Leading United Nations and humanitarian organizations have called for an end to female genital mutilation, a traditional practice that causes physical harm and extreme emotional trauma to tens of milli...

More than 100,000 people from Ethiopia and Somalia risked deadly boat journey into war-torn Yemen seeking better lives.

One place besides Miami where few tears will be shed over the death of Fidel Castro is Somalia, where his military involvement left a mark. In the mid-1970s, Castro and former Soviet leaders were celeb...

Six African SMEs have been nominated as finalists for the AFIF Entrepreneurship Award 2017, supported by the Rabobank Foundation. Out of the 51 projects from around the continent and fo...

The streets outside the U.N. protection of civilians (POC) site in Juba are quiet on this December day, and the Ethiopian peacekeepers guarding the site want to keep it that way. So the battalion of se...

New York, US (PANA) - US Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights and Labour Affairs, Tom Malinowski, will be in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from 14-17 December on an official mission.

[MAP] Dar es Salaam -HM King Mohammed VI, accompanied by HH Prince Moulay Ismail, arrived Sunday afternoon in Dar es Salaam for an official visit to Tanzania, the second stage of a royal tour that will...

As Somalia prepares for polls later this year al-Shabab quietly takes over towns left by withdrawing Ethiopian troops.

KHARTOUM, Sudan (PANA) ? The UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) has said the number of people running away from South Sudan is increasing, requiring further assistance to refugees entering neighb...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel should stress the urgent need for key rights reforms during her visits to Mali, Niger, and Ethiopia, Human Rights Watch said today. Between October 9 and 11, 2016, Chanc...