Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo has said he has suspended the prime minister’s power to hire and fire civil servants, exacerbating a growing rift sparked by the disappearance of spy chief. The move comes a week after Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble suspended the country’s intelligence chief, accusing him of …
Read More »HRW accuses Tigrayan, Eritrean forces of raping and killing refugees
An international rights organization has accused the Eritrean soldiers and Tigrayan militias of raping, detaining and killing Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia’s northern region of Tigray. Human Rights Watch’s report detailed attacks around two camps in Tigray, where local forces have battled the Ethiopian government and their Eritrean allies since November …
Read More »Ethiopia is recording increase in deaths from coronavirus
The coronavirus pandemic continues to wreak havoc in Ethiopia, killing 72 people in the past two days, the health ministry said. It is the highest number of deaths recorded in the country since last week when the ministry officially confirmed the presence of the highly transmissible Delta variant, BBC News …
Read More »Somalia: PM says elections will take place despite dispute with President
Somali Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble has announced that parliamentary elections will be held in the country despite his differences with President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo. “We are committed to holding the elections as planned and other existing matters will not have any effect on the elections,” Mr Roble told a …
Read More »Yoweri Museveni threatens to pull out troops from Somalia
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has threatened to withdraw the country’s troops from the African Union’s peacekeeping mission in Somalia. The warning follows a row between the Somali president Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo and the Prime minister Mohamed Roble over the choice of intelligence chief and the prime minister’s dismissal of the …
Read More »Somalia: scramble between President Farmajo and PM over security minister sacking
Disagreements between the Somali president and his prime minister are intensifying. The Prime Minister of the country has indeed dismissed the Minister of Security, a decision that the president rejected. Prime Minister Mohamed Roble sacked the minister late Wednesday but President Mohamed Abdullahi “Farmajo” rejected the move. Mr Roble replaced …
Read More »Somalia: dispute between president Farmajo and PM over choice of spy chief
Somalia’s President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo has picked a new spy chief days after the prime minister appointed a different person for the job. The move further deepens the row between the president and the prime minister. Prime Minister Mohamed Roble sacked the intelligence head Fahad Yasin after defying his order …
Read More »Ethiopia : health officials confirm presence of Delta variant
Health authorities in Ethiopia have confirmed cases of the Delta variant of coronavirus. Ethiopia is the latest African country to detect its presence. The Delta variant is ”more than twice as contagious as previous variants” and ”might cause more severe illness than previous variants in unvaccinated people”, according to the …
Read More »Ethiopia: Tigray rebels say 150 starved to death
Rebels in Ethiopia’s Tigray region say at least 150 people have died of hunger as the humanitarian crisis worsens in the region. The rebel group has accused the Ethiopian government of being the cause. The government has not reacted to the claim but had previously rejected accusations by the UN …
Read More »Former Nigerian president Obasanjo appointed Africa Union’s Horn of Africa envoy
Former Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo has a new wallet. He is appointed as the representant of the African Union in the Horn of Africa. The appointment of Mr Obasabjo comes following political and security crises in the region, in particular in Ethiopia where a civil war has been raging in …
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