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G20 must commit to debt relief
Oped, Olusegun Obasanjo, Published on 04/12/2025
» As G20 leaders met in Johannesburg last month, they faced a grim reality: many developing-country governments are spending more than they can afford on debt service. To keep funds flowing to foreign creditors, policymakers have been forced to cut spending on education, health care, and infrastructure. These countries have so far avoided default, but at the expense of their own development.
In mega-city Lagos, 20 million count on just 100 ambulances
AFP, Published on 16/09/2025
» LAGOS — Standing outside a public hospital in Lagos, Nigeria's biggest city, Michelin Hunsa is still "traumatised" from the two-hour wait it took to get an ambulance for her mother, found unconscious by her neighbours.
Ruto says he will 'not negotiate' Kenya's security with opposition
AFP, Published on 30/07/2023
» NAIROBI - Kenyan President William Ruto said Sunday he would "not negotiate about the safety of our country" with his rival after agreeing to dialogue to end violent protests against his government.
Ethiopia names head of Tigray interim government
AFP, Published on 23/03/2023
» NAIROBI: The Ethiopian government said Thursday it has appointed a senior official in the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) as head of an interim government for Tigray after a peace deal ended a brutal two-year conflict.
Ethiopia removes rebel Tigray party from terror list
AFP, Published on 22/03/2023
» ADDIS ABABA: Ethiopia's parliament on Wednesday removed the rebel Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) from an official list of terrorist groups, a key step in the peace process following the two-year conflict in the country's north.
Ethiopia PM holds first meeting with Tigray leaders since peace deal
AFP, Published on 04/02/2023
» NAIROBI - Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Friday held his first face-to-face meeting with Tigrayan leaders since a peace deal was agreed last year, officials and state media said.
Eritrea troops leave historic Tigray city as US hails 'withdrawal'
AFP, Published on 22/01/2023
» ADDIS ABABA - Eritrean troops have left the ancient city of Axum in Tigray but remain in two other towns in the war-stricken Ethiopian region, local residents said Sunday, as the United States hailed a pullout seen as key to a landmark peace deal.
Ethiopia rivals agree on humanitarian access for Tigray
AFP, Published on 13/11/2022
» NAIROBI - Ethiopia's government and Tigrayan rebels agreed Saturday to facilitate immediate humanitarian access to "all in need" in war-ravaged Tigray and neighbouring regions.
Cautious hope for Ethiopia deal to silence the guns
AFP, Published on 03/11/2022
» ADDIS ABABA - World leaders and ordinary Ethiopians voiced cautious hope that a breakthrough deal between Ethiopia's government and Tigrayan rebels could signal a permanent end to the brutal conflict in Africa's second most populous country.
Ethiopia's warring sides agree to end fighting in breakthrough deal
AFP, Published on 03/11/2022
» PRETORIA - Warring sides in the brutal two-year conflict in Ethiopia's Tigray on Wednesday declared they had set the goal of "permanently" ending the fighting, agreeing to a truce backed by a programme of disarmament and integration of rebels.