Petrotrans Co., a Chinese oil exploration company, may face attack in Ethiopia’s restive Ogaden region if it begins operations in the area, a U.S.-based advocacy group said. “We urge all foreign oil... Read more »
The African Union said a conference to raise funds for more than 12 million people stricken by drought and famine in the Horn of Africa has been delayed by more than two... Read more »
By Aaron Maasho ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – The East African bloc IGAD welcomed Eritrea’s decision to return to the body four years after it suspended its membership, and a month after IGAD... Read more »
An Ethiopian cargo vessel was attacked by Somali pirates near the Internationally Recommended Transit Corridor (IRTC) in the Gulf of Eden. The Somali pirates launched the strike using rocket-propelled grenades which hit... Read more »
MOMBASA, Kenya — The United Nations on Wednesday officially declared Somalia’s food crisis a famine in several parts of the country, with millions of people on the brink of starvation and aid... Read more »
DADAAB, Kenya — Faduma Sakow Abdullahi and her five children tried to escape starvation in Somalia by journeying to a Kenyan refugee camp. Only one day before they reached their destination, her... Read more »
The number of Ethiopians in need of humanitarian assistance has risen to 4.57 million, 40 percent more than estimated in April, said State Minister for Agriculture Mitiku Kassa. The government needs $398.4... Read more »
GENEVA (Reuters) – The worst drought in 60 years in the Horn of Africa has sparked a severe food crisis and high malnutrition rates, with parts of Kenya and Somalia experiencing pre-famine... Read more »
ROME, April 4 (Reuters) – More than 400 African migrants fleeing Libya on two boats are reported missing, the U.N. said on Monday, and a Vatican official in Tripoli said the bodies... Read more »
DailyNation: Addis Ababa — Ethiopian authorities have downplayed the ‘reliable terrorist attack risk’ at the forthcoming African Union (AU) summit later this week in Addis Ababa, notified by western countries. Ethiopia’s Foreign... Read more »