This article appeared in the Middle East & Africa section of the print edition under the headline “The world’s next country?” ...

Two years after the Pretoria agreements ended the Tigray war, what’s the situation on the ground? The conflict resulted in nearly 600,000 deaths, with Eritrean soldiers fighting alongside the ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Voting was underway Wednesday in Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland in a key presidential ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia – Ethiopian troops have reportedly taken full control of an airfield in Dollow town, Gedo region, under ...