Somalia will never accept Ethiopia's plan to build a naval base in its breakaway region of Somaliland, but would consider granting Ethiopia commercial port access if discussed bilaterally, Ali Omar told ⁦Reuters⁩ reuters.com/world/africa/s…

We went back to Chibok where 276 girls were abducted by Boko Haram a decade ago sparking the #Bringbackourgirls campaign. Here are the stories of those girls who are still missing, those who died, those who returned and those stuck in limbo. reuters.com/world/africa/d…

Latest on #Somalia - #Ethiopia diplomatic spat
•Ethiopia's ambo has 72hrs to leave
• Somaliland and Puntland say Mogadishu has no jurisdiction over closure of consulates
• still no word over fate of thousands of Ethiopian peacekeepers in Somalia
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The move to expel the ambassador and shut down the consulates raises concerns over the fate of 3,000 Ethiopian soldiers in Somalia part of the African Union peacekeeping mission fighting militants from al Shabaab diplomats and analysts say. reuters.com/world/africa/s…

Somalia sent back the Ethiopian ambassador on Thursday, and closed a consulate in the semi autonomous region of Puntland and breakaway Somaliland due to rising tensions over a port deal, two Somali officials told Reuters

SOMALIA OFFICIALS: SOMALIA SENDS BACK ETHIOPIAN AMBASSADOR, SHUTS DOWN TWO CONSULATES IN PUNTLAND AND SOMALILAND OVER PORT DEAL via Reuters

Having been dormant for nearly a decade, a recent rise in piracy off the coast of Somalia is increasing the costs of global shipping companies already grappling with Houthi attacks in the Red Sea reut.rs/3TM4egL

Pirates are back! 'If we do not stop it while it's still in its infancy, it can become the same as it was,' Somalia's President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud told Reuters at his highly-fortified art deco palace, Villa Somalia. reuters.com/world/africa/s…

Our latest from Mogadishu on the return of Somali pirates - inspired by Houthis - and how it is piling on costs for shippers reuters.com/world/africa/s…

Stanis is finally free!! Congo court sentences journalist Stanis Bujakera Tshiamala to six months in jail. Bujakera is expected to leave the prison where he has been detained since last September on Tuesday because he has already served the time. reuters.com/world/africa/c…

Somali forces, foreign navies prepare attack on hijacked ship MV Abdullahi , police say reuters.com/world/africa/s…

Indian navy intercepts Somali pirates on cargo ship Ruen reuters.com/world/indian-n…

20 armed people boarded a cargo off the coast of Somalia and took control of it. Data from the MSCHOA show there have been more than 20 hijackings or attempted hijackings of vessels in the Gulf of Aden and Somali Basin since November. reuters.com/world/africa/u…

Africa Intelligence Ethiopia is the second-worst jailer of journalists in sub-Saharan Africa, with at least 8 journalists in jail on December 1, according to Committee to Protect Journalists's annual census. They remain behind bars & must also be freed now. #JournalismIsNotACrime

Ethiopian government forces battled militiamen in the capital of the #Amhara region, Bahir Dar, the regional administration and residents said, in the first fighting there since the early days of the conflict last year.
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Ethiopian police release Antonine Galindo, the French journalist arrested in Addis, after a week, employer says | Reuters reuters.com/world/africa/e…

.Committee to Protect Journalists calls for the immediate release of French journalist Antoine Galindo who was in #Ethiopia for an African Union summit & was arrested at a local hotel on Feb 22. CPJ is outraged that a journalist on a legitimate reporting trip is targeted in this way.

The International Press Association of East Africa is alarmed about the arrest and detention of French Journalist, Antoine Galindo, and calls for his immediate and unconditional release. Antoine, a journalist with Africa Intelligence was arrested on Thursday, 22 February while on a

Ethiopian police have arrested Antoine Galindo a French journalist, on suspicion of 'conspiracy to create chaos', his employer Africa Intelligence said on Monday. A judge on Saturday prolonged Galindo's detention until March 1. reuters.com/world/africa/e…

An airstrike in #Amhara killed at least 15 including children and elderly three residents told Reuters. “We first heard an explosion and the area was covered with smoke and dust…We collected 15 bodies…Hands, legs and heads were everywhere a priest said. reuters.com/world/africa/a…