East Africa

MOGADISHU, Somalia - Senate Vice President Abshir Ahmed has as soon as once more pushed for President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, whom he accuses of getting failed the nation after the continuing controversial election points in Somalia, which have threatened to dissolve unity within the nation. President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo is more and more underneath stress from opposition members, who accuse him of disrespecting the rule of legislation in appointing members of the nomination committee, amongst different…

Continuation and finish of our sequence on Madagascar lychee. Yearly, 2 to three weekends earlier than Christmas, there's Malagasy lychee, harvested in mid-November, in cubicles of European futures. A distinct segment market the place Madagascar reigns supreme, with greater than 15,000 tonnes exported every year. Because the main producer within the southern hemisphere, it's the solely nation on the…

Somalia Must Be taught to Stand Alone. In March 1977, Ethiopia and Somalia edged in path of wrestle over the realm of Ogaden, which each and every claimed.

AL-MUKALLA: Seven Yemeni fishermen died when their boat was destroyed by storm winds as tropical cyclone Gati buzzed Somalia. The seven fishermen had been sleeping on the ship in a protected breakwater in Xaafuun within the northeastern nation when the storm - Somalia's strongest within the document - hit early Sunday morning. Omer Gambet, head of the Fisheries Cooperative Union in Al-Mukalla, the capital of Yemen's southeastern province of Hadramout, advised Arab Information that fishermen, all from the village of…

In Ethiopia, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's ultimatum expires on Wednesday. Humanitarian and politicians fear a bloodbath when the region is cut off from the world. Diplomats, international institutions and foreign powers try to encourage dialogue. But the Ethiopian authorities are still deafening the ear. From our correspondent…

Ethiopia's prime minister rejects growing international consensus on dialogue and a halt to deadly fighting in the Tigray region as "interference", saying his country will handle the conflict on its own. "We respectfully urge the international community to refrain from any unwelcome and illegal interference," said the statement from Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's office on Wednesday, quoted by the Associated Press (AP), as government forces surrounded the capital, Tigray, Mekele. "The international…

MOGADISHU - Tropical Cyclone Gati, which landed in Somalia on Sunday night time, killing eight folks and inflicting destruction, has weakened and is shifting in the direction of the Gulf of Aden, the UN humanitarian company stated on Tuesday. Nevertheless, the United Nations Workplace for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) stated heavy rains had triggered floods within the Puntlands Bari area, significantly in coastal and inland areas. The UN company, citing the administration in Bari, stated an…

Ethiopia's prime minister rejects growing international consensus on dialogue and a halt to deadly fighting in the Tigray region as "interference", saying his country will handle the conflict on its own. "We respectfully urge the international community to refrain from any unwelcome and illegal interference," said the statement from Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's office on Wednesday, quoted by the Associated Press (AP), as government forces surrounded the capital, Tigray, Mekele. "The international…

As the conflict escalates in Tigray, more than 40,000 refugees have crossed the border into Sudan, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). They keep coming in the thousands and come a little further away every day. From our special envoy to the Ethiopian border, Eliott BrachetThe ultimatum was…

MOGADISHU, Somalia - Former Somali President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed has been elected chairman of the Opposition Candidate Affiliation when their assembly in Mogadishu takes place for the fifth day in a row. That is the newest increase for upcoming elections in Mogadishu, the place 14 opposition candidates had gathered to barter the controversial electoral commissions tasked with overseeing parliamentary and presidential elections, that are as a consequence of begin subsequent month. The presidential candidates have…