Passenger air travel between Ethiopia and Eritrea has resumed today after being halted by 20 years of hostility between the countries. Flights will again link the two capital cities, Addis Ababa and Asmara. It's the latest in a series of steps aimed at normalising relations, just over a week after
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Adopting a resolution by a vote of 9 in favour and none against, with 6 abstentions, the 15-member body obliged all UN Member States to immediately to take necessary measures regarding the arms embargo, that will remain in effect until 31 May next year. Côte d’Ivoire, France, Kuwait, Netherlands, Peru,
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The UN Secuirity Council has imposed an arms embargo on South Sudan and sanctions on two military officials, BBC reports. Nine countries backed the US-drafted resolution. Russia, China and four other countries abstained. US Ambassador Nikki Haley told the council that support for the arms embargo will send a message
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Former American President Barack Obama will this week return to Africa for the time since he left the top office. Below is his inspiring statement about his impending visit to Africa. This week, I’m traveling to Africa for the first time since I left office – a continent of wonderful
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US President Donald Trump has vowed to help end "vicious and violent" conflicts in Africa. Speaking to journalists during a Nato summit in Brussels, Mr Trump said Africa was on "our very strong list" of priorities. He added: “Africa right now has got problems like few people would understand. They
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South Sudan's parliament has voted to extend President Salva Kiir's term in office until 2021 amid failure to hold elections this year, the BBC reports. Mr Kiir has been in power since South Sudan's independence in 2011 and elections in 2015 were also postponed. The move could undermine ongoing peace
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The U.N. human rights office accuses the South Sudanese government and its allies of brutally and deliberately attacking civilians, particularly women and children, in what it says appears to be a "scorched earth" policy against opposition forces in parts of Unity state. U.N. human rights monitors say at least 232
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Mexican President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador left the country’s national palace on Tuesday in the front passenger seat of a white Volkswagen Jetta, swarmed by hundreds of jubilant supporters including one waving a live rooster. There was not a bodyguard in sight. Since claiming victory on Sunday, the leftist politician
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The leaders of Ethiopia and Eritrea have signed a declaration saying that the "state of war that existed between the two countries has come to an end", Eritrea's information minister tweeted. A peace deal that ended the 1998-1999 border war between the two countries has never been fully implemented. There
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Leaders of South Sudan’s warring parties have reached a peace agreement that will see rebel leader Riek Machar reinstated to the vice presidency and a possible end to the 5-year-old civil war. “It has been agreed that there will be four vice presidents: the current two vice presidents, plus Riek
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