Demonstrations in Ethiopia after the assassination of activist and artist Hachalu Hundessa turned violent, leading to at least 81 deaths and many injuries, officials said. Nationwide protests, and bomb attacks were carried out in different parts of the country on Wednesday, Ethiopian police sources said. Among the deceased are three police officers and 78 civilians,

The UAE has been trying to pressure the US to intervene in Libya in an effort to hinder the gains of the internationally-backed Government of National Accord which is backed by Turkey, a document obtained by TRT World revealed. The news organisation said it received a copy of a letter sent by Emirati Ambassador to

Photo: Social media. Thousands of mourners gathered around the Hospital when authorities were escorting the body of the late Haacaaluu Hundeessaa. Youths enraged by the killing of a popular singer burned tyres in Ethiopia’s capital and took to the streets of other cities, as unrest spread through the political heartland of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed.

Photo/somali Times Somalia has rejected as “ridiculous” an offer made by the UAE for the African state to join the war in Yemen in return for financial incentives, the country’s foreign minister has revealed. According to Somalia News, the UAE offered to reopen the Sheikh Zayed Hospital in the Somali capital Mogadishu on the condition

Photo: Credit The Star Kenya Former Garissa Township MP Aden Duale in Bula Medina on March 4, 2020 Garissa residents accuse Uhuru of betrayal ‘of the highest order’. Say Duale next move will shape the political direction of the Northeastern region. Garissa township residents have accused President Uhuru Kenyatta of betrayal following the unceremonious removal

The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Noordin Haji has approved charges against 12 employees of the Kenya School of Law over the illegal payment of Sh198 million to six companies associated with them. Mr Haji said that the development was a culmination of an investigation conducted by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) which noted

Unanimously adopting resolution 2527 (2020), the 15-member Council decided UNSOM’s mandate would continue as set out in paragraph 1 of resolution 2158 (2014), which had expanded the Mission’s tasks to include support to the Federal Government and African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) by providing strategic policy advice on peacebuilding and statebuilding. The Council further

Photo/Somali Times Trump said the country had no government, no safety, nor police Somalia’s UN-backed government in the capital, Mogadishu, does not control the whole of the country’s territory. Somalia’s ministry of foreign affairs office has told the BBC that they had no comment to make in response to US President Donald Trump’s criticism of

Political Activist Boniface Mwangi has raised critical issues on Eldas MP Adan Keynan, who was appointed as the new Secretary to the Jubilee Coalition on Monday. Keynan is one of the beneficiaries of the purge on DP William Ruto allies in Jubilee. He will replace Garissa Town MP Aden Duale as a representative for the

Aden Duale’s career as National Assembly majority leader has been ended by the Jubilee Party after serving for about eight years since 2013 – Duale’s ouster was been linked to his dalliance with Deputy President William Ruto who has declared his bid to succeed Uhuru in 2022 – Eldas MP Adan Keynan was named secretary