Nairobi, Kenya (AP) – Heavy gunfire erupted in the Ethiopian border town and a police officer, Philemon, immediately started running. Now, shaken and frightened, he paused when asked questions about his wife and two young children, and and ages, “I don’t know where my family is now,” he said, not …
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Nairobi, Kenya (AP) – Up to 200,000 refugees fleeing deadly conflict could enter Sudan In the northern Tigris region of Ethiopia, officials say, while the first details are coming out of a large number of cut-off civilians under increasing stress. Already at least 6,000 people have crossed the border. Long …
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Nairobi, Kenya (AP) – Ethiopia’s air force is “targeting with certainty,” an army official said Monday, adding that the federal government continues its offensive against the heavily armed northern region of Tigre and sees no clear path to peace. A military official said more than 20,000 troops had been sent …
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Nairobi, Kenya (AP) – Suddenly Ethiopia appears on the coast Civil war threatening the stability of the fracture of one of the world’s most strategic regions, Horn Africa in Africa and one of Africa’s most powerful and populous countries. Dino Mahtani, with the International Crisis Group, said this week that …
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Heavy fires have broken out at Kilimanjaro, a major tourist attraction in Kenya and Tanzania, and Africa’s highest peak. The fire broke out on Sunday afternoon and has not yet been captured, according to Tanzanian National Park officials. Brief media release on Twitter Tanzania National Parks (Tanapa) said the fire …
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