Category: English News

Voting underway in Djibouti with president seen winning fifth term
Djibouti, (HCTV) - Voters headed to the polls on Friday in the tiny but strategically important Horn of Africa nation Djibouti, with President Ismael [...]

‘All options open’: Egypt warns Ethiopia amid dam deadlock
CAIRO, (AP) — Egypt’s president warned Ethiopia on Wednesday that his government will not tolerate any moves by Addis Ababa that would reduce Egypt’s [...]

At least 100 killed in border clashes between Ethiopia’s Somali and Afar regions – official
NAIROBI, (HCTV) - Border clashes between Ethiopia’s Afar and Somali regions have killed at least 100 people, a regional official said on Tuesday, the [...]

US presses Somalia to hold elections immediately
Washington, (HCTV) - The United States called on Somalia on Friday to hold elections right away and end a deadlock that Washington says is threatening [...]

‘70% health facilities in Ethiopia’s Tigray destroyed’
ADDIS ABABA, (HCTV) - Only 30% of health institutions in Ethiopia’s restive Tigray region are operational, an international medical NGO said on Monday [...]

Kenya withdraws from ICJ case over Somalia sea border at last minute
Hague, (HCTV) - Kenya will not take part in Monday's hearings over its maritime border dispute with Somalia at the International Court of Justice, gov [...]

Ethiopia rejects U.S. allegations of ethnic cleansing in Tigray
Addis Ababa, (HCTV) - The Ethiopian government on Saturday rejected US allegations of ethnic cleansing in the northern Tigray regional state as "compl [...]

Former Somali President Ali Mahdi has dies in Nairobi
Nairobi, (HCTV) – Former Somali president Ali Mahdi Mohammed has dies in Nairobi for covid19, as relative sources confirms local media.
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Somalia Fears New US Airstrike Guidance Is Benefiting al-Shabab
A key U.S. partner in the fight against terrorism is growing increasingly uneasy about the Biden administration’s new guidance on the use of drones an [...]

Kenya Government explores new markets for Miraa
Meru, (standardmedia.) - The government is exploring new options for Miraa after running into problems with Somalia, a key market in the region.
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