Tag: Africa
France’s Macron visits Rwanda as relations improve
KIGALI, Rwanda — French President Emmanuel Macron made a key visit to Rwanda on Thursday as his country tries to mend relations with the...
Egypt president in Djibouti to forge ties amid Nile dispute
CAIRO — The Egyptian president was in Djibouti on Thursday for talks with his counterpart there as part of Egyptian diplomatic attempts to build...
Egypt invites Hamas, Palestinians, Israel for further talks
CAIRO — Egypt has invited Israel, Hamas and the Palestinian Authority for separate talks that aim at consolidating the cease-fire that ended an 11-day...
Morocco moves to vaccinate prison inmates 45 and up
SALE, Morocco — About 300 inmates in a prison near the Moroccan capital have been vaccinated against COVID-19, among the latest prisoners to benefit...
UN official slams Ethiopia’s arrests of displaced in Tigray
JOHANNESBURG — A U.N. official has condemned the arrests of scores of people displaced by the ongoing Tigray conflict, where fighting continues between the...
Mali’s military releases transitional president and PM
BAMAKO, Mali — Mali’s military has released the transitional president and prime minister from detention, a top officer said Thursday.
...
Ethiopia says 22 regional officials killed by Tigray rebels
JOHANNESBURG — Rebels have killed 22 officials of the war-hit Tigray region’s interim administration, Ethiopia’s government said Wednesday.
...
More than 100 missing, feared dead after Nigeria boat sinks
LAGOS, Nigeria — More than 100 people were missing and feared dead after a boat with more than 165 passengers, including women and children,...
UN warns Tigray faces famine risk if aid isn’t scaled up
UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. humanitarian chief warned the Security Council that the humanitarian crisis in Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region is worsening and “there...
UN official: Conflicts make controlling COVID more difficult
UNITED NATIONS — Despite last year’s U.N. call for global cease-fires to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic, many conflicts never stopped including in Syria, Yemen...