By Michael Georgy HAMDAYET, Sudan (Reuters) – The young coffee seller said she was split from family and friends by an Ethiopian soldier at the Tekeze river, taken down a path, and given a harrowing choice. “He said: ‘Choose, either I kill you or rape you’,” the 25-year-old told Reuters at the Hamdayet refugee camp in […]
By Agustinus Beo Da Costa, Yuddy Cahya Budiman JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia identified a victim from the Sriwijaya Air crash on Monday as emergency crews prepared to send in a remotely operated underwater vehicle to search for the jet’s cockpit recorders in the sea. The Boeing 737-500 plane with 62 people on board plunged into the […]
By Aziz El Yaakoubi, Jonathan Landay, Matt Spetalnick RIYADH/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States plans to designate Yemen’s Houthi movement as a foreign terrorist organization, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said, a move that diplomats and aid groups worry could threaten peace talks and complicate efforts to combat the world’s largest humanitarian crisis. The decision to blacklist the […]
Kennedy Gondwe BBC News, Lusaka President Edgar Lungu has called for increased local control over the ownership of mines in the country. Mining is the backbone of the southern African nation but most mines are owned by foreign firms. Mr Lungu, who is visiting the Copperbelt region, said this must change. “We will ensure to […]
By Reuters Staff NAIROBI (Reuters) – Ethiopian police released Reuters cameraman Kumerra Gemechu on Tuesday after detaining him without charge for 12 days. Police had told his lawyer Melkamu Ogo that their lines of inquiry included accusations of disseminating false information, communicating with groups fighting the government, and disturbing the public’s peace and security. However, […]
Three UN peacekeepers have been killed in the Central African Republic (CAR) as tensions flare between government and rebel forces. The UN said unidentified combatants carried out two attacks, leaving two other peacekeepers injured. The group were stationed in CAR to quell violence ahead of presidential and parliamentary elections on Sunday. President Faustin Archange Touadéra […]
Ethiopia’s military has killed more than 40 men suspected to be linked to the massacre of at least 100 people, including children, in the Benishangul-Gumuz region, state media report. Five current and former government officials were also detained over the security crisis, the reports added. The assailants torched the homes of sleeping villagers, and shot […]
Tigray crisis The Ethiopian army has told residents of the northern region of Tigray to “save themselves” as government troops advance on the capital, Mekelle. The military plans to encircle the city – home to 500,000 people – with tanks and fire artillery, Col Dejene Tsegaye, a military spokesman, told state TV. “Free yourselves from […]
