Photo: Credit Reuters Jailed Saudi women’s rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul There is mounting pressure on world leaders to boycott the upcoming G20 Summit, which is to be held later this month in Saudi Arabia, over the kingdom’s detention and alleged “torture” of women activists. The fate of female detainees has become a major source of

By Jack Erickson Ethiopian troops help fight Al-Shabaab in Somalia. What happens when they’re called back home? Observers could be forgiven for thinking these days that East Africa is on the verge of unraveling. An ongoing conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray province is affecting the entire region, with its consequences being felt most keenly in Somalia.

Militant group al-Shabaab claims attack on security checkpoint near capital Mogadishu At least three soldiers died and several more people, including civilians, have been wounded in a blast at a security checkpoint outside Somalia’s capital on Thursday morning, officials said. The attack took place in Lafole town, some 22 kilometers (13 miles) southwest of Mogadishu.

A currency trader passes by screens showing foreign exchange rates at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020. Asian stocks followed Wall Street lower on Thursday as anxiety about the economic fallout from rising coronavirus infections in the United States and Europe clashed

Photo/Somali Times Implementation of the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) supported program is off to a good start despite the challenges posed by COVID-19, flooding and the desert locust infestation. The authorities’ swift response to the triple shock , supported by its partners and including tax relief on some basic commodities and expanding the social safety

Photo: Credit Amisom. Ethiopia said on Wednesday peacekeepers from its Tigray region serving in Somalia had been disarmed over a security issue, raising concerns over the forces’ ability to fight al Qaeda-linked militants. Diplomatic and security sources said earlier that between 200 and 300 Tigrayans had had their weapons removed. Ethiopian troops began fighting forces

Photo/Somali Times “The 2021 elections will be similar to those in the South West, Galmudug and Hirshabelle.” Said Mahdi Guled. Somali Deputy Prime Minister Mahdi Mohamed Guled Khadar said in a speech at the National Theater that they will win the first round of the 2021 elections. He cited the recent elections in some regional

Ethiopia’s prime minister Abiy Ahmed said in a social media post on Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020 that “the final and crucial” military operation will launch in the coming days against the government of the country’s rebellious northern Tigray region. (Ethiopian News Agency via AP) People are going hungry in Ethiopia’s rebellious northern Tigray region as

US President Donald Trump speaks during a Make America Great Again campaign rally at the Erie International Airport on Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020 in Erie, PA [Noah Riffe/Anadolu Agency] President Donald Trump may withdraw nearly all U.S. troops from Somalia as part of a global pullback that includes reductions of forces in Afghanistan and Iraq,

Capital city of Tigray Region in Ethiopia. Mekele Ethiopian forces pushed towards the capital of the rebel Tigray region on Wednesday, ignoring international appeals for talks to end the conflict and denying it was targeting any ethnic group. Federal troops are locked in a two-week conflict against Tigray’s forces, which has killed hundreds on both