Algeria expels over 1,800 migrants to Niger border, rights group says
Algeria expelled 1,845 migrants to Niger’s border in a mass operation on April 19, rights group Alarmphone Sahara
Somalia's president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud will visit Ethiopia on
Saturday, his office said, as the two countries look to build on a recent
peace deal that aims to defuse mounting tensions in the Horn of Africa.
Land-locked Ethiopia's desire for access to the sea has deepened
long-standing grievances with its neighbors in the volatile region.
Somalia was outraged when Ethiopia signed a deal one year ago with its
breakaway region of Somaliland, reportedly to recognize its independence in
exchange for a port and military base on the Red Sea.
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