africafreedom, Author at Africa Freedom Network

Uganda-Egypt: Cooperating on the Nile Mega Dam

KAMPALA, 11 April 2021 – Uganda and Egypt have agreed to share intelligence as tensions escalate over the upcoming filling and long-term management of Ethiopia’s mega-dam on the Nile River. Uganda’s army said the deal was reached Wednesday between senior military...

Africa: AU Drops Serum Institute of India

ADDIS ABABA, 11 April 2021 – The African Union (AU) has dropped plans to procure COVID-19 vaccines from the Serum Institute of India, citing supply concerns. Indian restrictions on exports have complicated things for Africa, according to Dr. John Nkengasong, the...

Ethiopia: Military Denies Involvement in Massacre

ADDIS ABABA, 10 April 2021 – Ethiopian military officials have rejected allegations that their soldiers were involved in the massacre of 15 unarmed men in the country’s northern Tigray region. The men were seen on video gone viral on social media rounding up and...

Mozambique: Twelve Foreigners Beheaded

PALMA, 10 April 2021 – The bodies of 12 people likely foreigners have been found beheaded in a hotel besieged by Islamist militants in the northern Mozambican town of Palma. In footage broadcast by Mozambican television, Pedro da Silva, a local police commander, says...

Ethiopia: Talks Over Nile Mega Dam Collapse

KINSHASA, 10 April 2021 – African Union-mediated talks between Ethiopia, Egypt, and Sudan over the Ethiopian mega-dam on the Nile River have collapsed, according to Sudan’s independent newspaper Al-Intibaba. The President of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR...