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ADDIS ABABA– – Ethiopia’s ruling coalition on Thursday approved the merger of three of its four ethnic-based parties into a

Johannesburg—Preliminary investigations show that a young Somali Canadian peace activist was killed by a stray bullet this week in Mogadishu,

ADAMA, Ethiopia — Not long after security forces tried to arrest him in the middle of the night, Jawar Mohammed,

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — When her contractions became unbearably painful, 18-year-old Perseverance Kanyoza rushed to a maternity hospital in Zimbabwe’s

UNITED NATIONS  — The U.N. Security Council on Friday extended an arms embargo on Somalia and a ban on trade

Djiboiti–pposition leaders in Djibouti are condemning the “scorched earth” policies of President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh and his regime, following a

NAIROBI, Kenya–— More than 1 million people in East Africa are affected by flooding after higher than normal rainfall, an

RAS AL-ARA, Yemen — Zahra struggled in the blue waters of the Gulf of Aden, grasping for the hands of

JOHANNESBURG -— The effort by South Africa’s biggest opposition party to appeal to black voters is in tatters following the

ADDIS ABABA —Much of the fighting seen during protests in Ethiopia this week was ethnically tinged, eyewitnesses said on Saturday,