Africa

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari returns from UK (bbc news) — Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has returned home after three months of medical leave in the UK. Officials refused to disclose what he was being treated [Read More]

Oromia: ONLF accuses regime of inflaming clashes between Oromo, Somali communities (ESAT)—–The Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) says the regime in Addis Ababa is worsening clashes between the Somali and Oromo communities that share common [Read More]

Deepening Drought Hits Ethiopia Herders as Millions Go Hungry By VOA For Citizen Digital (citizentv) —Livestock are dying in parts of Ethiopia that are overwhelmingly reliant on their milk as deepening drought pushes up the number of [Read More]

How a tiny African country became the world’s key military base (QZ) –In early August, China became the latest country to open a military base in the Horn of Africa nation of Djibouti, the third [Read More]

Kagame criticises foreign meddling in Rwandan politics (bbc) —  President Paul Kagame has thanked Rwandans for re-electing him for a third term and criticised attempts to interfere in the country’s politics. He was speaking soon [Read More]

  ARTICLES Minds of the Movement: On the Inside and Out: Reflections of an Exiled Activist by Lammi Begna (nonviolent-conflict.org) For more than a decade, I struggled not to be imprisoned for my nonviolent resistance against [Read More]

Sudan’s Bashir vows to defend Egypt’s Nile water share Egypt fears Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance Dam will diminish its historical quota of Nile water By Mohammed Amin KHARTOUM (AA) — Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir on Thursday [Read More]