ADDIS ABABA, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) — Ethiopia aims to increase its electric power generation capacity to 13,000 megawatts (MW) by 2028, President Taye Atske Selassie has said. The country is working hard to expand...

KAMPALA, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) — The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday that it has deployed an emergency medical team to help Uganda fight a deadly Ebola outbreak that killed a health worker...

UNITED NATIONS, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) — The United Nations relief agency for Palestinian refugees, known as UNRWA, is continuing its mandate despite an Israeli ban coming into effect, a UN spokesman said on Thursday....

UNITED NATIONS, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) — The United Nations is “deeply concerned” by the M23 rebel group advancing towards South Kivu province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), a UN spokesman said...

BRASILIA, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) — Brazil would respond appropriately if the United States imposes tariffs on Brazilian products, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said here on Thursday. “I want to respect the...

TUNIS, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) — Tunisian President Kais Saied announced on Thursday to extend the state of emergency imposed across the country till the end of 2025. The state of emergency in the entire...

KINSHASA, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) — The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) late Thursday rejected any dialogue with the March 23 Movement (M23) armed group, as the latter claimed earlier to be “open to...

NIAMEY, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) — Niger’s Minister of Public Health, Population and Social Affairs Garba Hakimi officially declared at a ceremony on Thursday that the country is free of onchocerciasis. With this landmark achievement,...

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) — Washington D.C. fire chief said on Thursday that there are likely no survivors in the midair collision of a passenger plane and helicopter near Reagan National Airport Wednesday night....

NAIROBI, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) — The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), an East African bloc, and partners on Thursday launched a project to protect civilians from climatic shocks, conflict and displacement. Strengthening early warning...