December 29, 2022
South Sudan: Thousands Displaced in South Sudan Ethnic Violence, UN Reports
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian affairs, or UNOCHA, says an estimated 30,000 people from South Sudan's Greater Pibor Administrative Area have fled… Read more »
December 28, 2022
Ethiopia: Journalist Hopes Coverage On Ethiopia's Tigray Will Bring Justice
Lucy Kassa never expected to be a war correspondent. Working for a Norwegian magazine, the freelance journalist wrote about issues related to development and the economy in… Read more »
Congo-Kinshasa: South Sudan Sends 750 Troops to DRC
South Sudan is sending 750 troops to join the East Africa Force trying to bring peace in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, despite its own struggles to restore peace back… Read more »
December 27, 2022
Somalia: U.S. Congresswoman Hails Somali Army Successes Against Al-Shabab
U.S. Congresswoman Ilhan Omar hailed recent victories scored by the Somali government and local community forces against al-Shabab militants in central Somali regions. Read more »
Somalia: Civil Servants Mostly 'Ghost Staff' On Government Payroll - Somali President
Somalia's president over the weekend said the vast majority of paid civil servants were neither in the country nor working. Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said 3,500 of 5,000 people on the… Read more »
Ethiopia: Ethiopian Airlines to Resume Daily Flights to Tigray
Ethiopia's flagship carrier Ethiopian Airlines has announced it will resume daily flights to Tigray region's capital Mekelle as an African Union-brokered peace deal moves forward. Read more »
December 23, 2022
Ethiopia: Ethiopia, Tigray Rebels Agree to African Union Monitoring Team
Kenya's former president, Uhuru Kenyatta, will travel to Ethiopia's Tigray region to oversee monitoring of last month's peace deal. Ethiopian federal and Tigray region officials… Read more »
December 26, 2022
Ethiopia: Ethiopia Federal Govt Officials in First Post-War Visit to Tigray
Ethiopian officials have for the first time in nearly two years arrived in Tigray's capital Mekelle to join in overseeing implementation of a November peace deal. Read more »
December 22, 2022
East Africa: Kenyan Police Say Officer, Civilian Killed in Attack on Border with Somalia
Police in eastern Kenya are blaming al-Shabab militants for the death of an officer and a civilian in an attack in Garissa County, on the border with Somalia. Read more »
Somalia: Military Says it Has Taken Al-Shabaab's Last Stronghold in Middle Shabelle
Somalia's military says it has liberated the last town held by al-Shabab militants in the Middle Shabelle region, killing more than 150 fighters, including five foreigners. Read more »
Uganda: Ebola Success Forces Revamp of Vaccines Trial
Uganda on Thursday received two more potential vaccines for a trial against the Sudan strain of the deadly Ebola virus. Uganda has recorded 142 confirmed cases and 55 deaths since… Read more »
December 21, 2022
Somalia: Govt Ordered Media to Send News for Approval - Media Houses
In its latest directive to media, the Somali government has requested that local news outlets submit content for approval before it airs. Read more »
December 20, 2022
Tanzania: Shrinking Ice Cap On Kilimanjaro Threatens Tourism in Tanzania
U.N. experts say the ice cap on Africa's biggest peak, Tanzania's Mount Kilimanjaro, is among world-famous glaciers predicted to melt by 2050 due to climate change. Read more »
December 19, 2022
Ethiopia: Ethiopians Voice Hopes and Fears About Peace Process
As Ethiopians around the world anxiously watch to see if a fragile peace agreement will hold, a group of people from the diaspora gathered at VOA headquarters in Washington for a… Read more »
December 18, 2022
Somalia: New U.S. Airstrikes in Somalia Kill 15 Militants - Statement
The U.S. military has reported two new airstrikes against al-Shabab fighters in Somalia's Hirshabelle State. Read more »
December 16, 2022
Somalia: 88 Militants Killed in Middle Shabelle Region, Govt Says
Eighty-eight al-Shabab militants were killed this week in a joint operation by the Somali National Army and allied clan militia in the Middle Shabelle region, Somali's Deputy… Read more »
December 17, 2022
Somalia: Somali Military Kills 50 Al-Shabaab Fighters in New Operation
The Somali military says the country's national army, with the help of local civilians, has conducted a planned military operation against the Islamist militant group al-Shabab in… Read more »
December 15, 2022
Somalia: Somali Government Says Al-Shabab Is Deliberately Displacing Civilians
The Somali military accused al-Shabab militants of deliberately displacing civilians from villages and towns they had captured before they could be reclaimed by government forces. Read more »
December 14, 2022
Somalia: Somalia Inches Toward Famine Amid Extreme Drought
The record-breaking drought in the Horn of Africa has affected half the population of Somalia, including in the breakaway region of Somaliland. The United Nations says if more aid… Read more »
December 13, 2022
East Africa: Army Reports Killing 11 Rebels Who Entered Country From DR Congo
The Ugandan army says its troops have killed eleven members of the Allied Democratic Forces, or ADF, when they tried to enter Uganda from the Democratic Republic of Congo. The army… Read more »
Somalia: Famine in Somalia Averted, for Now, UN Report Says
A United Nations acute food insecurity report on Somalia issued Tuesday finds famine in that country has been narrowly averted due to the response of humanitarian organizations and… Read more »
December 09, 2022
Ethiopia: Critical Aid Arrives in Conflict-Ridden Northern Ethiopia As Cease-Fire Holds
The U.N. refugee agency, UNHCR, reports it is stepping up critical aid to thousands of refugees and internally displaced people in conflict-ridden northern Ethiopia. Read more »
South Sudan: Influx of South Sudan IDPs Leads to Severe Overcrowding At UN Protection Site
A protection site for internally displaced persons in South Sudan is facing severe overcrowding following an influx of new arrivals. The site, which is protected by U.N.… Read more »
December 07, 2022
Ethiopia: State-Owned Electric Company Says Tigray's Capital Mekelle Reconnected
Ethiopia's electric company says it has reconnected the Tigray region's capital, Mekelle, to the national grid for the first time in more than a year. Read more »
December 06, 2022
Somalia: Somali Army Dislodges Al-Shabab From Key Stronghold
Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said Somali army troops and a local militia dubbed the Community Defense Forces took the town of Adan Yabal from al-Shabab without a fight. Read more »