Since the beginning of this year, several civil liberty groups have launched campaigns against the government of Eritrea’s compulsory national service policy, which some have described as akin to a form of indentureship. Although national service is supposed to last… Read more ›
The resignation of three ministers of Burundi’s main opposition Union for National Progress (UPRONA) is threatening to derail the nation’s much anticipated all-inclusive 2015 elections and ignite violent conflict between its two main ethnic groups; the Hutus and the Tutsis.… Read more ›
After a week of violent clashes triggered by the police’s allegedly wanton raid on a renowned mosque in Mombasa on Sunday Feb. 2nd, officials have disclosed that the Kenyan government is considering shutting down two mosques suspected of having links… Read more ›
The Ethiopian Football Federation (EFF) has announced its dismissal of coach Sewnet Bishaw after the Walya Antelopes failed to impress at the just ended African Nations Championship in South Africa. Ethiopia not only lost all its matches, but the team… Read more ›
The Minister of Information of South Sudan, Michael Makuei Lueth, has censured the Inter-governmental Agency for Development’s (IGAD) decision to dispatch an advance team of its Joint Technical Committee to the destabilised nation on Sunday. According to him, the team… Read more ›
Judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) have scheduled a meeting on Feb. 13th with the prosecution and defense teams in the ongoing case against the President of Kenya to deliberate on whether his trial should be adjorned, as the… Read more ›
Just five days after breaking the world indoor 1500m record, Ethiopia’s Genzebe Dibaba smashed the world indoor 3000m record* at Stockholm’s XL Galan, an IAAF Indoor Permit meeting, with a stunning 8:16.60 run on Thursday. IAAF Atheletics has reported that… Read more ›
Ethiopia and Yemen have begun negotiations into an agreement that could see the former export electrical power to the Middle Eastern nation over 700 miles away, reports indicate. According to sources, the agreement stipulates that Ethiopia will sell 100 MW… Read more ›
The Ethiopian Ministry of Mines says the nation’s mineral industry has garnered $172.6 million USD in revenues in the first half of this budget year. This represents a significant decrease in earnings of the sector, from about $288 million in… Read more ›
By GEORGE OMONDI Daily Nation The African Union has settled on Nairobi to host its remittances advisory unit as governments look to encourage emigrants to send money back by making transfers more affordable. In a statement issued from its headquarters… Read more ›
The protracted battle over the construction of an international airport near Tanzania’s Serengeti National Park is almost over, reports indicate. According to reports, plans for the construction of the facility, which is expected to begin early next year, are almost… Read more ›
After twenty years, the United Nations Security Council has resolved that the 1994 genocide in Rwanda will now be referred to globally as the “Genocide against the Tutsi.” This decision, made during the Security Council’s session on Thursday, is a… Read more ›
France has opened the trial of a Rwandan ex-army captain, Pascal Simbikangwa, who is being charged with complicity in the Rwandan genocide that reportedly left 800,000 people dead. The suspected accomplice is said to have appeared in a Paris court… Read more ›
The government of Eritrea has been subjected to a barrage of criticisms for the nation’s notorious human rights record. At the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva this week, Eritrea’s human rights record was scrutinized according to the organization’s… Read more ›
After the failure of thee-plus years of wrangling negotiations to settle the disagreement over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), Mohamed Abd Al-Mottaleb, the Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources of Egypt has put forward a rather divisive suggestion on… Read more ›
A mob of angry Muslim youths on Monday staged another round of protests against the police’s forced raid on the Masjib Musa Mosque in the port city of Mombasa. Reports indicate that police officers have been pushed to fire tear… Read more ›
Armed units, supposedly loyal to Reik Machar, have conducted an attack on another state in South Sudan. According to the Warrap Police spokesperson Captain Machel Deng Atem, the attackers, clothed in police uniforms, reportedly stormed several cattle farms on Friday.… Read more ›
Medical experts say cases of the harrowing Chikugunya disease have been recorded in Uganda. Although this is not the first time the mosquito-borne virus has been found in Uganda, or the East African region, it’s resurgence comes in the wake of increased awareness of its debilitating effects.… Read more ›
The speaker of Uganda’s parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, has survived another close call on her life. According to a report by The Observer, a letter bomb was posted to the parliamentary speaker’s office about two weeks ago. One of her attendants,… Read more ›
Kenyan authorities on Wednesday arrested nine people suspected of running a fake passport and visa syndicate at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. The group includes a Constable, Mustafa Maalim, an employee of Kenya Airways, Paul Okoth Alala and an immigration… Read more ›