Africa’s leaders applauded Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed for making substantial reforms in his country as they met to consider improvements to the continent-wide body at the start of a summit Saturday. Abiy, 42, outlined the reforms that he has made since coming to power in April, including releasing thousands of prisoners, lifting bans on

CIA has concluded that Saudi Crown Prince M. Bin Salman ordered the assassination of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi, the Washington Post reported late Friday.”In reaching its conclusions, the CIA examined multiple sources of intelligence, including a phone call that the prince’s brother Khalid bin Salman, the Saudi ambassador to the United States, had with Khashoggi,

One of the biggest storylines coming out of the recent midterm elections was the changing face of the newly elected members of Congress. The incoming 116th Congress will have its largest share of women and minority members to date. Among those new faces are the first Muslim woman, congresswoman-elect Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, and the

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopia has detained the former head of a large military-run industrial conglomerate, a day after the country’s attorney general disclosed that several hundred million dollars was embezzled from the firm. The state broadcaster ETV reported that Maj. Gen. Kinfe Dagnew, former head of the Metal and Engineering Corporation, was arrested

Nigeria’s anti-corruption agency is seeking to extradite former oil minister Diezani Alison-Madueke from Britain to face corruption charges back home. Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) argues the corruption case against her in Britain has dragged far too long. EFCC chairperson Ibrahim Magu said the British probe began even before he was appointed and she

Dozens of Ethiopian security officials appeared in court on Monday after the attorney general accused security chiefs of ordering a grenade attack on Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. The arrests appeared to mark a crucial moment for Abiy, who has embarked on a whirlwind series of economic, political and diplomatic reforms since he came to power

British foreign secretary visits the Gulf region to build support for peace in Yemen, It is “unacceptable” that the full circumstances behind Jamal Khashoggi’s murder still remain unclear, the British foreign secretary said. Speaking ahead of his visit to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, Jeremy Hunt urged Saudi officials for a full co-operation

Thirteen people were missing on Monday after a boat carrying illegal migrants sank in the Aegean Sea off Turkey’s western coast, the Turkish coastguard said. Two migrants swam to shore not far from the coastal town of Dikili in Izmir province after their boat sank, the coastguard said in a statement, adding that a search

Turkey has given recordings on the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi to Saudi Arabia, the United States, Germany, France and Britain, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Saturday. Turkish sources have said previously that authorities have an audio recording purportedly documenting the murder. “We gave the recordings, we gave them to Saudi Arabia, we

A Somali man went on a stabbing rampage in the city of Melbourne on Friday after driving a car laden with gas cylinders up on a footpath, where it caught fire, and police said they are treating the attack as terrorism. The man stabbed three people, one fatally, before he was shot by police. He