Sub-Saharan Africa saved money using mobile accounts in 2024, well above the 9% average in low- and middle-income countries. Mobile money accounts now fuel nearly 60% of formal borrowing in the region ...

Ashenda is a vibrant traditional festival celebrated primarily in northern Ethiopia, particularly among the Tigray and Amhara communities, as well as in parts of Eritrea. This unique celebration takes ...

Northern Ethiopia is growing increasingly tense two and a half years after the Tigray peace deal. Eritrea appears intent on ...

Two and a half years after a peace deal, Eritrea appears intent on sowing instability. A new report traces how Asmara has ...

The group accused Ethiopia’s government of failing to properly investigate the deaths, which took place in the Tigray region.

In the north of Mozambique, Al-Shabaab have waged a brutal insurgency since 2017, leading to beheadings, rapes, and burned villages, even as recent as reports dated 2024. The fight over liquified ...

International aid organization Doctors Without Borders has released a report describing the gunning-down of three staffers in Ethiopia's Tigray region four years ago as an "intentional and targeted ...

An investigation by medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) into the "execution" of three of its workers during a ...

National Dialogue Commission Spokesperson Tibebu Tadesse said endeavors that enable to begin the consultation process in Tigray region are underway. He added that preparations are also being made to ...

Mikhail Gudkov, who served as deputy commander of the Russian Navy, was killed during "combat operations" in the Kursk region, officials said.

Unease gripped the Gulf Arab states that morning. Glitzy, oil-rich capitals feared a worst-case scenario after 12 days of war between Israel and Iran, which had culminated in a series of US ...