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Ethiopian forces capture town, move toward Tigrayan capital
By Reuters,
1152, November 28, 2020 (EAT)
The Ethiopian military has seized control of the town of Wikro, 50 km (30 miles) north of the Tigrayan capital, a senior official said on Friday. T...
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Ethiopia denies talks on conflict after African Union names envoys
By Reuters,
1114, November 21, 2020 (EAT)
Ethiopia denied on Saturday that talks on the growing conflict in its northern Tigray region were imminent, just hours after three African former pres...
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Alice Wairimu Nderitu appointed UN Special Adviser on the prevention of genocide
By Citizen Reporter,
907, November 11, 2020 (EAT)
Alice Wairimu Nderitu has been appointed as UN Special Adviser on the prevention of genocide. United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres ma...
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Mali President Keita resigns after arrest by mutinous soldiers
By VOA,
1400, August 19, 2020 (EAT)
Mali President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita resigned late Tuesday night, hours after he was arrested by mutinous soldiers following months of massive protes...
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Germany struggles to set COVID-19 rules as schools reopen
By VOA,
1457, August 10, 2020 (EAT)
German students go back to school Monday even as federal and state leaders are still trying to figure out how to keep half a million child...
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US officially withdrawing from WHO
By CNN,
914, July 8, 2020 (EAT)
The Trump administration has notified Congress and the United Nations that the United States is formally withdrawing from the World Health Organizatio...
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Italy becomes third country to top 30,000 Covid-19 deaths
By VOA,
1452, May 9, 2020 (EAT)
Italy on Friday became the third country to record more than 30,000 deaths from the coronavirus, with only Britain and the United States reporting mor...
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On Earth Day, Pope Francis says nature will not forgive our trespasses
By Reuters,
1447, April 22, 2020 (EAT)
Pope Francis made an impassioned plea for protection of the environment on Wednesday’s 50th anniversary of the first Earth Day, saying the coronavir...
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Trump cuts WHO funding over coronavirus as global death toll mounts
By Reuters,
1402, April 15, 2020 (EAT)
U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday halted funding to the World Health Organization over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic, drawing condemna...
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Kagame to Trump on WHO: Save us the politics
By Benjamin Muriuki,
2022, April 8, 2020 (EAT)
Rwanda's President Paul Kagame has come out to disapprove of remarks made by US President Donald Trump crititizing the World Health Organization (WHO)...
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Coronavirus pandemic “could be over by June” if countries act, says Chinese adviser
By Reuters,
1649, March 13, 2020 (EAT)
The global coronavirus pandemic could be over by June if countries mobilize to fight it, a senior Chinese medical adviser said. This as China decla...
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MPs asked to return allowance after New York trip cancelled over coronavirus
By Benjamin Muriuki,
1754, March 3, 2020 (EAT)
National Assembly Speaker Justin Muturi has cancelled a trip for Members of Parliament who were set to attend a United Nations meeting on gender equal...
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Coronavirus death toll rises to 106 as first Beijing patient dies
By CNN,
953, January 28, 2020 (EAT)
The new strain of coronavirus spreading across China claimed its first victim in Beijing, officials said on Tuesday, as the death toll climbed to 106....
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Car bomb explodes in Libya’s Benghazi, killing 3 UN staff
By Reuters,
1748, August 11, 2019 (EAT)
A car bomb explosion in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi killed three U.N. staff members and two other mission members on Saturday, the United Nati...
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UN Report: Conflicts kill and hurt a record 12,000 children
By VOA,
850, July 30, 2019 (EAT)
More than 12,000 children were killed and injured in armed conflicts last year - a record number - with Afghanistan, the Palestinians, Syria and Yemen...
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Saudi crown prince linked to Khashoggi murder in U.N. report
By Reuters,
930, June 20, 2019 (EAT)
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and other senior officials should be investigated over the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi given credible ...
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Saudi seeks oil supply protection as U.S. and Iran face off
By Reuters,
1945, June 16, 2019 (EAT)
Saudi Arabia called for swift action to secure Gulf energy supplies and joined the United States in blaming Iran for attacks on two oil tankers in a v...
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At least 95 killed in Mali massacre
By VOA,
833, June 11, 2019 (EAT)
At least 95 people were killed Monday in central Mali when armed men attacked a village overnight, shooting people and setting homes on fire. Mali ...
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Sudan death toll rises to 100 as bodies found in Nile, say doctors
By CNN,
949, June 6, 2019 (EAT)
The Sudan death toll from Monday's attack on the sit-in of pro-democracy protesters has risen to 100, after 40 bodies were recovered from the River Ni...
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More than 30 people killed in Sudan protest camp – Doctors
By Reuters,
1703, June 4, 2019 (EAT)
More than 30 people have been killed in the dispersal of a protest camp in the center of the Sudanese capital Khartoum, (that is just outside the Defe...
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