At least 74 migrants killed in shipwreck off Libya coast – UN
At least 74 migrants died in a shipwreck on Thursday off the coast of Khums, Libya, the United Nations’ International Organization for Migration (IOM) said.
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Mass killing of civilians in Ethiopia’s Tigray region: Amnesty
A large number of civilians have been brutally killed in Ethiopia’s Tigray region amid fighting between the local and federal governments, said Amnesty International on Thursday.
War crimes feared in Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict
The African Union has dismissed its security head, an Ethiopian national, after the Ethiopian government accused him of disloyalty to the country amid its conflict with a restive region that threatens to destabilize the Horn of Africa.
The pandemic reimagined sub-Saharan education, but access to digital is urgently needed
When Fiona Mavhinga was growing up in rural Zimbabwe, she woke at 4 a.m. and walked five kilometers (three miles) to school. She attended a full day of lessons and returned home in the evenings to tend the family vegetable plot.
Electoral College: What happens between now and Inauguration Day
Bookmark They were technically voting for 538 electors who, according to the system laid out by the Constitution, will meet in their respective states and vote for President and Vice … Read More
Doctor’s self-funded test lab leads way in Somalia’s COVID fight
Having scraped money together following medical studies abroad, Somali doctor Abdullahi Sheikdon Dini opened Mogadishu’s first advanced diagnostic laboratory in January.
Ivory Coast opposition leaders face prison for forming rival government
Opposition candidates in Ivory Coast’s election face charges of terrorism and up to life in prison for denouncing the vote and creating a rival government after President Alassane Ouattara’s victory, a public prosecutor said on Friday.
Concern of outright war in Ethiopia grows as PM presses military offensive
Ethiopia’s prime minister stepped up a military offensive in the northern region of Tigray on Sunday with air strikes as part of what he called a “law enforcement operation,” increasing fears of outright civil war in Africa’s second-most populous country.
Ethiopia’s Abiy resists diplomatic pressure to halt offensive
Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed showed no sign on Thursday of halting a military campaign in the Tigray region, despite international pressure to avert civil war with a powerful ethnic faction.
Gunmen kill 32, burn houses in attack in Ethiopia
Gunmen have killed 32 people and torched more than 20 houses in a raid in western Ethiopia, a regional administrator said on Monday.
Ethiopia’s Nobel laureate leader vows ‘military confrontation’ with restive region
Ethiopia’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has declared a state of emergency in the restive Tigray region in response to an alleged attack by the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) on a federal military base.
A Malaria Mystery, Partly Solved: What Happens When the Rains End?
BookmarkA study in Mali suggests that malaria parasites hide out during the dry season by altering the properties of red blood cells. Each year malaria kills roughly 400,000 people, most … Read More
Africa must prepare for second COVID wave, disease control group says
BookmarkCovid-19 cases are accelerating in some parts of Africa and governments should step up preparations for a second wave, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday. … Read More
As Tanzania’s President Wins a Second Term, Opposition Calls for Protests
BookmarkAfter a poll marred by accusations of widespread fraud and irregularities, one opposition leader warned that the nation could become a “one-party system.” Tanzania’s electoral commission said that the country’s … Read More