Horn of Africa

Ethiopian Airlines said it has suspended flights to neighbouring Eritrea, citing unspecified difficult operating conditions, Reuters reported. Eritrea had previously said it would suspend all Ethiopian Airlines flights at the end of this month. Flights from Ethiopia to Eritrea had resumed in 2018 after two decades, following a peace deal …

The Sudanese government said on Friday it will send a delegation to Jeddah to consult with the United States regarding an invitation to ceasefire talks in Geneva to be held on August 14, Reuters reported. The talks aim to end a 15-month-old war between the Sudanese army and the Rapid …

At least 37 civilians were killed and 212 were injured in an explosion at a popular beach restaurant in the Somali capital late on Friday, the health minister Ali Haji said. Al Shabaab Islamist group is blamed for the attack. Ali Haji told a press conference that 11 of those …

At least 19 people have died in northwest Ethiopia after the boat they were travelling in capsized, state media reported on Sunday. At least 26 people were on board when the accident occurred. The tragedy occurred in the Amhara region on Saturday as a group of people were crossing the …

Sudanese agriculture minister has declared on Thursday that there is no famine in the country, casting doubt on U.N.-backed data that 755,000 are experiencing catastrophic hunger. Sudan has become the world’s worst hunger crisis since the outbreak of a war between the Sudanese army, whose head is also Sudan’s head …

While the death toll from landslides in Ethiopia on Tuesday was below 200, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) said the toll could rise to 500. Heavy rains triggered a landslide burying people in the Gofa Zone of southern Ethiopia on Sunday night and a …

The death toll from two landslides in southern Ethiopia has risen sharply to 157 and the number could increase further, Reuters reported, citing a government official. A landslide buried people in Gofa zone in Southern Ethiopia regional state, then a second one engulfed others who had gathered to help on …

More than 10 million Sudanese, or 20% of the population, have been driven from their homes since the war there began, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Tuesday, as the world’s largest displacement crisis continues to worsen. The number is the latest dire figure out of the east …

At least five people were killed and 20 others injured when a car bomb exploded outside a restaurant in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Sunday evening. “It comes as they were watching the final of the Euro 2024 football tournament on TV,” police said, blaming Islamist insurgents. The bomb destroyed …

At least 100 people, including students, were kidnapped for ransom last week in Ethiopia’s restive regions that have seen sporadic fighting since the end of the civil war in Tigray, the U.S. ambassador to Addis Ababa said on Monday. “Recent and frequent kidnappings in Oromia and Amhara regions show how …