Africa

Ethiopian Public Health Institute conducted 1013 laboratory tests so far, 66 of them are within twenty-four hours and three cases are confirmed for COVID-19, making the total cases twenty-five (25). The confirmed cases are a 30 years old…

Kenya has reported on Thursday first citizen to die from coronavirus at hospital in the capital, Nairobi. The victim is a 66-year-old male, who returned from South Africa on March 13 via Swaziland while also suffering from diabetes, said…

Somalia's Minister of Foreign Affairs Ahmed Isse Awad says his country remains neutral in the dam dispute between Sudan, Egypt and Ethiopia. Awad also called on the countries to resolve the disputed Nile dam through talks. He says…

MOGADISHU, Somalia – Somali premier Hassan Ali Khaire has departed from the capital, Mogadishu on Wednesday to Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa. Khaire and his delegation are expected to arrive in the capital of Addis Ababa. Mr. Khaire…

MOGADISHU, Somalia – Kenyan government has canceled planned talks on 16 March between Somali president Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed and his counterpart Uhuru Kenyatta in the capital, Nairobi due to coronavirus case. Kenya became first East…

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – The Ethiopian government has confirmed on Friday its first tested positive for coronavirus. Medical officials say a 48 year old Japanese citizen who came to Ethiopia on March 4th from Burkina Faso tested positive…

MOGADISHU, Somalia – Somali Federal MP Mohamed Omar Dalha has accused Kenyan government of destabilizing in Gedo region, west of Somalia. Hon. Dalha called on Kenya to avoid any move could spark violence in Somalia, while speaking to an…

Kenya announced its first confirmed case of coronavirus on Friday, saying a woman who returned from the United States tested positive for the illness in Nairobi. "I want to inform you that the Ministry of Health has confirmed the first…

Nairobi - Following up on the telephone conversation between His Excellency President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed "Farmaajo" and his Kenyan counterpart His Excellency Mr. Uhuru Kenyatta on March 5, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and…

MOGADISHU, Somalia – Somalia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ahmed Isse Awad has strongly condemned an assassination attempt to kill Sudan's Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok in the capital, Khartoum. Hamdok survived after his convoy was…

– The Ethiopian government should immediately lift the shutdown of internet and phone communications in the Oromia region. The two-month-long shutdown has prevented families from communicating, disrupted life-saving services, and…

Kenya on Wednesday accused Somalia of an "unwarranted attack" on the frontier town of Mandera during heavy fighting over the border between government and regional forces. Already fraught tensions between Nairobi and Mogadishu have soared…