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Ethiopian Orthodox Church patriarch blasts Tigray 'genocide'

The head of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church in his first public comments on the war in the country’s Tigray region is sharply ...

EU weighs military training mission for Mozambique

The European Union's top diplomat on Thursday urged member states to contribute to a military training mission for Mozambique ...

Somalia says it has resumed diplomatic ties with Kenya

Somalia says it has resumed diplomatic ties with neighboring Kenya after severing relations late last year. A government ...

General: China's Africa outreach poses threat from Atlantic

The top U.S general for Africa is warning that a growing threat from China may come not just from the waters of the Pacific ...

In Ethiopia camp, displaced Tigrayans live with hunger, fear

The memories are so painful that Birhanu Haile sometimes forgets to eat. He is one of thousands of ethnic Tigrayans clinging ...

Tanzania's new president on two-day state visit to Kenya

Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan is on a two-day state visit to Kenya aimed at improving trade relations between the ...

Suspected extremist in Kenya's east blow up truck killing 2

At least two people were killed near Kenya's eastern border with Somalia when the vehicle they were travelling in ran over ...

Ethiopia 'at a crossroads' amid spiraling ethnic conflict

Aba Yosief Desta preferred not to discuss the ethnicities of victims in the widening conflicts threatening Ethiopia's unity.

AP Debrief: Biden hikes refugee cap after outcry

President Joe Biden on Monday formally raised the nation's cap on refugee admissions to 62,500 this year, weeks after facing ...

Somali lawmakers reverse president's extended stay in power

The controversial two-year term extension for Somalia’s president evaporated Saturday after intense public pressure, as the ...

Kenya eases curfew, other virus measures after cases decline

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta loosened infection-control measures Saturday after the number of new COVID-19 cases confirmed ...

Alarm grows in Africa as it watches India's COVID-19 crisis

Africa is “watching with total disbelief” as India struggles with a devastating resurgence in COVID-19 cases, the continent’s ...

Kenya camps with 400,000 refugees to be closed next year

Kenya wants two refugee camps which hosts hundreds of thousands of refugees from war-torn countries closed by June 30 next ...

Somalia's president drops bid for extended term after chaos

Somalia’s president early Wednesday bowed to growing opposition to his extended stay in office, urging a return to ...

Southern African countries may help Mozambique fight rebels

The 16-nation Southern African Development Community is considering a proposal to deploy more than 2,500 regional troops to ...

In Africa, vaccine hesitancy adds to slow rollout of doses

Some Africans are hesitating to get COVID-19 vaccines amid concerns about their safety, alarming public health officials as ...

France's Total halts its gas project in northern Mozambique

The French energy firm Total announced Monday that it has halted all operations on its $20 billion investment in a liquified ...

Gunfire erupts in Somali capital amid president's standoff

Gunfire erupted in Somalia’s capital on Sunday between soldiers loyal to the government and others angry at the country’s ...

HIV drugs run short in Kenya as people say lives at risk

Kenyans living with HIV say their lives are in danger due to a shortage of anti-retroviral drugs donated by the United States ...

40,000 displaced in north Mozambique after assault on Palma

Some 40,000 displaced and urgently needing food, work suspended on a multi-billion-dollar gas investment, and scores of dead ...