Addis Ababa (Diplomat.so) - Tensions in northern Ethiopia intensified this week as life in Mekelle ground to a near halt, while Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed expanded public messaging around Ethiopia's military modernization and regional posture — moves analysts say reflect ambitions that extend beyond…

Kabul (Diplomat.so) - The Taliban has enacted a new 60-page penal code—signed by supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada and circulated across Afghan courts—that permits men to beat their wives and children provided the violence does not cause broken bones or open wounds.

Kampala (Diplomat.so) - The President of the Republic of Uganda, Yoweri Museveni, received on Friday in Kampala the commander of Sudan's Rapid Support Forces, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, amid growing regional concern over the protracted war in Sudan and its humanitarian fallout.

Washington (Diplomat.so) - The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Thursday announced sweeping sanctions against three senior commanders of Sudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF), citing what it described as an 18-month siege and a campaign of "horrific"…

Nairobi (Diplomat.so) - Kenya's President William Ruto on Friday confirmed that the long-shuttered Kenya–Somalia border will reopen in April, marking a significant policy shift after more than a decade of closure prompted by cross-border attacks by the militant group al-Shabaab.

Washington (Diplomat.so) - U.S. President Donald Trump said he told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that reaching a negotiated agreement with Iran remains Washington's "preferred option," following a three-hour meeting in the Oval Office that also left open the possibility of military…

Moscow (Diplomat.so) - Russian authorities on Sunday said they had detained the alleged gunman behind last week's attempted assassination of senior military officer Vladimir Alekseyev in Moscow, after an international operation involving the United Arab Emirates.

Addis Ababa (Diplomat.so) - The city of Addis Ababa has completed its final preparations to host thousands of delegates arriving for next week's high-level African Union meetings, officials confirmed on Sunday, highlighting a multilayered urban transformation that aims to reinforce the capital's…

Accra (Diplomat.so) - Ghana has begun formal discussions with the family of Ahmed Sekou Toure, Guinea's first president, to acquire the house where Ghana's founding President, Kwame Nkrumah, spent his final years in exile.

Moscow (Diplomat.so) - Ukraine's military chief, Oleksandr Syrskyi, has warned that Russia intends to more than double production of its Iranian-designed Shahed attack drones to as many as 1,000 per day.

Cairo (Diplomat.so) - Egypt's Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation, Hani Sweilem, called on Sunday for compensation from Ethiopia over the impacts of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), saying the project has significantly reduced water flows to Egypt and Sudan.

Cairo (Diplomat.so) - Egypt has welcomed a letter from U.S. President Donald Trump recognizing the country's role in promoting regional peace and stability. In a statement, the Egyptian President said he appreciated Trump's efforts to strengthen peace at both regional and international levels,…

Washington (Diplomat.so) - The United States has formally offered to resume its mediation role in the long-standing dispute over Nile River water sharing, according to a letter sent from the White House to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi.

Riyadh (Diplomat.so) - A senior Saudi official revealed that Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Oman led intensive diplomatic efforts to dissuade U.S. President Donald Trump from launching a military strike on Iran.

Moscow (Diplomat.so) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Monday that intelligence assessments indicate Russia may be preparing another large-scale attack on Ukraine in the coming days.

Islamabad (Diplomat.so) - Sheikh Tahir Ashrafi, the special envoy of Pakistan's prime minister for Islamic affairs and chairman of the Pakistan Ulema Council (PUC), has commented on remarks attributed to the Somali president regarding Somaliland, calling for a unified response from Muslim-majority…

Hargeysa (Diplomat.so) - Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar arrived in Hargeisa, the capital of the self-declared Somaliland region, following a flight from Addis Ababa, according to Al Jazeera's digital verification unit. The plane's destination was initially undisclosed.

Sanaa (Diplomat.so) - Yemen's Houthi movement has issued a warning concerning developments in Somaliland, the self-declared autonomous region in northwestern Somalia, citing security concerns over alleged foreign involvement.

Copenhagen (Diplomat.so) – Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has urged U.S. President Donald Trump to stop making statements about taking over Greenland, saying such remarks contradict international law and undermine relations between close allies.

Nairobi (diplomat.so) - In a significant move to address discrimination, President William Samoei Ruto announced the end of extra-vetting and ethnic profiling for citizens from Northern Kenya seeking national identification documents.