Horn of Africa

Djibouti police have arrested two senior ministry officials following an audit by the general state inspectorate that revealed a massive theft of public funds, state television reported. Two officials – Farah Mohamed Osman, deputy director of materials, and Sahal Said Awaleh, head of the ministry’s treasury directorate – are in …

The United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) has appointed former International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor Fatou Bensouda to lead a team to investigate alleged violations during the conflict in Ethiopia. The team will have two other international experts; Kenyan lawyer Kaari Betty Murungi and Steven Ratner of the United States. …

Western diplomats in South Sudan have urged the country to support a resolution by the United Nations to condemn the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The United Nations General Assembly will on Wednesday vote on a resolution censuring Russia over its invasion of Ukraine. Dozens of states are expected to formally …

Five Sudanese football players died when their boat capsized in the Nile on Sunday, local media reported. The players were members of al-Milaha football team, a local team in Shendi town (150 Km; 93 miles) north of Khartoum. They were travelling on a boat to the west bank of the …

Authorities in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region have warned of the deteriorating humanitarian situation and blamed the government-imposed blockade for increasing hunger levels. According to the United Nations, no aid convoy has reached Tigray since mid-December and nine million people need food aid in three regions. The Tigray People’s Liberation Front …

Security forces in Sudan opened fire and used tear gas to try to disperse large crowds of protesters calling for an end to military rule in the country, a doctors’ organization linked to the protest movement said. A protester died and several others injured in Omdurman, the second city where …

Somali authorities have once again extended the deadline for the completion of the elections scheduled for February 25, privately owned Radio Risala reported Somalis will go to the polls on March 15, according to reports. Somali leaders cited drought reasons, security concerns and financial challenges for the extension of the …

Sudan has released most of those detained for protesting last year’s military coup, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights for Sudan, Adama Dieng, has said. According to the UN official, at least 115 people had been released and 24 others are still in detention. Mr Dieng has urged Sudanese …

Somali government spokesman Mohamed Ibrahim Moalimu has returned home from Turkey where he had been receiving treatment for wounds he sustained in an attack by Al-Shabab militants. Mohamed Ibrahim Moalimu, former BBC journalist was targeted by Islamist militants in mid-January. Officials from the office of the prime minister and media …

Seven people have died and many more injured after an illegal mine collapsed on Tuesday morning in Gololcha district in Ethiopia’s Oromia region, many media reported. “Eleven people were injured and taken to hospital, some with serious injuries,” local authorities were quoted as saying by the BBC. The victims were …