Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (CNN)Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed showed no sign on Thursday of halting a military campaign in the Tigray region, despite international pressure to avert civil war with a powerful ethnic faction. A humanitarian source said shelling and shooting had been heard in the region since the early hours of Thursday, and nearly two dozen soldiers Read more
Johannesburg, South Africa (CNN)A South African judge said she was left with no choice but to issue former President Jacob Zuma with an arrest warrant after he failed to appear in court on Tuesday. Zuma’s legal team said he was receiving medical care outside the country. But Pietermaritzburg High Court Judge Dhaya Pillay was skeptical Read more
Abbey accused of cultural insensitivity over artefact looted in 186 The interior of Henry VII’s Lady Chapel at Westminster Abbey. At the back of the altar is an inlaid sacred tablet which was looted from Ethiopia. Photograph: Werner Forman Archive/Rex/Shutterstock At the back of an altar in Westminster Abbey is a looted tablet deemed so Read more
