Wed 25 November 2020: The United Nations has expressed concern about possible violations of international law and an increasingly dire refugee situation. The Ethiopian government has said the conflict is reaching its decisive stage. The UN Security Council is due to hold informal talks on the ongoing conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, a sign of […]
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Tue 24 November 2020: The SABC board has been implored to return to the negotiation table with labour in an effort to preserve jobs in the broadcaster’s planned retrenchments. This comes after Communications and Digital Technologies Minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams, her deputy Pinky Kekana, and Employment and Labour Minister Thulas Nxesi, as well as other senior […]
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Tue 24 November 2020: Ethiopia said Monday that the leaders of the renegade Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) would be facing charges of high treason, terrorism and attacking a neighboring state. The announcement was made at a joint press briefing given by Attorney General Gedion Timothewos and Redwan Hussein, State Minister for Foreign Affairs and […]
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Mon 23 November 2020: Government has reiterated its commitment to investigating and swiftly extraditing fugitive evangelical couple, Shepard and Mary Bushiri, who daringly escaped from the country while facing criminal charges. In a statement, government said it would investigate the matter and use all the legal instruments to bring back the couple to South Africa […]
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Mon 23 November 2020: More than 40 Libyan lawmakers representing the Tobruk-based parliament will travel to Morocco on Sunday for talks on the possible reunification of the House of Representatives. Libya has been torn by civil war since the ouster of late ruler Muammar Gaddafi in 2011. The Government of National Accord was founded in […]
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Sun 22 November 2020: Algerian and Moroccan intellectuals issued a call in which they emphasised the bond between Algerians and Moroccans, amid tension caused by the recent escalation of the Western Sahara file. The intellectuals urged that the only solution to disputes between the Maghreb countries is dialogue. The statement announced: Tensions have been recently escalating […]
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Sat 21 November 2020: The chairman of the African Union (AU) and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said late Friday that African nations are deeply concerned about the conflict in Ethiopia. Ramaphosa made the statement while meeting Ethiopian President Sahle-Work Zewde, who paid a visit to South Africa as Special Envoy of Prime Minister Abiy […]
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Sat 21 November 2020: The World Health Organisation (WHO) is urging African countries to be on high alert for a possible surge in COVID-19 cases. This comes as nearly 20 countries in the region experienced an uptick in cases since early October after reporting a downward trend, then a plateau. “Unlike the first wave of […]
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Fri 20 November 2020: Violence in northern Ethiopia will probably drive 200,000 people into neighbouring Sudan over the coming months, UN agencies have warned, where food, shelter and medicine are urgently needed. Axel Bisschop, the UNHCR representative in Sudan, briefed the media in Geneva about the conflict unfolding in Ethiopia. “Together with all the agencies, we have […]
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Fri 20 November 2020: A former foreign minister of Sudan and other officials are facing charges that, if proven, could see them facing the death penalty or life imprisonment for attempting to use violence against the transitional authority, Sputnik has reported. Ibrahim Ghandour, who was also the head of the dissolved National Congress Party after Omar Al-Bashir’s […]
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