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Nigeria's Obasanjo clinches unlikely Ethiopia truce
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOlusegun Obasanjo has had mixed results as a mediator of intractable conflicts across Africa since he stepped down as Nigeria's president in 2007,...
Combatants in Ethiopia's Tigray war agree to stop fighting
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoPRETORIA (Reuters) -The Ethiopian government and regional forces from Tigray agreed on Wednesday to...
Music as activism: Seun Kuti and the Egypt 80 to bring Afrobeat to The Alibi on July 10
The Desert Sun via Yahoo News· 2 years agoImagine a style of music that combines funk, jazz, R&B, soul — a fusion that becomes powerful enough...
Maj Gen Tony Boam, skilled diplomatist who talked a Nigerian president out of bloodshed – obituary
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 5 months agoMajor General Tony Boam, who has died aged 91, had a distinguished career as a soldier and was a man...
Ethiopia, Rebels Agree to New Cease-Fire After Two Years of War
Bloomberg via Yahoo News· 2 years ago(Bloomberg) -- Ethiopia’s government and leaders of the dissident Tigray region agreed to renew a...
Bola Tinubu is the new president of Nigeria
Quartz via Yahoo Finance· 1 year agoAfter four days of vote tallying, Nigeria has a new president in Bola Tinubu—the All Progressive Congress party candidate who campaigned on the slogan...
Explainer-Why has fighting restarted in north Ethiopia?
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFighting has erupted again around the borders of Ethiopia's northern Tigray region, shattering a...
Nigeria ruling party picks ex-governor of Lagos Tinubu to run for president
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoNigeria's ruling party on Wednesday picked former Lagos State governor Bola Tinubu as its candidate...
Ethiopia combatants sign deal to start implementing truce
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoNAIROBI (Reuters) -The Ethiopian government and Tigrayan forces on Saturday signed an agreement...
On This Day, Feb. 27: Occupation at Wounded Knee, S.D., begins
United Press International via Yahoo News· 3 months agoOn February 27, 1973, members of the American Indian Movement began a 71-day occupation of the town...