Eritrea Rejoins East Africa Bloc After 16 Years On Monday, Eritrea rejoined the Intergovernmental Authority on Development in Eastern Africa (IGAD), after exiting the bloc in 2007 to protest the deployment of Ethiopian troops to Somalia to combat al-Shabab militants. Politics
US: War Crimes by All Sides in Ethiopia's Tigray Conflict The US claimed on Monday that all parties in Ethiopia's two-year Tigray conflict committed war crimes, and called for those most responsible to be held accountable. World
US Secretary of State Blinken Makes Historic Trip to Niger US Sec. of State Antony Blinken is set to embark on an official trip to the continent of Africa on Thursday. The visit see him become the first serving Sec. of State to travel to the Niger and the highest-ranking member of the Biden admin. to visit the violence-stricken Sahel region.... Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Tigray Rebels Start Handing over Heavy Weapons A spokesman for the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) announced on Wednesday that the group has begun handing over its heavy weapons — a key part of the agreement signed more than two months ago to end the brutal conflict in northern Ethiopia. World
Interpol Arrests 'World's Most Wanted' Human Smuggler in Sudan Interpol announced on Thursday that an Eritrean national characterized as the "most wanted human trafficker," Kidane Zekarias Habtemariam, was arrested in Sudan on Jan. 1 in an operation led by the United Arab Emirates. World
