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Tigray is a northern state in Ethiopia which borders Eritrea and Sudan and is home to over 5 million people. Over the past few weeks, leaders of Tigrayan forces in northern Ethiopia started launching attacks aimed at sparking a war in Africa’s horn. Currently, they continue to attack foreign and government troops based and coming into the Tigrayan region. Because of the conflict, hundreds of people on both sides have died, and the war threatens to destabilize other parts of Ethiopia. A large number of Ethiopians have run away from the northern state in Ethiopia into Sudan, seeking safer shelter.…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo left the country on Saturday, 6th July 2019, to lead the Ghanaian delegation to the 12th Extraordinary Session of the Assembly of the Union, being held in Niamey, the capital of the Republic of Niger. The Summit will officially launch the operational phase of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), after it achieved maturity on 30th May 2019, when the 22nd Member-State deposited its instrument of ratification at the AU Commission headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Ghana, on Sunday, 7th July 2019, is expected to be announced as the host country for the Secretariat…

South African mother,19 years, has been arrested after skeletal remains believed to be her 2-year-old daughter was found in her garden. The skeletal remains were discovered by the suspect’s 13-year-old nephew. He was planting potatoes in the garden on February 21. According to Brigadier Leonard Hlathi, the provincial police commissioner, the boy found what seemingly looked like a human skull while digging. He immediately called his uncle who in turn called the police. The missing 2-year-old girl The suspect’s two-year-old daughter had been missing since December last year. Upon their arrival, the police confirmed that it indeed was a human…

Nintendo Switch is a prominent video game console. Unlike PS4 and Xbox One, the hybrid console is super portable, hence can perform a double purpose. Because of its mobility, it can serve as a handheld and a home console. Some of its accessories include screen protectors, chargers, headphones, and Bluetooth, etc.  Tempered Glass Screen Protector It is a priority equipment for the gaming device because there is a probability one may trip and break or scratch their Switch screen. This screen protector is so effective since it also protects your screen from the Switch TV Dock. To most gamers, it…

Goree is an island located 2kilometres off the coast of Dakar in Senegal, approximately measuring 28 hectares. It was a prominent slave trade region during the Atlantic slave trade in the 15th to 19th centuries. Following the ongoing protests to address racism violence in the world, authorities renamed one of Goree’s main squares. According to the UN’s cultural agency, Goree was the largest slave-trading center on the African coast. Since Goree was centrally placed, strategically positioned at the coast between the north and south, the European nations used it as a slave market. Occasionally the British, French, Dutch, and Portuguese…

Ethiopia is preparing to hold its postponed election due to the pandemic from tomorrow, June 21st, until September, despite conflict and a lack of interest among some voters for various reasons. This comes as Ethiopians celebrate St. Michael’s Day by praying for peaceful elections in their country. What did Shimelis Yohannes say? Shimelis Yohannes is a civil servant in Ethiopia’s capital. He decided to register for tomorrow’s election after some deep consideration since he saw no reason as to why he should not participate in the general elections. Yohannes says: “I do not think my vote will change anything or…

An Ethiopian crown of 18 century was returned home after spending time in a Dutch flat for more than 20 years. An Ethiopian, Sirak Asfaw discovered the crown in a suitcase after running to the Netherlands late in the 1970s. Upon finding it, he came to realize it was stolen. The crown is one of 20 of it’s kind. The management consultant was responsible for protecting it. This was until last year when he informed the Dutch police. The prime minister of Ethiopia, Abiy Ahmed, received the crown on Thursday. On Thursday, Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed received the crown,…

Residents of the Evanna Tehuis retirement home in Hartebeesfontein, northwest South Africa, received their Covid-19 vaccinations on-site to relieve and apprehension. South Africa extended its vaccination program to include the elderly on Wednesday, after initially immunizing health workers and students. “I believe that each person should be given the opportunity to defend themselves. And the fact that the government is supplying us with these vaccinations simplifies matters considerably. You must be optimistic about this sort of thing… I’ll return in 21 days to receive my second dose,” Tersa van der Merwe, a resident of Evanna nursing home, expressed…

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) have launched a youth entrepreneurship programme for the Sahel region of Africa. The TEF-UNDP Sahel Youth Entrepreneurship programme will train, mentor and financially support 100,000 young entrepreneurs in Africa in 10 years. The goal is to contribute to the overall target to generate at least 10 million new jobs and $10 billion in new annual revenues across Africa. This was revealed through the official website of Tony Elumelu foundation which reads “The TEF-UNDP Sahel Youth Entrepreneurship Programme is a partnership between the United Nations Development Programme…

Cheetah cubs and the cheetah population is at the risk of being eradicated. Illegal trade of these cubs has led to smuggling in countries like Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia. Almost four cheetah cubs are smuggled out of Ethiopia every month. Ethiopia`s Wildlife Conservation Authority (WCA) confirmed these reports. Cheetah Cubs Capture and Sale Ethiopian locals contribute to the capture and sale of these cubs. The locals capture the cubs for their financial benefits. Locals get paid 10,000 to 15,000 Ethiopian birrs for each cub. Captured cubs get smuggled to Hargeisa in Somaliland first. Poachers, later on, traffic the cubs through…