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Emmanuel Goujon
Ethiopia’s Meles set for easy re-election
Voters go to the polls in Ethiopia on Sunday with little doubt that Prime Minister Meles Zenawi will stay in power.
Awkward summit as Africa ponders role of Gadaffi
After an awkward year with Libyan leader Moammar Gadaffi as chairperson, many at the AU fear he will seek re-election.
A museum to save an Ethiopian tribe’s soul
Women jump up in their fluffy orange cotton skirts, waggling their shoulders at men who are swift to join the dance.
African leaders adopt landmark refugee convention
African leaders on Friday ratified a convention on the protection of the continent’s internally displaced people, refugees and returnees.
Somali general says insurgents’ days are numbered
African Union peacekeepers have an acronym for the guerrilla war in Somalia — VUCA — meaning volatile, unpredictable, complex, and ambiguous.
UN Somalia envoy accuses Islamist leader of coup attempt
The UN envoy for Somalia blamed Islamist leader Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys on Wednesday for recent fighting in Mogadishu.
African Union summit overshadowed by fresh crises
The AU’s annual summit was to kick off Sunday with another year of crises likely to upstage an official agenda focused on infrastructure.
‘We want to remain Ethiopian’
The mountainous region in north-eastern Ethiopia was ravaged by the border conflict that left about 80 000 dead between 1998 and 2000.
Disputed Ethiopia-Eritrea border town still stirs war fears
Every morning at dawn, Ethiopian soldiers poke long poles into the soil on the dirt track linking Badme with civilization, looking for landmines.
Ousted Comoran renegade leader still on the run
Comoran and African forces on Wednesday battled die-hard supporters of Anjouan’s fugitive strongman as the federal authorities pledged a transition government in the Indian Ocean…
Forces comb Comoros island for renegade leader
A coalition of Comoran and African Union (AU) troops on Wednesday combed Anjouan hunting for its renegade leader after invading the Indian Ocean island the day before. The…
AU seeks to improve conflict-solving
The African Union starts a heads-of-state summit in Addis Ababa on Thursday seeking to bolster the body’s capacity to solve conflicts such as the crises in Darfur and Somalia.…
Battles wipe out Mogadishu’s basic services
Back-to-back bloody clan battles in Somalia — now spanning 16 years and worsened by nearly a year of insurgency — have wiped out basic services in Mogadishu, where the latest…
Africans defend Mugabe over summit
African diplomats presented a united front on Saturday to support Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe’s presence at an upcoming European Union-Africa summit despite strong…
Ethiopia ushers in the year 2000
Ethiopia entered the third millennium seven years after the rest of the world on Wednesday, amid lavish celebrations, religious fervour and messages of hope from the troubled…