Kenya: Referendum new sticking point in BBI constitutional amendment bill
The bill is part of the Building Bridges Initiative taskforce that was created shortly after the 2018 détente between Kenyatta and Odinga.
The Africa Report
Dec 14, 2020
UN agency says more than 400,000 flee Mozambique militant attacks
HARARE (Reuters) - At least 400,000 people have fled militant attacks in northern Mozambique, the United Nations refugee agency said,...
Reuters
Dec 14, 2020
Survivors recount horrific details of Mai Kadra massacre
Witnesses and relatives of victims say the bloodletting in the small town in Ethiopia’s war-hit Tigray region went on unabated for almost...
Al Jazeera
Dec 13, 2020
Kenya’s original ICC six – Where are they now?
Early November, Kenyan lawyer Paul Gicheru surrendered himself to the International Criminal Court (ICC) at the Hague. At the start of...
The Africa Report
Dec 11, 2020
Fleeing Ethiopians Tell of Ethnic Massacres in Tigray War
Tens of thousands have sought safety in Sudan, where they gave accounts to Times journalists of a devastating and complex conflict that...
New York Times 1
Dec 10, 2020
Ethiopia: PM Abiy rejects claims army killed civilians in Tigray
Abiy Ahmed also told Parliament army would not destroy Tigrayan capital Mekelle after capturing it recently. Ethiopia's Prime Minister...
Al Jazeera
Nov 30, 2020
Concern Grows For Safety Of Eritrean Refugees As Tigray War Rages
Eritrean refugees face threats of violence, harassment and food shortages amid conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region. Eritrean refugee...
Al Jazeera
Nov 23, 2020
Ethiopia bombs Tigray capital as it rejects mediation calls
Hundreds of people have been killed and some 25,000 have fled to Sudan since the start of the government’s military operation against...
Al Jazeera
Nov 20, 2020
Uganda: Authorities Weaponize Covid-19 for Repression
Investigate Killings, End Arbitrary Detention, Allow Peaceful Gatherings (Nairobi) – The arrest and detention of presidential candidate,...
Human Rights Watch
Nov 19, 2020
Ethiopia: Protect People as Tigray Crisis Escalates
Lift Access, Communication Restrictions; Avert Looming Humanitarian Disaster Ethiopian women who fled fighting in Tigray region at a...
Human Rights Watch
Nov 16, 2020
Ethiopia: Tigray leader confirms bombing Eritrean capital
Tigray troops are fighting ’16 divisions’ of the Eritrean army in addition to Ethiopian soldiers, region’s leader says. The leader of...
Al Jazeera
Nov 15, 2020
UN fears Ethiopia refugee emergency, warns of aid being blocked
UN says it is worried about a refugee emergency if more civilians are forced to flee the fighting between federal and local forces in...
Al Jazeera
Nov 14, 2020
