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Djibouti, ITU Deepen Cooperation on Digital Transformation

Djibouti (Horn Observer + Lamaane.net) – Djibouti's Minister of Communication, in charge of Posts and Telecommunications, Mohamed Abdoulkader Moussa Helem, met International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Secretary-General, Doreen Bogdan-Martin, in Djibouti on Friday, July 10, to strengthen cooperation…

Ethiopia: Sitti Zone Crowned 13th SRS Football Champions

Jijiga (Horn Observer + Lamaane.net) – Sitti Zone's football team secured the 13th Somali Regional State (SRS) Regional Games football championship on Friday, July 10, defeating Shabelle Zone 2-1 in the final before senior regional leaders and thousands of spectators in Sitti Zone.

SJS and KHRC Condemn Rising Civic Space Repression in Somalia

MOGADISHU, Somalia/ WASHINGTON D.C, United States 10 July 2026 – The Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) and the Robert & Ethel Kennedy Human Rights Center (KHRC) condemn the continued harassment of Somali journalist Mohamed Ibrahim Osman, also known as Mohamed Bulbul, and the heightening crackdown…

Op-Ed: Using African schools to create sustainable communities

In many African countries, ambitious policies and strategies are being developed to support the transition to a circular economy. Yet despite growing awareness and investment, many interventions struggle to achieve sustained impact at community level. The starting point might just be via one of Africa's…

WFP: Conflict and shrinking humanitarian assistance drives northern Nigeria hunger crisis to levels not seen in nearly a decade

ABUJA, Nigeria – The United Nations World Food Programme warned today that Nigeria's food security crisis is worsening faster than previously anticipated. Conflict is driving hunger in some northern states, particularly the northeast, to levels not seen in almost a decade.

Sudan: An imminent RSF offensive is pushing North Kordofan toward humanitarian catastrophe, warns IRC

Khartoum, Sudan, June 29, 2026 — Escalating RSF drone strikes on El Obeid, the capital of North Kordofan state, are killing civilians, cutting off access to food, water, and fuel, and paving the way for a ground offensive that would put hundreds of thousands of people at grave risk, triggering a major…

UN OCHA: DR Congo: Why aid isn't reaching people

By Francis Mweze

IGAD Calls for Restraint and Respect for Somalia's Sovereignty Amid Emerging Developments

June 18, 2026 (DJIBOUTI, Djibouti): The Secretariat of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) reaffirms its commitment to the sovereignty, unity, territorial integrity, and political independence of the Federal Republic of Somalia, in accordance with the IGAD Treaty, the Constitutive…

Children surviving on leaves and water lilies as conflict drives parts of South Sudan to the brink of famine - Save the Children

JUBA, 9 June 2026 – Families and children in South Sudan's eastern Jonglei state are surviving on leaves and water lilies as hunger surges towards famine levels in parts of the country following three months of escalating violence, Save the Children said.

IRC Watchlist Flash Alert: Ebola outbreak in eastern DRC spreading faster than response

Rapidly escalating outbreak could become the deadliest on record without urgent international action - The outbreak is spreading faster than the response, with over 900 suspected cases and at least 223 deaths already reported across DRC and Uganda, including in major transport hubs like Goma and Kampala.…