Ethiopia’s Army Seizes Key Tigray Stronghold
ADDIS ABABA (Somaliguardian) – Ethiopia’s federal government claimed on Monday it had seized control of another key town in the northern Tigray region after...
Ethiopia Claims Retaking Parts of Tigray, Plans Setting Up ‘Transitional’ Rule
ADDIS ABABA (Somaliguardian) – Ethiopia’s government plans to set up a “transitional administration” in parts of Tigray after Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed claimed that...
Ethiopia Claims Airport in Tigray amid Eritrea Troop Incursion Allegations
ADDIS ABABA (Somaliguardian) – Ethiopia’s federal troops are reported to have captured an airport in the city of Humera in Tigray on Tuesday as...
Ethiopia’s PM Rebuffs Mediation Offers as Tigray Conflict Veers onto a More Violent Path
Addis Ababa (Somaliguardian) – Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed rebuffed mediation offers from Kenya and Sudan leaders as the conflict in Tigray region veers...
Talks over Ethiopia’s Disputed Nile Dam Set to Begin
ADDIS ABABA (Somaliguardian) – South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa announced on Monday that talks between Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt over the disputed Nile dam...
Ethiopia Files Terrorism Charges against Leading Opposition Figure
ADDIS ABABA (Somaliguardian) – Ethiopia has filed terrorism charges against a prominent media mogul and opposition politician from the Oromo ethnic group, Jawar Mohamed,...
US Cuts Aid to Ethiopia over Nile Dam Dispute
ADDIS ABABA (Somaliguardian) – The US government suspended part of its financial aid to Ethiopia over lack of progress in talks with Sudan and...
Sudan PM Tells Pompeo He is not Authorized to Forge Relations With Israel
KHARTOUM (Somaliguardian) – Sudan's Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok told US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday not to link Sudan’s removal from sponsors...
Sudan Fully Prepared to Cooperate With ICC Over Darfur, PM Announces
KHARTOUM (Somaliguardian) – Sudan’s Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok promised to cooperate with the International Criminal Court to ensure those accused of war crimes in...
Mali President and PM Detained amid Possible Coup Underway
BAMAKO (Somaliguardian) – Mali President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, his PM and other government officials were detained on Tuesday by mutinying soldiers in the capital...