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Ethiopia warns Tigray residents that ‘anything can happen’

AP News Updated Nov 23, 2020 11:56 am

Ethiopia’s government is again warning residents of the besieged capital of the embattled Tigray region as the clock ticks on a 72-hour ultimatum before a military assault, saying “anything can happen.”

South Africa judge files criminal complaint against ex-prez

AP News Published Nov 23, 2020 06:16 am

A South African judge said he will file a criminal complaint against former South African president Jacob Zuma after he staged a dramatic walkout while attending a commission of inquiry looking into corruption during his tenure from 2009 to…

Spain’s foreign minister visits Senegal to discuss migration

AP News Published Nov 22, 2020 12:56 pm

Spain’s foreign minister has met with Senegal’s president in the West African country’s capital to discuss the sudden increase of Senegalese migrants attempting to reach the Canary Islands by boat

Rebels kill at least 35 in eastern Congo, officials say

AP News Published Nov 18, 2020 04:15 am

Local official say armed rebels have killed at least 35 people in eastern Congo’s Beni region this week

Warning of famine, UN releases $100M to seven countries

AP News Updated Nov 18, 2020 02:55 am

The United Nations humanitarian office is releasing $100 million in emergency funding to seven countries at risk of famine in Africa and the Middle East amid conflict and the COVID-19 pandemic

Congo announces end to its 11th deadly Ebola outbreak

AP News Published Nov 18, 2020 02:35 am

Congo has declared an end to its 11th Ebola outbreak, this one in western Equateur Province, nearly six months after cases were reported and amid the rise of COVID-19

Kenyans fear they’re on their own as COVID-19 surges again

AP News Published Nov 17, 2020 11:16 pm

As Africa is poised to surpass 2 million confirmed virus cases as early as Wednesday, it is Kenya’s turn to worry the continent with a second surge in infections well under way

Ethiopia’s PM vows ‘final and crucial’ offensive in Tigray

AP News Updated Nov 17, 2020 11:55 am

Ethiopia’s prime minister says “the final and crucial” military operation will launch in the coming days against the government of the country’s rebellious northern Tigray region

US hits East Africa’s al-Qaida affiliate with new sanctions

AP News Published Nov 17, 2020 11:15 am

The Trump administration is slapping new sanctions on Somalia’s al-Shabab extremist group, an al-Qaida-linked organization responsible for multiple terrorist attacks in East Africa

Fugitive preacher sparks diplomatic incident in South Africa

AP News Updated Nov 17, 2020 08:56 am

A fugitive preacher has triggered anger, a diplomatic incident and a good amount of head scratching by authorities in South Africa after he escaped from the country while facing criminal charges

Peace was swift in Ethiopia under Abiy. War was, too.

AP News Updated Nov 17, 2020 08:16 am

Abiy Ahmed left Ethiopians breathless when he became the prime minister in 2018, introducing a wave of political reforms in the long-repressive country and announcing a shocking peace with enemy Eritrea

5 dead, 8 wounded in suicide bombing in Somalia’s capital

AP News Published Nov 17, 2020 07:16 am

Police in Somalia say five people were killed when a suicide bomber detonated an explosives belt near the police academy in the capital, Mogadishu

World’s last known white giraffe gets GPS tracking device

AP News Published Nov 17, 2020 03:36 am

The only known white giraffe in the world has been fitted with a GPS tracking device to help protect it from poachers as it grazes in Kenya

UN: Over 25,300 fleeing Ethiopia fighting have reached Sudan

AP News Updated Nov 16, 2020 11:35 am

The U.N. refugee agency says Ethiopia’s growing conflict has resulted in more than 25,300 refugees fleeing from the Tigray region into Sudan as fighting spilled beyond Ethiopia’s borders and threatened to inflame the Horn of Africa region

Former South Africa president testifies before commission

AP News Published Nov 16, 2020 07:36 am

Former South African president Jacob Zuma appeared Monday before a state commission investigating serious allegations of corruption during his tenure as head of state from 2009 to 2018

Nigerian army admits shooting in air at deadly protest

AP News Published Nov 16, 2020 07:16 am

Nigeria’s army has said after weeks of denial that its troop did fire shots into the air to disperse a large crowd at the Lekki Toll Plaza in Lagos where several peaceful protesters were killed late in October

Germany charges press office worker with spying for Egypt

AP News Updated Nov 16, 2020 06:36 am

German prosecutors say they have formally charged a government press office employee with spying for an Egyptian intelligence service

As schools reopen in Africa, relief is matched by anxiety

AP News Published Nov 16, 2020 01:36 am

As schools reopen in some African countries after months of lockdown, relief is matched by anxiety over everything from how to raise tuition fees amid the financial strain wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic to how to protect students in…

Ethiopia’s Tigray leader confirms firing missiles at Eritrea

AP News Updated Nov 15, 2020 10:36 am

The leader of Ethiopia’s rebellious Tigray region has confirmed firing missiles at neighboring Eritrea’s capital, and he is threatening more, saying that “we will take any legitimate military target and we will fire.”

Algerian president finishes virus treatment, undergoes tests

AP News Published Nov 15, 2020 09:16 am

Algeria's president has finished his treatment for COVID-19 in an undisclosed location in Germany is now undergoing medical tests, according to his office

Rebel leaders who inked deal with government return to Sudan

AP News Updated Nov 15, 2020 08:16 am

Sudan’s rebel leaders, who sealed a peace deal with the transitional government last month, have returned to the capital, Khartoum

Diplomats: Rockets fired at Eritrea amid Ethiopian conflict

AP News Updated Nov 14, 2020 02:16 pm

Diplomats say rockets have been fired at Eritrea’s capital, as the deadly fighting in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region appears to spill across an international border and bring some of observers’ worst fears to life

Nobel UN food agency warns 2021 will be worse than 2020

AP News Updated Nov 14, 2020 01:56 pm

The head of the World Food Program says the Nobel Peace Prize has given the U.N. agency a spotlight and megaphone to warn world leaders that next year is going to be worse than this year

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