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South Sudan's unity government delayed by six months

Warring parties have agreed on delaying the ​formation of a power-sharing government by six months.

Investigators believe anti-stall system activated in Ethiopian crash - WSJ

Family of Jackson Musoni, a citizen of Rwanda who died in the Ethiopian Airlines 737 MAX crash, file a lawsuit against Boeing Co in US federal court.

Ethiopia plane black boxes show 'clear similarities' with Indonesia crash

Ethiopia's transport minister Dagmawit Moges says analysis of data from Boeing 737 MAX 8 black boxes show 'clear similarities' with October's Lion Air crash. Meanwhile, funerals were held for Ethiopia crash victims with little to bury.

Ethiopia crash probe advances with voice download, fresh details

Investigators of Ethiopian Airlines plane crash successfully downloaded the cockpit voice recorder of the Boeing 737 MAX 8, leading new details of what brought the plane down.

Both black boxes recovered from crashed Ethiopian Airlines plane

Investigators have recovered both black boxes from the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 that crashed just outside Addis Ababa on Sunday, killing all 157 on board.

Elusive 'black panther' alive and well in Kenya, study shows

Team lead by San Diego Zoo researcher Nicholas Pilfold worked in parallel with photographer Will Burrard-Lucas to capture images of the same leopards in the region, and released them alongside a study.

Why did Somalia blacklist its country's top UN diplomat?

Declaring Nicholas Haysom 'persona non grata' might prove costly for the Federal Somali Government.

Ethiopia brims with hope, but it's fragile

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has the momentum to strengthen Ethiopia's democratic institutions and restore trust in the system. The trick is to turn this goodwill into tangible policy change.

Is the African Union doing enough to tackle corruption and violence?

The union's two-week long summit in Addis Ababa aims to discuss ways to resolve endemic corruption and protracted conflicts that have affected millions of lives on the continent.

Ethiopia's first Oromo PM spreads hope to end country's ethnic tension

Oromo people have been asking for equal representation for decades. Now, with Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (an Oromo) leading the country, they hope they can claim their rights.

First commercial flight in 20 years leaves Ethiopia for Eritrea

The flight is the latest concrete sign of a thaw between the neighbouring countries which began only six weeks ago.

'State of war' ends between Ethiopia and Eritrea

Ethiopia's new reformist Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki sign peace deal officially ending one of Africa's most intractable military stand-offs.