US Cuts Aid to Ethiopia over Nile Dam Dispute

ADDIS ABABA (Somaliguardian) – The US government suspended part of its financial aid to Ethiopia over lack of progress in talks with Sudan and...

Sudan PM Tells Pompeo He is not Authorized to Forge Relations With Israel

KHARTOUM (Somaliguardian) – Sudan's Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok told US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday not to link Sudan’s removal from sponsors...

Sudan Fully Prepared to Cooperate With ICC Over Darfur, PM Announces

KHARTOUM (Somaliguardian) – Sudan’s Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok promised to cooperate with the International Criminal Court to ensure those accused of war crimes in...

Mali President and PM Detained amid Possible Coup Underway

BAMAKO (Somaliguardian) – Mali President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, his PM and other government officials were detained on Tuesday by mutinying soldiers in the capital...

Egypt: Senior Muslim Brotherhood Politician el-Erian Dies in Prison Aged 66

DUBAI (Somaliguardian) –Egyptian physician and senior Muslim Brotherhood leader, Essam el-Erian, died on Thursday in Cairo’s Tora prison complex, local media reported. Egyptian prison authorities...

Coronavirus leaves Kenya’s Maasai Communities Struggling to Survive

NAIROBI (Somaliguardian) - For more than 50 years, Loiman Letolo, 70, has peddled her colourful beaded necklaces and bracelets to safari-goers at the entrance...

At least 5 Kenyan Police Officers Killed in an Overnight Militant Attack on Garissa County Outpost

NAIROBI (Somaliguardian) –At least 5 Kenyan police officers were killed in an overnight Al-Shabaab attack targeting Yumbis outpost in Kenya’s Garissa County. Casualties on the...

Fight to save Senegalese capital’s coast gains momentum

DAKAR (Reuters) - From the top of a ladder, a Senegalese girl struggles to catch a glimpse of the beach hidden by a swanky...

Revamped South African Airways could be run independently, says Gordhan

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa is considering an independent board for its ailing national airline, with a shareholder structure similar to that of part...

Kenya police arrest prison warden over rape of patient in COVID-19 quarantine

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenyan police arrested a prison warden accused of raping a female patient in a COVID-19 isolation facility he was meant to...

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