Residents of Gondar, Amhara's second-biggest city, said that heavy weapons fire that began on Sunday could be heard into Monday morning. The conflict has quickly become Ethiopia's most serious security crisis since a two-year civil war in Tigray region, which neighbours Amhara, ended in November.... Their relationship later deteriorated, in part over recent efforts by federal authorities to weaken regional paramilitary groups.... Some activists say this has left Amhara vulnerable to attack by

Residents of Gondar, Amhara's second-biggest city, said that heavy weapons fire that began on Sunday could be heard into Monday morning. The conflict has quickly become Ethiopia's most serious security crisis since a two-year civil war in Tigray region, which neighbours Amhara, ended in November.... Their relationship later deteriorated, in part over recent efforts by federal authorities to weaken regional paramilitary groups.... Some activists say this has left Amhara vulnerable to attack by

KAMPALA( Reuters)-Ugandan police said on Monday they had arrested 29 alleged members of a suspected newly formed rebel group seeking to topple the government of long-ruling President Yoweri Museveni.... Police said the group, called the Uganda Coalition for Change( UCFC), had established training camps in central Uganda and were behind attacks on police personnel this month that left at least four of them dead.... Guns were also stolen, police said. The suspects" attended training in weapons a

The devil himself could be behind it.... “ I’ve never seen this scene in my life.... We are extremely afraid, we don’t know what is happening.” On Friday, the rebel alliance “ entered the cities of Rastan and Talbisseh ” on the main road between Hama and Homs, the Observatory said....

MANILA( Reuters)-Thousands of Filipinos gathered on Friday to mark the anniversary of a" People Power" uprising against late dictator Ferdinand Marcos-with a new Marcos era potentially just 10 weeks away. Thirty-six years after his father was overthrown and driven into exile, Ferdinand Marcos Jr is a runaway leader in opinion polls for the presidency, the end-game of a decades-long political fightback by a family accused of leading one of Asia's most notorious kleptocracies. Rival Leni Robredo,

to try and overthrow the Maduro regime ”.... The former national security adviser’s remarks were

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By Reuters Staff2 Min ReadCAIRO( Reuters)-Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, the former head of the military council that ruled Egypt temporarily after the 2011 uprising, has died at the age of 85, Egypt’s presidency said on Tuesday. Tantawi-a decorated veteran of wars against Israel in 1956, 1967 and 1973-was defence minister for nearly 21 years.He led the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces( SCAF) that ruled Egypt for a year-and-a-half after the removal of long-ruling President Hosni Mubarak in Fe

Channel 4's new documentary titled' The Man Putin Couldn't Kill', airing at 10pm tonight, follows the story of the Russian plot to kill rival politician Alexei Navalny via poisoning.... Mr Navalny who has provided the biggest challenge to Russian President Vladimir Putin's undemocratic leadership, was the target of a second assassination attempt last year.... '[ ANALYSIS] Vladimir Putin's swipe at EU revealed-' More control than USSR'[ INSIGHT] Yulia regained consciousness and was able to spea

They agreed that individual states can’t unilaterally remove candidates for federal office from their ballots.... As the liberal justices asked, why would Congress – in the conservatives’ view – need a “ special rule ” to enforce only the insurrection clause?... “ Section 3 serves an important, though rarely needed, role in our democracy, ” they wrote....