Two TV journalists freed in Sudan after mass street protests
Sudanese security forces have released two journalists from Saudi Arabia’s Asharq television channel, a day after detaining them as deadly violence flared during renewed protests…
December 2021
Mourners pay tribute to Archbishop Desmond Tutu as his body lies in state
Mourners flocked to St. George’s Cathedral in Cape Town on Thursday to pay their respects to anti-apartheid hero Archbishop Desmond Tutu as he lay in state…
War and Untold Atrocities Expand Beyond Ethiopia’s Tigray.
What began as a conflict between the Ethiopian Federal government and a local military in late 2020, exploded into a civil war in 2021 that…
A collapsed gold mine in Sudan raises questions about its money trail.
A Sudanese gold mine collapsed on Wednesday, leaving 38 people dead, the second incident at the same mine this year. In January, another accident killed five…
Ethiopia passes law to start national dialogue commission.
Ethiopian lawmakers have approved a bill to establish a commission for national dialogue, amid international pressure for negotiations to end the 13-month conflict in the…
Sudan Gunmen loot UN Food aid Warehouse.
Sudanese gunmen have looted a World Food Program warehouse containing some 1,900 tonnes of food aid in Dafur amid a surge of violence in the troubled…
Iran Is Still Resupplying The Ethiopian Military
Even as Emirati cargo flights carrying arms and equipment to Ethiopia appear to have come to a halt (but not before delivering six Wing Loong…
South Sudan Shifts Focus for Egyptian tourism with first five-star hotel.
Egypt has rolled out its first tourism project in South Sudan’s capital, Juba, including a five-star hotel and an international conference center. Former head of the…
Sudan tightens security crackdown to disperse anti-coup protesters.
Thousands of people have rallied in the capital to denounce the October military takeover, which upended Sudan’s planned transition to democratic rule. Sudanese security forces…
Lisbellaw woman raising awareness of hunger crisis
A new festive tradition began in Lisbellaw this week when local woman Libbet Irvine hung a sandbag on her mantlepiece instead of a Christmas stocking, to…