Hope In Ethiopia/Tigray as Obasanjo and Other African Leader’s Broker Cease Fire

There is hope for peace in the horn of Africa as the Ethiopian Government and Tigray People Liberation Front, TPF,  have entered into a cease-fire agreement being negotiated by the African Union in South Africa. As of yesterday during the signing of the agreement, a two-year cease fire has been negotiated by African leaders like former President Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria, Uhuru Kenyata of Kenya, and others in Pretoria, South Africa. Shortly after the meeting, Obasanjo congratulated both parties for ending hostility, and disarmament as well as providing access for humanitarian into the region for the provision of succor to the battered civilians.

Burkina Faso Coup Leader Named Transitional President

Burkina Faso's military officials, political parties and civil society leaders on Friday officially designated army captain Ibrahim Traore as the country's transitional president, two weeks after he seized power in Burkina Faso's second coup this year. About 300 delegates are meeting over two days in the capital, Ouagadougou, to outline plans to return the West African country to constitutional rule. Traore, who is now considered the World’s youngest leader is expected to lead the country until elections in July 2024, according to the transitional charter. Traore, at the head of a core of disgruntled junior officers, ousted Lieutenant-colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, who had seized power just in January.

President Buhari To Launch Financial Framework For SDGs

President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to launch Nigeria’s Integrated National Financing Framework (INFF) for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) on Friday on the margins of the 77th Session of the United Nations General Assembly taking place in New York, the United States of America. This was disclosed in a statement issued by the President’s spokesperson, Femi Adesina titled, ‘President Buhari to Launch Nigeria’s Integrated National Financing Framework for Sustainable Development in New York’.

9 Civilians killed In Somalia Hotel Attack

A car bomb and shooting attack on a hotel in the Somali city of Kismayu killed nine people on Sunday before security forces ended the siege at the hotel and killed the attackers, a regional official said.
Security officers killed three of the attackers and a fourth died in the bomb blast, said Yussuf Hussein Dhumal, security minister for Jubbaland. Gunfire erupted after the explosives-laden vehicle rammed into the gate of the port city's Tawakal Hotel. The al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab militant group said it had carried out the attack.

Visa On Arrival, Ethiopia Exclude Nigeria From List

Confusion has set in the travel industry following the suspension of Nigerians from getting Visa on Arrival, VOA, for travellers visiting Ethiopia. The Ethiopian authorities issued the directive yesterday which according to stallholders would create some hitches in the travel protocol. The information has already been relayed to travel partners by the management of Ethiopian Airlines, the national Airline of Ethiopia. Formerly, passengers travelling to Ethiopia or transiting through the country from Nigeria were entitled to a visa on arrival as they land at the Bole airport in Addis Ababa.

William Ruto Sworn In As Kenya’s President

William Ruto was sworn in as Kenya’s fifth President of Tuesday, in the presence of about 60,000 people packed at a stadium in Kenya's capital to witness Ruto's inauguration following his election win last month. He was sworn in by Chief Registrar of the Judiciary Anne Amadi, in the presence of Chief Justice Martha Koome. This is coming a week after the Supreme Court upheld an election that dashed the hopes of the nation’s most prominent political families and handed power to a man who began his career as a roadside chicken seller. The 55-year-old took the oath of office on a copy of kenya's constitution, five weeks to the day since the August 9 poll, assuming the reins of a country gripped by drought and a cost-of-living crisis.