Mention of Somalis – as in Somali nationals – conjures up images of the unstable Horn of Africa nation that has known little peace since the flight into exile in Nigeria of erstwhile President Mohamed ...

Astana has emphasized its commitment to strengthening its role as a close partner of BRICS while also stating that it will ...

The death of deposed Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie on August ... "The day his death was announced, I received a phone call from the (ruling junta) Dergue office asking me to go to the office ...

President Museveni said it was necessary for him to explain why he captured power because some people could easily compare him to Idi Amin. Ten days 29 years ago, President Museveni who had been ...

United Nations – More than 1 billion people in the world live in acute poverty, over half are children and nearly 40% live in conflict-torn and fragile countries, according to a report released ...

According to the index, 1.1 billion people live in acute poverty, with nearly half in five countries: India with 234 million impoverished people, Pakistan with 93 million, Ethiopia with 86 million ...

Ethiopia's army is arbitrarily jailing thousands of civilians in makeshift detention camps in the Amhara region, scene of an armed insurrection against the federal government, Amnesty International ...

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Why, the Obasanjo junta would, in the passion of the moment ... it was clear in the dale of his power fall, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, when an aide whispered to his ear his overthrow.

When Nigeria’s civil war leader, General Yakubu Gowon celebrated his 90th birthday recently, one of his theatre commanders, ...