Category: General

China is offering to help “silence the guns in the Horn of Africa,” an ambitious undertaking given the multiple conflicts in the region, and an indication that Beijing may be moving away from its traditional “non-interference” stance towards more activ…

The battles between Ethiopian government-aligned troops and Tigrayan forces may have stopped, but herders in western Afar region are left fighting for survival.The record drought in the Horn of Africa that has killed millions of livestock has been made…

A Britain-based group says its latest study of worldwide free expression rights shows only 15% of the global population lives where people can receive or share information freely.In its 2022 Global Expression Report, Article19, an international human r…

The top U.N. official for the Democratic Republic of the Congo said Wednesday that the resurgent M23 rebel group in the country’s east is well-armed and equipped, posing a growing threat to civilians.“During the most recent hostilities, the M23 has con…

The U.N. children’s fund says more than 266,000 violations were committed against children in armed conflict between 2005 and 2020.An analysis of more than 30 conflicts across Africa, Asia, the Middle East and Latin America finds children continue to b…

BERLIN— Priceless artefacts removed and looted from African nations during Germany’s colonial period will be permanently returned, officials said.The Berlin-based Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, which manages the German capital’s many museums, s…

SCHLOSS ELMAU (Germany)— US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping are expected to speak in the next few weeks, US national security adviser Jake Sullivan said, citing growing convergence among NATO and G7 members about the challenge Chin…

Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, has condemned racist treatment of some Africans who were seeking to cross from Morocco into Spain.“I express my deep shock and concern at the violent and degrading treatment of African m…