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The EU is withholding millions of euros in budget support to Ethiopia because of the Tigray conflict. Humanitarian organizations are increasingly worried about living conditions for the survivors of the conflict. Ethiopians who fled Tigray at the Setit River on the Sudan-Ethiopian border Brussels is withholding nearly 90 million euros ($109 million) in budget support payments […]

Kenya on Tuesday reached a deal for direct Kenya Airways flights to Hargeisa in Somaliland, in what could be the first destination for the national carrier into a Somali region, following years of trying. Presidents Uhuru Kenyatta (Kenya) and Muse Bihi Abdi (Somaliland) at State House in Nairobi on December 14, 2020. While making an “unwavering […]

As new nationwide restrictions come into force, some areas of Germany have opted for stricter curfews in a a bid to bring coronavirus numbers down.Just days before Christmas, Germany is bringing in tougher lockdown measures, including the closure of shops, schools and a ban on alcohol. Tables shut off at a restaurant in Dresden, Saxony. […]

In this July 27, 2020, file photo, a nurse prepares a shot that is part of a possible COVID-19 vaccine, in Binghamton, N.Y. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink, File)   –   Copyright  AP Photo  How do you vaccinate more than 7 billion people against COVID-19? That’s the challenge currently facing public health officials around the world. The UK is the only […]

Before her husband was taken by armed men one day in November, Tsige and her family enjoyed a quiet, idyllic life, farming their land in Ethiopia’s Tigray region.But everything changed in early November when conflict broke out in the region, and armed men took her husband. Ethiopian refugee Tsige, waits with her husband at Hamdayet […]

President-elect Joe Biden threw his weight into the Democratic battle for control of the US Senate on Tuesday, as his White House win was finally acknowledged by top Republicans and holdout foreign leaders US President-elect Joe Biden arrives at Hartsfield Jackson International airport to campaign for Democratic senatorial candidates in Atlanta, Georgia, on December 15, […]

The call was made during a discussion the Women’s League of the ruling PP had today on current national issues in Assosa, the capital of Benishangul Gumuz regional state. Participants expressed their support for a similar operation in Metekel zone where frequent violence the participants blamed on TPLF has claimed the lives of dozens of […]

  Somalia President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo and President Uhuru Kenyatta during Farmaajo’s inauguration in Mogadishu, Somalia.Image: PSCU In Summary • Somalia Minister of Information Osman Abukar Dubbe announced cutting ties with Kenya at around 1:40 am Mogadishu time on state-run SNTV. • According to Dubbe, Mogadishu will in the next 7 days withdraw all its diplomats […]

In his message to Biden, Putin said he hoped the U.S. and Russia can put aside their differences and work together to solve global problems.David Lienemann / Official White House In his message to Biden, Putin said he hoped the U.S. and Russia can put aside their differences and work together to solve global problems. […]

  The Russian S-400 missile defense system. (AA File Photo)  The United States imposed late Monday sanctions on Turkey’s Presidency of Defense Industries and its chief Ismail Demir, the U.S. Treasury website confirmed. Sanctions were placed for the country’s purchase of the Russian S-400 missile defense system. Several other Turkish defense officials, namely Mustafa Alper […]