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The United States has sanctioned the Eritrean military, the Eritrean Defense Forces, and the country's ruling party, the People's Front for Democracy and Justice, for "contributing to the crisis and conflict" in Ethiopia, which has displaced more than 2.5 million people and killed thousands...

The United Nations has said 16 of its Ethiopian staff have been detained in the country's capital, Addis Ababa, with six others having been released. UN spokesperson Stephanie Dujarric said, "There has been, as far as I know, no explanation given to us on why these staff members are detained."...

The prison hospital treating Georgia's hunger-striking former president Mikheil Saakashbili lacks proper medical equipment and fellow inmates there have threatened and abused him, according to a Georgian human rights official. Public Defender Nino Lomjaria, Georgia's rights ombudsman said,...

Nicaragua is holding general elections after a months-long campaign mired by controversy, including a widely denounced wave of arrests of opposition leaderrs and presidential hopefuls. President Daniel Ortega, running virtually unopposed, has overseen what rights groups and international observers...

Nine anti government factions in Ethiopia have said they had formed an alliance, the United Front of Ethiopian Federalist and Confederalist Forces, amid growing fears that they will attempt to overthrow the government of Abiy Ahmed. The United Front said it was being formed "to reverse the harmful...

Protests against the results of Iraq's recent parliamentary election have turned violent in Baghdad, with demonstrators denouncing "fraud" clashing with security forces outside the capital's high-security Green Zone. "So many people in the streets say that they do not believe in this electoral...

Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, and the United States have urged the restoration of the civilian government in Sudan following last week's coup. In a joint statement the four countries said, "We call for the full and immediate restoration of its civilian-led transitional...

At least 25 people were killed and more than 50 wounded when Islamic State gunmen attacked Afghanistan's biggest military hospital, Sardar Mohammad Daud Khan, in central Kabul following two heavy explosions. The blasts add to a growing list of attacks and killings since the Taliban completed their...

A senior United Nations official has warned that millions of Afghans, including children, could die of starvation unless urgent action is taken to pull Afghanistan back from the brink of collapse. The World Food Program Executive Director David Beasley told Reuters news agency that 22.8 million...

Central African Republic President Faustin-Archange Touadera declared a unilateral cessation of fighting against armed groups, saying he hoped it would lead to peaceful dialogue. The country has seen recurrent rounds of rebel violence since former president Francois Bozize was ousted in 2013. The...