Mali's military government proposed in December a 5-year extension of the transition to civilian rule, after originally agreeing to a period of 18 months. Protesters gathered Saturday in Bamako to call for a return to democracy, ahead of an ECOWAS ... Read More

Aid agencies have suspended operations in an area of Ethiopia's stricken Tigray region where a deadly air strike hit a camp for people displaced by the country's 14-month war, the U.N. said Sunday. The raid came only hours after the Ethiopian ... Read More

President Akufo-Addo The Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will hold an Extraordinary Summit on the Political Situation in the Republic of Mali, today, January 09, 2022, in Accra. The Heads of ... Read More

The Nobel laureate has been in custody since a military coup last February A court in Myanmar has sentenced ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi to four more years in prison, in the latest of a series of trials. She was convicted ... Read More

David Satterfield US Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa Jeffrey Feltman will step down from his post the role “in the coming days” after a year marked by deadly crises in Ethiopia and Sudan. Feltman plans to leave his post shortly ... Read More

Protesters wave Russian and Malian flags in Bamako, during a demonstration against French influence in the country, May 27, 2021. Russian soldiers have deployed to Timbuktu to train Malian forces, the Malian army said Jan. 6, 2022. Russian soldiers have deployed ... Read More

The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned against describing the Omicron variant as mild, saying it is killing people across the world. Recent studies suggest that Omicron is less likely to make people seriously ill than previous Covid variants. But the record ... Read More

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and his Kenyan counterpart, Raychelle Omamo, bump elbows during a news conference in Mombasa, Kenya, Jan. 6, 2022. China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi has announced that Beijing will soon appoint a special envoy for the Horn ... Read More

The World Health Organization (WHO) Thursday called on the global community to ensure all nations have at least 70% of their populations vaccinated by July of this year, saying the pandemic will not end until it happens. During a COVID-19 briefing ... Read More

U.S. Horn of Africa envoy Jeffrey Feltman will visit Ethiopia Thursday for meetings with senior government officials to discuss peace talks, a senior State Department official said, in Washington's latest push to bring an end to the conflict. The yearlong war ... Read More