“Ethiopia and Eritrea have opened a new chapter in their relationship, ending two decades of conflict,” he told world leaders on the third day of the Assembly’s annual general debate. Citing his Prime Minister’s continued actions for peacemaking in the region, he detailed the extensive lengths to which Ethiopia has fostered peaceful relations with other

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A proposed regional security alliance bringing together the United States, Gulf allies, Egypt and Jordan, is at risk of credibility if a Gulf dispute is not resolved, Qatar’s foreign minister said on Friday. Saudi Arabia, the Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt cut off travel and trade ties with Qatar in June 2017, accusing

A Copenhagen policewoman is being investigated for embracing a niqab-wearing protestor during a demonstration against a ban on face veils, the force’s complaints body said on Wednesday. The incident, in which the protester appeared to be crying, was captured by a Reuters photographer on Aug. 1 when a countrywide ban on the wearing of face

Somaliland’s separatist administration is said to have been a major contributor to a military base in the coastal city of Saylac over the past few months. The report comes after a series of meetings between the Somali Federal Government and the Government of the Federal Republic of Russia in New York on the sidelines of the

The US Department of Defense (DoD) announced on 24 September that it had awarded a USD12.3 million contract to the North Carolina-based company URS Group to carry out emergency runway repairs at Camp Baledogle (Bahle Dogli) in central Somalia. The DoD said the work will include “full depth patching and overlay to allow required airfield

King Salman inaugurates biggest transport project in Middle East, which is expected to carry millions of passengers annually. Saudi Arabia launched a high-speed railway Tuesday connecting Islam’s holiest cities. The 450-kilometer (280-mile) Haramain High-Speed Rail system linking Makkah and Medina is expected to relieve traffic congestion and is also part of efforts to boost tourism

U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Joint Strike Fighters have reportedly conducted reconnaissance missions over or near Somalia and were ready to respond to requests for close air support from American forces in that country during their first-ever deployment to the Horn of Africa region aboard the USS Essex amphibious assault ship. There are now reports that

His Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani will deliver a speech today at the opening session of the UN General Assembly 73 that is expected to touch on Qatar’s positions on the key issues in the Arab and international arenas, the official Qatar News Agency reported on Monday. In an assertion of Doha’s

Kenya has acquired nine Fennec helicopters from the United Arab Emirates as it ramps up its security measures amid increased threats from Al Shabaab insurgents in Somalia. Last week, Cabinet Secretary for Defence Raychelle Omamo and the Commander of the Kenya Air Force Maj-Gen Francis Ogolla received the helicopters at the Laikipia Air Base in

Responding to a statement by Addis Ababa’s police commissioner Major General Degefe Bede that nearly 3,000 youths were arrested in the capital Addis Ababa over the weekend, and that 174 would be charged and 1,200 others would be detained at the Tolay Military Camp for a “rehabilitation education”, Joan Nyanyuki, Amnesty International’s Director for East