The New York Police Department (NYPD) have released a report on the September 21st attack on the Westgate mall in Nairobi’s Westlands neighborhood, which led to the death of 67 people, several injuries and the destruction of items worth millions… Read more ›
China’s Huawei Technologies will recover $13 million worth of its telecom equipments which had been confiscated by the Ethiopian Revenue and Customs Authority (ERCA) since last year, according to a report by PC Advisor. This development comes after talks between… Read more ›
Eight players from the Eritrean national football team and their coach Mr Omer Ahmed have gone into hiding in Kenya shortly after their elimination from the East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA) Senior Challenge Cup. This comes a… Read more ›
Africa-focused oil explorer Tullow Oil today said that it would abandon one of its wells in Ethiopia. The news sent Tullow’s share price plunging more than three percent in London trading. London-listed Tullow oil said in a statement today that… Read more ›
On Monday, a Somali court sentenced an unidentified woman to jail for alleging she was raped on the radio. The journalists who interviewed and aired her story were also sentenced. They group were reportedly found guilty of defamation and insulting… Read more ›
President Uhuru Kenyatta has created a new unit under the Kenyan Defense Force (KDF) –the Nairobi Metropolitan Command—to deal with the threat of terrorism and crime in the nation’s capital. According to a statement by Kenya’s Ministry of Defense yesterday,… Read more ›
Experts and ministers of water resources from Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt yesterday concluded a two-day meeting in Khartoum over the contentious Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). The meeting, which has been described as successful, was convened for the three nations… Read more ›
More than 30 people have been killed in ethnic clashes in the town of Moyale in the past week. Aljazeera reported on December 8th that at least 10 people were killed on Saturday in the town of Moyale, northern Kenya,… Read more ›
Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula is a tourist destination, with its white sand beaches and crystal-blue water. Water sports and beautiful mountains draw tour groups from all over the world. Yet parts of the peninsula are lawless regions where insurgents regularly attack… Read more ›
Oil company Tullow Oil PLC has abandoned a well in Ethiopia after failing to find oil despite drilling to a depth of 2,101 metres. The well named Tultule-1 wildcat, is located close to the Sabisa-1 well in the South Omo… Read more ›
The Egyptian military is due to dispatch an attache to the country’s embassy in Kampala, in a move that is expected to enable Uganda benefit from Egypt’s highly ranked military prowess, according to a report by The Observer. The Egyptian… Read more ›
Kenyans will join the world in honoring the late Nelson Mandela at a public memorial service on Tuesday. The South African High Commission in Nairobi has invited the public to attend the memorial service that will be held at the… Read more ›
The Walya Antelopes of Ethiopia have been eliminated from the ongoing CECAFA Senior Challenge Cup after losing 2–0 to the Falcons of Jedaine on Sunday. The Walyas came to the tournament as favorites after an impressive display during the Brazil… Read more ›
The relationship between Eritrea and Ethiopia is arguably the most important and volatile in East Africa. The fall-out between the former brothers-in-arms initiated a two-year-long border war in 1998, which claimed around 100,000 causalities, cost billions of dollars, and continues… Read more ›
After several years of laying in an almost-defunct state, Kenya Railway Corporation (KRC) is up and running again with plans to transform Kenya’s congested traffic by introducing modern railway transportation. According to a report by the Star newspaper, KRC have… Read more ›
The South Sudan’s People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM), ruling party of the relatively young South Sudan, is in the middle of an internal crisis, which is threatening to divide the party and derail the nation. Sometime last month, President Salva Kiir… Read more ›
Ministers from Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt are scheduled to attend a meeting in Khartoum today in an attempt to reach an agreement over the Grand Ethiopia Renaissance Dam (GERD). This is the second time minsters from these countries are meeting… Read more ›
The Kenyan national football team has secured its place in the semifinals of the GOTV CECAFA Senior Challenge following a 1-0 win over Rwanda in a match played at the Mombasa Municipal Stadium on Saturday. The Harambee Stars’ lone… Read more ›
The legendary Kenenisa Bekele will be looking for a change in fortunes when he competes for the sixth time at the Bupa Great Edinburgh XCountry, an IAAF Cross Country Permit meeting, on the 11th of January. After enjoying three successive… Read more ›
Government investigators say Huawei Technologies illegally imported $13 million worth of telecom equipment into Ethiopia, adding to the number of cases involving allegedly corrupt activities by Chinese telecom companies in Africa. According to the Computer World section of the IDG… Read more ›
UNESCO has inscribed Meskel commemoration feast of the finding of the True Holy Cross of Christ on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. UNESCO selected the Meskel festival from among the 31 heritages presented to its… Read more ›
The government of South Sudan and the South Sudanese Investment Agency (SSIA) have drawn the curtains on the first investment conference in the nation’s 7-year history. The 2-day conference entitled ‘The South Sudan Investment Conference’, which was attended by over… Read more ›
Ethiopia has repatriated over 100,000 citizens from Saudi Arabia, Addis Ababa’s foreign ministry said, following a violent crackdown against illegal immigrants in the oil-rich kingdom. Ethiopian Foreign Minister Tedros Adhanom said that up to 50,000 more citizens are still expected… Read more ›
At least 8 people have been confirmed dead and 37 others injured in Somalia’s northern port of Bassasso, Puntland on Thursday, when a suicide bomber attacked a military convoy. The bomber targeted the convoy carrying Puntland Marine Forces and local… Read more ›
Eritrea has been eliminated from the 2013 CECAFA Senior Challenge Cup after losing 1-0 to Rwanda in a Group C match held on Thursday at the Kenyatta stadium. Both teams were facing elimination after losing their first two opening… Read more ›
South Africa’s Vodacom Group has opened its first office in Ethiopia in an attempt to establish its presence in the country. The company, which has a strong presence in several African countries including Lesotho, Mozambique, Tanzania, DRC, Nigeria, and of… Read more ›
The Ethiopian government has revealed that the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has donated $100,000 to support efforts to repatriate Ethiopian nationals from Saudi Arabia, following the Saudi government’s directive to expel all illegal immigrants in the oil… Read more ›
Rwanda has retained its position as the least corrupt country in East Africa for the second year running, according to the latest Transparency International (TI) Corruption Perception Index. The annual report by the Germany based organization ranks 177 countries worldwide… Read more ›
The United Nations has asked all political parties and other stakeholders to exhibit restraint ahead of the country’s controversial constitutional review, according a report by the UN News Centre. Burundi has had a long record of internal instability since the… Read more ›
Lots of Ethiopians remember her as “Hana Gobeze”. She was one of the predominant figures in the 2005 general elections. Ms. Anna Gomez, head of the European Union Election Observation Mission to Ethiopia-2005 and member of the European Union Parliament,… Read more ›
Eritrean youths are being kidnapped by senior military officers, smuggled into Sudan and held to ransom, according to a report by Dutch and Swedish researchers, the guardian.com has reported. The captives are threatened with being sold to traffickers if they… Read more ›
On Tuesday the Burundian national football team was detained at the Milele hotel in Kenya over unpaid bills. The team is reported to have been preparing to leave the hotel, which is located in Nairobi’s South C ahead of a… Read more ›
The Kenyan government and the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) will, in January, begin construction of a drug-testing center in Nairobi in an effort to curtail doping among athletes. This has emerged following a closed door meeting between… Read more ›
Several human rights groups across the world are calling for the release of Ethiopian journalist Eskinder Nega, who is currently serving an 18-year sentence at Kaliti prison. Mr. Nega (aged 45) has been jailed about 7 times since 2005 by… Read more ›
The Ugandan Army, U.S. Special Forces and the AU’s Joint Task Force (JTF) have killed the LRA’s chief of operations and logistics planner along with at least 14 Lord Resistance Army (LRA) soldiers, according to a report by Daily Monitor.… Read more ›
The Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said the projected number of migrants being deported from Saudi Arabia has more than doubled. Foreign Ministry spokesman Dina Mufti told Sudan Tribune: “Although we first projected to bring back home [a] maximum… Read more ›
Somali Prime Minister Abdi Farah Shirdon has been asked to leave office after losing a vote of confidence in parliament on Monday. Somali MPs voted overwhelmingly for the Prime Minter and his 10 member cabinet to be impeached, citing incompetence… Read more ›
Ethiopia’s Ethio Telecom has revealed that Huawei Technologies Co Ltd as been contracted to launch a high-speed 4G network in the country, according to a report by Reuters. This announcement comes following a deal between Ethio Telecom and China’s Huawei… Read more ›
Two players from Eritrea’s national team have gone missing from their CECAFA training camp in Nairobi. The two, whose identities are not yet known, failed to return to their residential hotel after watching a match between Kenya and South… Read more ›
Ethiopian Police forces have killed 6 rebels and captured 12 in north Tigray along the Sudan border, according to a report by Sudan Tribune. An unidentified Police officer revealed that the rebels, who are believed to have been trained in… Read more ›
The African Union has launched the African Online Library on Law and Governance that will provide an online database that offers legal text and secondary literature on the continents law and governance as well as comparisons to other legal systems… Read more ›
Rwanda, Kenya and Burundi have moved up while Uganda slipped in the latest ranking released by the Federation of International Football Association (FIFA) on Thursday. Rwanda moved up two places from 129th to 127th and now ranks 38th in Africa.… Read more ›
The ICC has changed its ruling on a request put forth by Kenya concerning the trials of Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy William Ruto. According to the latest ruling made on Wednesday, the leaders will no longer have… Read more ›
Two U.S. companies have been awarded a contract to construct and operate three 100MW solar power stations in eastern Ethiopia. According to a press release by the two companies, Global Trade & Development Consulting and Energy Ventures, the contract was… Read more ›
Justice George Odunga of Nairobi’s High Court has ruled to deny an application that sought to cease commencement of the construction of the Mombasa-Malaba standard gauge railway. The Judge ruled that although the application is valid, the details of the… Read more ›
The ousted Mayor of Kampala Erias Lukwago has been reinstated to office after a High Court Judge ruled to overturn a decision by the city’s councilors to depose him earlier in the week. The Mayor was deposed following an investigation… Read more ›
South Sudan is set to begin the construction of its first crude oil refinery before the year runs out, according to a press release published by the government yesterday. The Bentiu oil refinery, which is expected to produce about 5,000… Read more ›
The President of Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta, today launched a massive railway project, which he described as a “historic milestone” for the nation, according to a report by AP. The $13.8 billion railway line will link Mombasa and Nairobi, and will… Read more ›