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CIA and FBI agents hunting for al-Qaeda militants in the Horn of Africa have been interrogating terrorism suspects from 19 countries held at secret prisons in Ethiopia, which is…
Faltering peace talks in southern Sudan aimed at ending one of Africa’s most brutal conflicts suffered a new blow Friday after Ugandan rebels pulled out, claiming their security…
East Africa is now one of the world’s major drug-supply routes, with tonnes of cocaine and heroin suspected of being smuggled into Europe, a senior British official said on…
Ethiopian security forces massacred 193 people — triple the official death toll — during anti-government protests following last year’s election, a senior judge appointed to…
More than 120-million Africans face starvation because much of the £3-billion (,6-billion) in aid spent each year to help them is wasted, an aid organisation said on Tuesday.…
An elderly nun who was gunned down at the hospital where she worked in Somalia’s capital was ”specifically targeted before being executed by gunmen lying in wait”, a hospital…
Eritrean police have arrested several United Nations peacekeepers who allegedly were trying to smuggle people out of Eritrea, the information ministry said. An unspecified number…
At least 18 people were killed in northern Kenya during cross-border cattle raids by about 300 armed bandits from Ethiopia, officials said on Monday. Most of the dead were…
Bus driver Peter Mwathi pulls some dirty bank notes from his shirt pocket and slides them into the hand of a police offer who has pulled him over. An untrained eye would have…
A cholera outbreak has killed at least 238 people and infected some 8 923 others in the past three months in southern Sudan, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said. Although…
Mary Kimani has searched for love at weddings and even funerals. Finally, tired of waiting for love in the conservative East African nation of Kenya, she broke with tradition and…
An Israeli rescue team pulled three more bodies from a collapsed building in Nairobi, Kenya, early on Wednesday, bringing the death toll to 17, as an officer said tests indicated…
Ethiopia’s version of Pop Idol is a far cry from the glamour and glitz of its British and United States inspirations. Yellowed satin sheets and signs taped to the walls provide…
Eritrea has ordered the expulsion of United States, Canadian, Russian and other European staff of the United Nations peacekeeping mission that monitors the tense border with…
Ethiopia has indicated its willingness to comply with a recent United Nations resolution demanding the country and neighbouring Eritrea reverse a worrisome military build-up on…
Authorities are investigating reports that at least 17 people were killed when inmates broke out of a military prison in eastern Ethiopia, a police official said on Thursday.…
Clashes between police and protesters erupted in gunfire and grenade explosions on Wednesday, with police killing at least 33 people during a second day of renewed demonstrations…
Riot police fired at protesters for a second day in Ethiopia’s capital on Wednesday, a day after eight people were killed and 43 wounded in renewed protests against disputed…
African leaders and diplomats have resolved to continue pressing for United Nations Security Council reforms to include two permanent seats with veto power for the continent — a…
Ethiopia is concerned at the United Nations pull-out from some bases along the tense border with Eritrea, saying on Tuesday that the peacekeepers help ensure war does not break…
