04-Dec-2020 to 10:16

APA-Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) — The Ethiopian government Thursday said Mekele, capital of Ethiopia’s Tigray region has returned to normalcy after three weeks of fighting between the rebellious-Tigray People Liberation Front (TPLF) and central government, Police have said

03-Dec-2020 to 12:15

APA-Gaborone (Botswana) — Five members of the Botswana Defence Force escaped death by a whisker on Wednesday when a helicopter they were travelling in crashed on take-off during an anti-poaching operation in the north of the country, army spokesperson Tebo Dikole said on Thursday.

29-Nov-2020 to 11:41

APA-Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) — The Ethiopian army has claimed the capture of the regional capital Mekele, the last remaining stronghold of the Tigray People Liberation Front (TPLF) whose insurgents have been waging a three-week conflict against federal troops.

28-Nov-2020 to 10:17

APA-Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) — The United Nations has confirmed that three Ethiopian peacekeepers on a mission in South Sudan have been deported to their country without due procedure.

28-Nov-2020 to 10:13

APA-Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) — The Ethiopian Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed, declined arbitration by Chairperson of the African Union to mediate the 24-day armed conflict between the federal government and the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), APA has learned.

28-Nov-2020 to 10:00

APA-Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) — Ethiopian police said they have killed 23 members of a rebel group which is accused of massacring at least 100 civilians on different occasions over the past three months in the Metekel Zone of Benshangul Gumuz region in western Ethiopia.

27-Nov-2020 to 17:42

APA-Gaborone (Botswana) — Southern African leaders on Friday agreed to come up with a comprehensive regional response to the armed insurgency in Mozambique which has triggered a humanitarian crisis amid a surge in internally displaced persons in the country.