U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, left, walks with Saudi Foreign Minister Ibrahim Abdulaziz Al-Assaf, as Pompeo arrives in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Monday, June 24, 2019. Pompeo is conducting consultations during a short tour of the Middle East, including visits to Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool) U.S. Secretary of State

It was clearly a quite broad plot, but its coordination must have been off. Police are still rounding up suspected plotters, and Abiy Ahmed was still prime minister on Monday. Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is a very lucky man. He has survived three attempts to kill or overthrow him in the past year. Last

Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi held talks or meetings here Sunday with foreign ministers from eight African countries, who are here to attend the upcoming coordinators’ meeting on the implementation of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) Beijing Summit outcomes. The foreign ministers are Sierra Leone’s foreign minister Nabeela Tunis, Gabon’s foreign

Sudan’s ruling Military Council spokesperson Shamseddine Kabbashi, speaks during a press conference at the Presidential Palace, in Khartoum, Sudan, Sunday, June 23, 2019. Sudan’s protest movement accepted an Ethiopian roadmap for a civilian-led transitional government, a spokesman said on Sunday, after a months-long standoff with the country’s military rulers. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) Sudan’s protest movement

Yemen’s Houthi movement targeted Abha and Jizan airports in southern Saudi Arabia with drone attacks on Sunday, the group’s Al-Masirah TV said. There was no immediate Saudi confirmation of the attacks. The Iran-aligned Houthis have stepped up missile and drone attacks on Saudi cities in the past month. In response the Saudi-led military coalition fighting

Kenya’s Health Cabinet Secretary was quick to issue statements to reassure the public. These actions show that all players are alert. Healthcare providers are key. How quickly an outbreak is spotted and controlled depends on their ability to identify a case and manage patients while protecting themselves, and others, from infection. The second largest Ebola

Dr. Ambachew Mekonnen, president of Amhara regional state and Ethiopia’s Army Chief General Seare Mekonnen Ambachew Mekonnen killed in his offices by ‘mercenaries’ in Bahir Dar, while army chief is shot dead in Addis Ababa. The president of Ethiopia’s Amhara region and his top adviser were killed in an attempted coup in which the country’s

AFP/File / Monirul BHUIYAN Ethiopia’s army chief of staff has been shot, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed announced on television Sunday as the government said it had thwarted an attempted coup in a regional state of this Horn of Africa nation. Abiy took to national television in the early hours dressed in military fatigues and announced

White House senior adviser Jared Kushner is interviewed by Reuters at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, U.S., June 20, 2019. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque The White House on Saturday outlined a $50 billion Middle East economic plan that would create a global investment fund to lift the Palestinian and neighboring Arab state economies, and fund

Photo/Somali Times Mogadishu (Somali Times), The Minister of Petroleum and Minerals of Somalia have announced that it will the state-owned agreements with the Shell Exxon Oil Company. Minister of Minerals and Petroleum of the Somali Government Mr. Mohamoud Abdiqadir Hilal told the media that the ministry has signed an agreement with Shell Exxon Company International,