Africa: Tana Forum Postponed for Third Time Amid Ongoing Conflict in Amhara Region

The 11th Tana High-Level Forum on Security in Africa, originally scheduled for October 25-27, 2024, in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia, has been postponed for the third time, with the new… Read more »

Africa: The New Triangle of Tension in the Horn of Africa

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Africa: Ethiopia Calls On AU, UN for 'Careful' Post-ATMIS Peacekeeping Deployment in Somalia

Ethiopia has called on the African Union (AU) and the United Nations (UN) to ensure comprehensive consultations with key stakeholders as plans progress for deploying a new… Read more »

Africa: Ethiopia Tops Sub-Saharan Africa in Economic Losses From Internet Shutdowns: New Study

New research from the Center for Rights and Democracy (CARD), a local nonprofit organization, reveals that Ethiopia experienced the most severe internet shutdown in Sub-Saharan… Read more »

Africa: Russia's Putin, South Africa's Ramaphosa Offer Condolences Following Deadly Southern Ethiopia Landslide

Several world leaders are offering condolences following a landslide in the Kencho Shacha Gozdi village, Gofa Zone, South Ethiopia Regional State, on Monday that resulted in over… Read more »

Africa: Global Leaders to Gather in Geneva, Aiming to Raise $1 Billion to Alleviate Ethiopia's Humanitarian Crisis

Senior officials from various countries and international organizations will convene in Geneva on 16 April, 2024 for a high-level pledging event aimed at addressing the… Read more »

Africa: HRW Calls for UN, AU to Suspend Ethiopian Troops From Peacekeeping Missions

Human Rights Watch (HRW) is calling upon the United Nations and the African Union to contemplate the suspension of fresh deployments of the Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF)… Read more »

East Africa: Op-Ed - Horn of Africa: Averting More Conflicts and Crisis

As the African Union holds its 37th session in Addis Ababa, one cannot avoid but reflect the entity's mission that it seeks to achieve an 'integrated, prosperous, and peaceful… Read more »

Africa: Tigray Embraces Turkish Partnership for the Restoration of Africa's Oldest Mosque

The Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) has extended an offer to the Tigray Tourism Bureau, proposing to spearhead the restoration of the Al-Nejashi Mosque, a… Read more »

Africa: Egypt Says Ethiopia's Filling of Grand Renaissance Dam is Illegal

Ethiopia announced yesterday that it has successfully completed the fourth and final filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), located on the Nile River. This news… Read more »

Africa: Actions Say More Than Words - Illustrations of the EU-AU Partnership

Authored by Ambassadors of the European Union and its Member States to the African Union Read more »

Africa: Eritrea's Leader Departs to Cairo to Attend Sudan Summit

Days after rejecting international and regional initiatives to resolve the ongoing war in Sudan, Eritrea's President Isaias Afwerki is headed to Cario, Egypt to attend summit of… Read more »

Africa: AU Rights Commission Terminates Tigray Probe, No Report After 2 Years

The African Union's Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (ACHPR), had quietly liquidated the mandate of the Commission of Inquiry on the Situation in the Tigray Region, the… Read more »

Africa: Ethiopia Submits Application to Join BRICS Bloc of Developing Nations

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced that Ethiopia has officially submitted an application to join the BRICS bloc of developing nations. In a press conference held today,… Read more »

Africa: AU Monitoring Team Highlights Need to Accelerate Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration

The Joint Committee recommended extension of the mandate of the AU MVCM until 31 December 2023 Read more »

Africa: Oromia Lawmakers Urge AU to 'Intervene and Negotiate' to End Conflict

Ethiopian members of the national parliament who are elected from Oromia regional state, sent a letter to the African Union suggesting the continental body to "intervene and… Read more »

Africa: Chinese Foreign Minister, AU Chairperson Inaugurate China-Funded Africa Center for Disease Control HQ in Addis Abeba

The visiting Chinese Foreign Minister, Qin Gang, and the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahmat, have today inaugurated the Headquarters of Africa Center… Read more »