YAOUNDE, CAMEROON — Supporters of Africa’s second-longest serving leader, Cameroon’s 88-year-old President Paul Biya, are celebrating his 39 years in office November 6. Biya, who has been Cameroon’s president since 1982, is rarely seen in public these days. Meanwhile Biya’s opponents are saying renewed calls for the octogenarian to run for president in 2025 cannot […]
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Moroccan King’s Speech on Western Sahara Ignores Algeria Accusation
RABAT, MOROCCO — Morocco’s King Mohammed gave a speech Saturday about Western Sahara but made no mention of an Algerian accusation that Morocco targeted Algerian civilians in an incident last week that the United Nations said took place in the disputed territory. Algeria’s accusation has raised fears of further escalation between the North African […]
Niger says 11 soldiers killed, nine missing after attack
Eleven soldiers were killed and nine reported “missing” on Friday following a jihadist attack on an army position in Dagne in western Niger, days after 69 civilians died in an ambush, the government said. The attack by “a column of heavily armed terrorists in several vehicles and dozens of motorcycles” killed 11 soldiers, and […]
Ethiopia-Tigray crisis: UN Security Council calls for ceasefire as US urges its citizens to leave immediately
The UN Security Council called for a ceasefire in Ethiopia, expressing “deep concern” over the escalation of fighting in the north of the conflict-hit country. “The members of the Security Council expressed deep concern about the expansion and intensification of military clashes in northern Ethiopia,” the body said in a joint statement. “They […]
Annual Career Expo conducted at Haramaya University.
Dereja.com in collaboration with Haramaya University, Job Creation Commission, Master card and other stakeholders conducted annual career expo program for graduating class of 2021 at Haramaya University main campus parking lot, October 26/2021. At the ceremony Ms.Siham Ayele, Dereja.com program Director, said that the foundational objective of the program is to simplify the graduate students […]
Ethiopia: Sweeping emergency powers and alarming rise in online hate speech as Tigray conflict escalates
Ethiopia is teetering on the brink of a human rights and humanitarian catastrophe, Amnesty International warned today, amid worrying developments linked to the escalating Tigray conflict. On 4 November the Ethiopian government granted itself sweeping new emergency powers which arbitrarily restrict human rights and threaten the independence of the judiciary. Meanwhile there has been an […]