According to Ethiopian People’s Patriotic Front (EPPF), an army of Woyane and their leaders have disappeared without a trace from the northern region of Gondar. EPPF has made its presence known in the northern Gondar, and a number of people from the region have been joining the movement. Troubled by the situation, Woyane tried to control the area by sending its army. Unfortunately for... 

By Lisa Abend, July 4, 2010 Sudan's 1983-2003 civil war was fanned in part by rival factions' efforts to control the country's rich oil fields. Malcolm Linton / Liaison / Getty Images BP is not the only oil company in trouble these days. A report by an NGO that accuses Lundin Petroleum, a Swedish-owned company based in Geneva, of being complicit in war crimes committed in Sudan has led... 

Eritrean Ambassador to Qatar Ali Ibrahim Ahmed and Djibouti’s Ambassador to Qatar Mahamadi Ali Mahamade exchange the minutes of the agreement, signed in Doha yesterday, in the presence of  HE the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Ahmed bin Abdullah al-Mahmoud The minutes of the agreement to resolve the border dispute between Eritrea and Djibouti were signed at the Foreign Ministry headquarters... 

Sunday, 04 July 2010 Addis Ababa did not appreciate Qatar's mediation in the conflict between Djibouti and Eritrea. Qatar's intervention in the border conflict between Djibouti and Eritrea was not to the liking of the Ethiopian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Seyoum Mesfin, who is believed to have asked the Djibouti Ambassador in Addis Ababa for an explanation. Ethiopia considers that Qatar's... 

Rwanda-Eritrea-Award APA-Kigali (Rwanda) Rwandan President Paul Kagame on Sunday said among the many individuals who contributed to the liberation of Rwanda and to stopping of the 1994 genocide were some African heads of state, among them the Eritrean leader Isaias Afewerki, whom he said will be honoured with the country’s liberation medal. In his speech on Liberation Day in Kigali to honour... 

The HIV/Aids epidemic is a huge problem in Africa and it is one that some appear to be taking advantage of. Growing and unregulated Christian evangelical movements are preaching unconventional ways to get rid of numerous terminal illnesses including HIV and cancer. Al Jazeera's Zeina Awad reports from Nairobi, Kenya's capital, on how some of the most vulnerable in Kenya are being promised...