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Turkey-brokered Ethiopia-Somalia deal to end tensions, resolve Somaliland dispute

Ethiopia and Somalia reached an agreement Wednesday (11 December) to ease diplomatic tensions and begin “technical talks” by February to try to resolve a dispute over a controversial maritime access signed by Ethiopia with Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland, according to a statement following talks in Turkey. This announcement came following a third round of […]

African Development Fund commits $7.6bln to support low-income countries

Donors of the African Development Fund (ADF)over the weekend agreed to commit $7.6 billion to speed up growth in Africa’s poorest nations and help lift millions out of poverty. According to the African Development Bank Group, the Fund comprises 32 contributing states and benefits 37 countries. The fund, administered by the African Development Bank, supports […]

On the Forgotten Victims of Slavery in Polisario-run Tindouf Camps

The human slave auction documented by CNN in Libya ignited global outrage and drew attention to an inhuman practice that is regrettably also rampant in other parts of Africa where the media does not have the freedom to report on abhorrent slavery practices. The wave of condemnation of degrading treatment endured by sub-Saharan migrants reduced […]