Gaston Sindimwo, the Secretary General of the Union for National Progress (UPRONA) – the main ally of the ruling National Council for the Defense of Democracy-Forces for the Defense of Democracy (CNDD-FDD) – has escaped a close call on his… Read more ›
Burundian officials have confirmed that the Movement for Solidarity and Development (MSD) – a member of the opposition Alliance of Democrats for Change (ADC) – has been officially suspended following a violent conflict between members of the party and the… Read more ›
Police in Mombasa have intercepted a vehicle containing two explosive devices in the coastal city of Mombasa on Monday. According to a report by Capital FM, two suspects (one Kenyan and one Somali) were apprehended with the vehicle as they… Read more ›
Two more towns have been reclaimed from the Islamic militant group, al Shabab, on Sunday, in Middle Shabelle region, southern Somalia. According to a report by Anadolu News Agency, the towns were taken without any confrontation with the terrorists, who… Read more ›
Numerous football professionals around the world are looking to take up the position of head coach of the national football team of Ethiopia – the Walya Antelopes – which has been without a manager after Sewnet Bishaw was fired in… Read more ›
Rebels in South Sudan have criticized the decision of the Intergovernmental Authority for Development (IGAD) to send troops to the deeply desolated nation. Last week, east African leaders met in Addis Ababa and voted to deploy a regional stabilisation and… Read more ›
The United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-Moon, has voiced his concerns over the strained state of the relationship between the Burundian government and opposition parties, which has resulted in several violent clashes this year. In a statement released by Mr.… Read more ›
Public university lecturers and some non-teaching staffs in an estimated 30,000 institutions across Kenya have commenced a strike action over a rift with vice chancellors and other top administrative representatives. The dispute, reportedly over an unpaid sum of Sh 3.9… Read more ›
A High Court in South Sudan, on Wednesday, ordered the repatriation of seven political detainees released to Kenya back to Juba to stand trial. According to a report by Eye Radio Juba, the ex-state employees were summoned after the head… Read more ›
A public-private alliance of several agencies primarily created to support vaccination campaigns in developing countries, GAVI, has announced that it will facilitate immunization drives against cervical cancer in Uganda, Rwanda and Uzbekistan. The Chief Executive Officer of the alliance, Dr.… Read more ›
The leaders of Ethiopia and Kenya have called for the enforcement of a Special Status Agreement (SSA) signed between both nations in 2012 to be quickened. President Uhuru Kenyatta, who is currently on a short trip to Ethiopia, noted that… Read more ›
Pastoral tribes in Tanzania have accused the government of suppressing their nomadic way of life by leasing parts of their grazing land to investors. Since last year, the Maasai, Barbaig and other nomadic people of northern Tanzania have reportedly migrated… Read more ›
An ambitious plan to build canals to store and transport water to farms in Lower Shabelle has led to an increase in food production and a resurgence in farming. Somalia is prone to cyclical droughts, but the effects of water… Read more ›
The government of South Sudan on Friday intercepted eleven United Nations (UN) trucks containing weapons reportedly on their way to Bentiu from Rumbek; the capital of Lake State. According to the VOA, the weapons – which had been mis-labelled as accoutrements… Read more ›
President Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya on Friday revealed that several officials of his government have agreed to cuts in their salaries to reduce the nation’s public wage bill. According to a statement by the President at his first informal cabinet… Read more ›
The Eritrean Ministry of Information has announced the death of the chief of staff of the nation’s armed forces. Major General Gebregziabher Andremariam, alias ‘Wuchu’, reportedly passed on in Asmara, where he had been undergoing medical care. The cause of… Read more ›
The Somali Army and African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) forces successfully liberated a town in central Somalia from the control of Islamic militant group, al Shabab, on Thursday. According to reports, heavy gunfire echoed for several hours in the… Read more ›
Despite their much publicised row over Ethiopia’s construction of a dam on the Blue Nile, the governments of both nations have committed to collaborate towards the establishment of a hydraulic research laboratory in Addis Ababa. Egypt’s Minister for Irrigation and… Read more ›
The Ugandan Supreme Court on Thursday overturned the decision of the nation’s Constitutional Court to expel four ex-National Resistance Movement (NRM) elected Members of Parliament, and has also issued an injunction against the Electoral Commission (EC) from furthering electoral plans to replace… Read more ›
The East African Law Society (EALS) has accused the government of Burundi of breaching Articles 6(a) and 7(2) of the East African Community’s founding treaty, which demands adherence to the rule of law and democracy. The association has reportedly therefore… Read more ›
Residents of Juba were forced to stay indoors early Wednesday after fighting erupted in a renowned military barrack near Juba University in Giyada area. According to local reports, gun fire and heavy explosions rang in the barrack known as Geida,… Read more ›
Uganda has officially launched the Common Market for East and Central Africa’s (COMESA) Regional Payment and Settlement System (REPSS). The electronic payment solution, which facilitates quick and safe transfer of funds from one COMESA member country to another through their… Read more ›
Puntland Maritime Police Force have taken an illegal fishing vessel apprehended on the nation’s waters into custody. According to a report by Horseed Media, which quotes the Deputy Mayor of the Alula District, Ali Salah, the unidentified vessel, seized on… Read more ›
The governments of Sudan and Iraq have signed an agreement that will see the Middle Eastern nation supply crude oil to Khartoum and also support the construction of a petroleum refinery in the warring North African nation. According to a… Read more ›
The government of South Sudan has reportedly submitted a request to the Inter-governmental Authority for Development (IGAD) for troops to be deployed to protect vital facilities in the destabilized country as fighting continues between the army and a loose coalition… Read more ›
Members of Kenya’s cabinet, on Tuesday, March 3rd, are set to begin a 3-day informal meeting at the St Safari Club, Nanyuki, northern Kenya, to review the performance of the Jubilee government in its first year in office. State House… Read more ›
The United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-Moon, on Monday joined millions of people across the globe to mark the first ever World Wildlife Day. Speaking at a photo exhibition organized by the Convention for International Trade in Endangered Species of… Read more ›
The Italian Ambassador to Egypt, Maurizio Massari, has revealed that his government is willing to mediate the negotiations between Ethiopia and Egypt over the contentious Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). According to a report by Egypt’s Aswat Masriya, Mr. Massari… Read more ›
Rwandan authorities and several officials from governmental and non-governmental agencies have marked the launch of the 20th anniversary remembrance of victims of the genocide in the east African nation in 1994. At the ceremony in New York on Thursday, Rwanda’s… Read more ›
Top ranking government officials from Tanzania and Kenya have confirmed reports that both nations are set to deploy troops to war-torn South Sudan. Tanzania’s Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Minister, Bernard Membe, told reporters on Thursday that the a single… Read more ›
Kenya’s Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has revealed that the nation’s 47 counties are under investigation for corruption. According to a report by Daily Nation, this revelation was made to the senate on Thursday by the Deputy Chief Executive Officer… Read more ›
A car laden with explosives reportedly drove into a tea shop near Somalia’s National Intelligence and Security Agency headquarters in Mogadishu on Thursday, killing 12 people, including some security officers. Several other officers and civilians are reported to have sustained… Read more ›
The spokesman for Ethiopia’s Foreign Ministry, Dina Mufti, has refuted a request by Egyptian authorities that the construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) is halted until the impasse between both nations is resolved. According to a report by Mogadishu’s… Read more ›
The government of Ethiopia has criminalised the trafficking of its citizens to work as domestic servants in other African countries, as well as in the Middle Eastern and Asian countries. Following the deportation of almost 150,000 Ethiopians from the Kingdom… Read more ›
Burudian authorities have marked the completion of the first phase of a national fibre optic network project launched in 2012. According to a report by the East African Business Week, President Pierre Nkurunziza commissioned the milestone last month at a… Read more ›
A study by Tanzania Media Women Association (TAMWA) has revealed that more cases of gender based violence were reported last year than a year ago. The 10-day study by 30 journalists released this month notes that rape, early pregnancy, child… Read more ›
In the past few years, many African nations have been engaged in raucous public debates over the adoption of genetically modified (GM) crops. While lawmakers and pro-GM scientists have reasoned that the biologically altered seedlings are resistant to many common… Read more ›
Mr. Gabriel Malata, the principal state attorney and representative of the government of Tanzania in the ongoing trial over the construction of a super highway through the Serengeti park has vindicated the much criticized decision of the government. According to… Read more ›
The President of Uganda, Yoweri Musuveni, on Monday signed Uganda’s widely debated Anti-Homosexuality Bill into law. The bill, which was approved by parliament in December 2013, places extended jail term of up to 14 years for first-time offenders and life… Read more ›
Tourism officials from Kenya and Tanzania have entered into a deal that will enable tour operators convey tourists to selected locations in either nation. According to a report by Daily Nation, the agreement was signed by the cabinet secretaries for… Read more ›
Kenyan Forest Service officials have kept up their forceful eviction of residents of the Embobut forest and the entire Cherangany hills, despite a court order and widespread protests against the controversial move. According to local sources, over 1,000 homes have… Read more ›
Islamist militant group, al Shabab, have conducted an attack on Villa Somalia, the residence and central work station of the interim Somali Federal Government. According to accounts of witnesses and police sources, a car exploded near the gate of the… Read more ›
Swiss officials have revealed that the Ethiopian Airlines co-pilot, Hailemedhin Abera, who hijacked his own flight on Monday, will be charged for taking hostages. A Swiss court has reportedly appointed a defence counsel for Abera and ordered that he is… Read more ›
Investigators say 7 Tanzanian registered companies have a combined asset worth about $40 million in banks located in British Virgin Island and Jersey, United States. According to a report by The Citizen, which quotes a report by The Guardian and… Read more ›
An ex-mayor of Muvumba province, north-eastern Rwanda, has been sentenced to 14 years in jail by a court in Germany, after he was found guilty of complicity in the 1994 genocide which left almost one million people dead. The trial… Read more ›
An Ethiopian Airline co-pilot on Monday hijacked a Boeing 767 fight destined for Rome and landed it in an airport in Geneva before handing himself over to authorities. The Ethiopian man, identified as Hailemedehin Abera Tegegn, believed to be 31… Read more ›
Ministers from Ethiopia and Somalia have signed an agreement to promote collaboration between the respective nations on security, business and information. The agreement was signed on Friday, at a meeting attended by the Somali President Hassan Shiekh Abdiweli and Ethiopia’s… Read more ›
Kenya’s cabinet on Thursday gave its assent to a plan to develop a 1,000-acre free trade zone in the port city of Mombasa. Officials have noted that the establishment of the first duty free port in the region is expected… Read more ›