Colonel Assimi Goita, leader of Malian military junta, attends an Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) consultative meeting in Accra, Ghana, Sept. 15, 2020. Mali's military government on Monday responded to West African sanctions by closing its borders and withdrawing ... Read More

Mali's military government proposed in December a 5-year extension of the transition to civilian rule, after originally agreeing to a period of 18 months. Protesters gathered Saturday in Bamako to call for a return to democracy, ahead of an ECOWAS ... Read More

Aid agencies have suspended operations in an area of Ethiopia's stricken Tigray region where a deadly air strike hit a camp for people displaced by the country's 14-month war, the U.N. said Sunday. The raid came only hours after the Ethiopian ... Read More

President Akufo-Addo The Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will hold an Extraordinary Summit on the Political Situation in the Republic of Mali, today, January 09, 2022, in Accra. The Heads of ... Read More

David Satterfield US Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa Jeffrey Feltman will step down from his post the role “in the coming days” after a year marked by deadly crises in Ethiopia and Sudan. Feltman plans to leave his post shortly ... Read More

Protesters wave Russian and Malian flags in Bamako, during a demonstration against French influence in the country, May 27, 2021. Russian soldiers have deployed to Timbuktu to train Malian forces, the Malian army said Jan. 6, 2022. Russian soldiers have deployed ... Read More

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and his Kenyan counterpart, Raychelle Omamo, bump elbows during a news conference in Mombasa, Kenya, Jan. 6, 2022. China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi has announced that Beijing will soon appoint a special envoy for the Horn ... Read More

U.S. Horn of Africa envoy Jeffrey Feltman will visit Ethiopia Thursday for meetings with senior government officials to discuss peace talks, a senior State Department official said, in Washington's latest push to bring an end to the conflict. The yearlong war ... Read More

Abdalla Hamdok Sudan was plunged into further political turmoil Sunday when Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok resigned, citing his failure to ensure a peaceful transition to democracy. In a televised speech, Hamdok said he did everything possible to keep the African ... Read More

The United States on Saturday cut Ethiopia, Mali and Guinea from access to a duty-free trade program, following through on President Joe Biden's threat to do so over accusations of human rights violations and recent coups. "The United States today terminated ... Read More