MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA): Ethiopia’s Foreign Minister Demeke Mekonnen met with US diplomat Molly Phee on Wednesday to discuss a range of issues, including the ongoing conflict in Sudan. “The peace process in Sudan must be led and owned by the Sudanese and should be conducted under the auspices of the AU through the IGAD platform,” […]...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – At least eight people including six children were killed on Sunday when a modified auto-rickshaw struck a landmine in Somalia. The incident took place between the village of Jicibow and the town of Bulaburde in Hirshabelle state. Ibrahim Abdi Ali, a security official in the town of Jowhar, the administrative cap...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – Leaders of the East African regional bloc Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) met Monday to discuss the conflict in Sudan. Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed hosted the meeting, which was chaired by Kenyan President William Ruto. The regional bloc called on the parties to the conflict in Sudan to ...
ISTANBUL (AA): At least 34 Sudanese civilians were killed in indiscriminate shelling of a marketplace in Omdurman city, west of the capital Khartoum, according to the Health Ministry on Wednesday. A number of children were among the victim, the ministry said in a brief statement. According to eyewitnesses, the attack occurred at 8:00 a.m. loca...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA): Sudan’s Foreign Ministry has rejected a proposal by the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) to deploy peacekeepers in the country to stop the nearly three-month-old war between the Sudanese army and Rapid Support Forces (RSF). In a statement Tuesday, the ministry condemned any attempt to deploy forces in Sud...
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (AFP): Sudan’s government on Monday refused to participate in a regional meeting to resolve the crisis in the conflict-wracked nation, accusing Kenya, which chaired the talks, of favouring rival forces. Around 3,000 people have been killed since mid-April when fighting erupted between Sudan’s rival generals, w...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA): Sudan has extended the closure of the country’s airspace until July 31 amid clashes between the army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group. In a statement, the Civil Aviation Authority said Sudan’s airspace will remain closed to all flights until July 31. Only humanitarian aid and evacuation flights will b...
Tehran, Iran (AFP): Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi will embark Tuesday on a rare Africa tour in the latest diplomatic efforts to forge new alliances. The three-day trip — which includes Kenya, Uganda, and Zimbabwe — will be the first by an Iranian president to Africa in 11 years. Raisi will head a delegation that includes Iran...
MADRID (AA): Three boats carrying more than 300 irregular migrants from Senegal have gone missing in the Atlantic Ocean, an official with migrant aid group Walking Borders has said. Helena Maleno, the group’s spokeswoman, said the boats left 15 days ago for Spain’s Canary Islands. Maleno said there were around 200 irregular migrants on one [&h...
Bissau, Guinea-Bissau (AFP): West African heads of state on Sunday chose Nigeria’s new President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to lead their regional bloc for the next year, replacing Guinea-Bissau’s leader Umaro Sissoco Embalo, AFP journalists reported. Speaking at a summit in Bissau after being named chairman of the Economic Community of Wes...
