Ethiopian Prime Minister Reports Massacre In Oromia Region
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed
Ethiopia's leader reported a massacre Monday allegedly by rebels in a restive region where a rebel group opposed to his government is accused of targeting civilians amid fighting with government troops.
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's office didn't provide ... Read More
Canada Signs $15B Deal Over Indigenous Child Welfare Flaws
Assembly of First Nations members perform in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on March 31, 2022. The Canadian government said Monday it had signed a $15.5 billion agreement to compensate First Nations children and families harmed by chronic underfunding ... Read More
ECOWAS Lifts Sanctions Against Mali
Ghana's President Nana Akufo Addo, ECOWAS Commission President Jean-Claude Kassi Brou and Ivory Coast's President Alassane Ouattara attend the ECOWAS summit to discuss transitional roadmap for Mali, Burkina Faso and Guinea, in Accra, Ghana, July 3, 2022.
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Griner Asks For Biden’s Help In Russia Release
WNBA star and Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner is escorted to a courtroom for a hearing, in Khimki just outside Moscow, Russia, on June 27, 2022. Griner was arrested in February on charges of possessing cannabis oil. Her trial began ... Read More
Pope Urges Congo, South Sudan To Work For Peace, Prosperity
Pope Francis
Pope Francis urged the people and leaders of Congo and South Sudan on Saturday to “turn a page” and forge new paths of reconciliation, peace and development.
Francis issued a video message on the day he had planned to begin ... Read More
West African Summit; Coup-hit Neighbors On Agenda
West African leaders attended a summit Sunday as their regional bloc pursues its efforts to resolve the political impasse in the coup-hit nations of Mali, Burkina Faso and Guinea.
A summit last month of the Economic Community of West African States ... Read More
Patrice Lumumba: DR Congo Buries Tooth Of Independence Hero
Patrice Lumumba's remains have been buried in a specially built mausoleum
The gold-crowned tooth of Democratic Republic of Congo independence hero Patrice Lumumba has been buried more than 60 years after he was assassinated.
It is the only part of his body ... Read More
Ghana To Host 61st Ordinary Session Of The Authority Of ECOW...
Ghana will host the 61st Ordinary Session of the Authority of the ECOWAS Heads of State and Government on Sunday, July 3, 2022, in Accra.
Ghana’s President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and Chair of ECOWAS would host his colleagues Heads of ... Read More
International Commission Calls On Ethiopia To End Violations...
A U.N. investigative panel is calling on the government of Ethiopia to end conflict-related rights violations on its territory and bring the perpetrators of crimes to justice. The commission has submitted its first report to the U.N. Human Rights Council.
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Beijing Seeks Mediator Role In Turbulent Horn of Africa
China is offering to help “silence the guns in the Horn of Africa,” an ambitious undertaking given the multiple conflicts in the region, and an indication that Beijing may be moving away from its traditional “non-interference” stance towards more active ... Read More