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US Restricts Visas, Aid Over Conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray Region

The United States on Sunday announced visa restrictions on Ethiopian and Eritrean officials accused of fueling the 6-month-old war in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, saying those involved had “taken no meaningful steps to end hostilities.” “People in Tigray…

DRC Volcano Eruption, Ensuing Chaos Leave at Least 15 Dead

Torrents of lava poured into villages after dark in eastern Congo with little warning, leaving at least 15 people dead amid the chaos and destroying more than 500 homes, officials and survivors said Sunday.The eruption of Mount Nyiragongo on Saturday n…

Ethiopia Convicts 3 Troops of Rape, Charges 28 For Killings

Ethiopia’s military prosecutors have convicted three soldiers of rape and pressed charges against 28 others suspected of killing civilians in the ongoing conflict in the northern Tigray region, the attorney general’s office announced Friday.In addition…

US Wary of Reports Boko Haram’s Leader Is Dead?

WASHINGTON – The United States is not ready to declare the leader of Nigeria’s Boko Haram terror group dead, despite reports from the region of his demise.”The United States has not yet been able to independently verify these reports and continues to m…

Refugees in Uganda Battle Suicidal Thoughts Amid COVID Pandemic

KAMPALA, UGANDA – Twenty-two-year-old Meta Josten from the Democratic Republic of Congo was already living a hard life in one of Uganda’s refugee settlements. When the Ugandan government announced measures last year to control the spread of COVID-19, l…