital. Significantly, the forces of the Tigrayan Peoples Liberation […]
Regional leaders worry escalating violence in Ethiopia could make it difficult to end the crisis, signalling a dangerous path for the country. The concerns have been raised from capitals across the world as the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) – once the ruling party – continues its advance to Addis Ababa, taking Dessie and Kombolcha […]
For many South Africans not voting during local and national elections is an act of protest – however counterproductive – against runaway corruption, corruption, incompetence and the unresponsiveness of the governing ANC. The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) predicted that only 48% of the over 26m registered voters had turned up for the […]
This article may contain spoilers. Damon Galgut, a white South African playwright and novelist, has won the 2021 Booker Prize for his novel The Promise, a satirical portrait of a white family living in Pretoria in post-apartheid South Africa. The story is a very personal one for Galgut, who grew up in Pretoria and witnessed […]
The council’s 15 member countries released the statement as Tigrayan rebels threatened to capture the capital, Addis Ababa, a year into the fighting. Twitter also has disabled the trends section on Ethiopia. For the first time in six months, the UN Security Council (UNSC) called for an end to the intensifying conflict in Ethiopia on […]
Civil society groups in Sudan have called for a two-day strike and rejected internationally backed efforts for talks with the military over a power-sharing arrangement. Sudan’s pro-democracy movement has announced a two-day nationwide civil disobedience campaign starting Sunday. The call for strikes came as efforts to resolve the political crisis in the African nation after […]
A deal between Uganda and Kenya to promote cross-border communities from conflict zones to peace and development hubs remains hanging due to the resurgent insecurity. According to security sources, there are about 500 illegal guns still in the hands of the warriors, a situation the army and local leaders say now demands “forceful disarmament.” “The […]
The insecurity in Uganda’s north eastern Karamoja region remains fluid with the expiry of the voluntary disarmament programme last month, leaving an estimated 500 guns still in the hands of local warriors who continue to steal cattle and kill in the resurgent cattle rustling. Cattle theft has grown from a few isolated cases of one […]
The Liberia Athletics Federation (LAF) Elections Commission has released the Guidelines for the elections of the federation, which is scheduled to take place on Saturday, November 20, 2021. The elections are part of the LAF 63rd General Assembly, which will bring together members of the Executive Committee, registered clubs and individual members to be held […]
In September of 2018, heads of various Liberian universities and colleges converged at the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications (MoPT) to discuss the establishment of a National Research and Education Network (NREN) in Liberia. Subsequently, on December 13, 2018, the same group met and signed an agreement for the establishment of an NREN which was […]
A Swedish Government supported pilot research for social inclusion of motorcyclists in Liberia is being described as yelling results. According to Dr. Jaremey McMullin, Senior Lecturer and Director, Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, School of International Relations, University of St. Andrews, the project is fruitful, considering the improvement in the sector and among riders […]
Kampala, Uganda — Stanbic Bank Uganda together with other well-wishers, have donated medical mama kits worth UGX35.5 million to Kawempe Referral Hospital as part of its year-ender Corporate Social Investment programme. The donation is part of an ongoing campaign in which the bank and several other organisations and well-wishers, have been supporting efforts to improve […]
Malaria is a risk to three quarters of the population in the Southern African Development Community, a 16-member organisation that draws in countries across southern and eastern Africa. Some countries in the region have set a target to eliminate the disease from as early as 2023 to 2030. Though this won’t be simple, it can […]
Kenya’s ruling Jubilee Party has launched a new offensive against rebel elements within its ranks, including Deputy President William Ruto. Party officials and Members of Parliament loyal to President Uhuru Kenyatta who is also the party leader, announced Thursday plans to hold a national delegates conference later this month when Dr Ruto will be formally […]
The African Union has come under scrutiny for its failure to prevent conflicts on the continent before they happen, only to issue statements and sanctions after the fact. Participants at the 12th Annual high level retreat on the promotion of peace and security concluded that the continental body lacks the political goodwill to put its […]
Mr Simon Mulongo, the deputy Special Representative of the AU Mission in Somalia (Amisom), was on Thursday, given seven days to leave the country for allegedly taking part in “incompatible activities” contrary to the strategy of Amisom and Somalia, according to statement from Somalia’s Foreign ministry. It did not clarify the “activities” Mr Mulongo was […]