The Ethiopian Football Federation (EFF) has announced the rescission of the appointment of Portuguese manager Mariano Barreto as head coach of the country’s national men football team. Barreto, who was hired less than a week ago, is being replaced after… Read more ›
Two consultants of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) have been shot and killed on Monday in Galkayo, the capital of Mudug, Puntland, north central Somalia. According to reports from local sources, the two men – reportedly… Read more ›
Kenyan security agents have recovered grenades and a box of chemicals believed to be used in the making of improvised explosive devices during a raid on one of Nairobi’s most notorious areas, known as Eastleigh or ‘little Mogadishu’. According to… Read more ›
The Kigali stadium was filled with emotional scenes as the nation marked 20 years since the mass murder that led to the deaths of about a quarter of the population. President Paul Kagame and United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki… Read more ›
The Ethiopian Sugar Corporation has revealed that an expansion project on the nation’s largest sugar mill has been completed and the plant is set to resume operation later in the month. The Tendaho One Sugar Mill, located in the Afar… Read more ›
The 4th EU-Africa Summit kicked off yesterday in Brussels, with attendance from African and European leaders from about 80 nations. Leaders from the two continents have converged in Belgium to discuss commerce as the deadline approaches for tariff-free trade accords.… Read more ›
Ugandan legislators have controversially – once again – demanded an increase in their monthly earnings. According to a report by AFP, the request was forwarded at the House of Assembly on Wednesday, April 2nd. Many online commentators have criticized the… Read more ›
A renowned radical Muslim cleric, Sheikh Abubakar Sharif, also known as ‘Makaburi’, was shot dead on Tuesday evening outside a court building some miles from Mombasa. Reports indicate that the cleric was waiting for a vehicle outside Shanzu court building… Read more ›
Residents of Hoima district of western Uganda, whose properties were affected by the construction of a refinery and road have reportedly filed two separate lawsuits against Uganda’s National Roads Authority (UNRA) concerning the compensation awarded to them. According to a… Read more ›
Regional councillors have elected Muktar Kedir, chairman of the Oromo People’s Democratic Organization (OPDO), as the sixth leader of the largest regional state in the republic. On Thursday, March 27th, Kedir was appointed at the 10th plenary session of the… Read more ›
The arrival of the symbolically labelled ‘flame of remembrance’, ‘kwibuka 20’, to Camp Kigali in Nyarugenge district on Sunday, March 30th, marked a crucial milestone in national preparations for the 20th anniversary ceremony of the brutal mass murder in 1994.… Read more ›
An explosion in the predominantly Somali-populated Eastleigh suburb of Nairobi has killed at least 6 people and injured more than 15 others, according to local reports. Nairobi News has disclosed that the blast occurred between a cafe and a restaurant… Read more ›