An emergency meeting of Arab-nation foreign ministers to discuss the situation in Jerusalem has been postponed until Thursday, in order to allow for the widest participation of nations. The League of Arab States said the meeting in Cairo, requested by the Jordanian government, will focus on the crisis at the…
Negeri Lencho of Ethiopia, the country’s information minister, has defended the extended state of emergency in the East African nation and its refusal to allow United Nations officials access to investigate allegations of human rights abuses. Lencho’s comments came during an interview with al Jazeera broadcast Tuesday. “It is the…
Ethiopian courts have adjourned until June 2 the case of leading opposition leader Merera Gudina, chairman of the Oromo Federalist Congress (OFC), who has denied charges of terrorism lodged against him. A hearing scheduled for Thursday followed last week’s 11-page response, presented by Merera and his legal team, arguing that…
The City of Cape Town has condemned yet another attack on firefighters, and is asking residents to understand that rescuers who come to put out the flames are not the enemy. For the second time in one week, the fire department was pelted with stones in the tough Vyrgrond area…
An international exercise for dealing with disease outbreaks held in Senegal last week was described Tuesday as “the largest overseas biocontainment exercise in history” by United States officials. The exercise, called Tranquil Shift, involved five American aircraft first flown into Dakar on April 11. Exercise team members then flew to…
Outgoing president Yahya Jammeh declared a state of emergency in The Gambia on Tuesday, ahead of what was supposed to be his last day in office. The declaration warns all residents of the nation against any violence or disobedience to the state, and fully empowers the Gambian military to maintain…
Malawi’s government announced Thursday that it will partner with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to begin using unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), commonly called drones, for health care and other humanitarian needs. “Malawi has over the past years faced serious droughts and flooding,” said Jappie Mhango, the Minister for Transportation…
A group of United Nations human rights experts called Monday for Ethiopia to allow an international inquiry into the country’s detentions and violence against peaceful demonstrators. The U.N. appeal – for the second time this year – urged Ethiopian authorities, who placed the nation under a state of emergency over…