40 South Sudanese refugees arrested in Kenya
Kenyan police arrested 40 South Sudanese refugees heading to Kakuma refugee camp, eyewitnesses said Monday. Those arrested were reportedly blocked from crossing designated checkpoints at...
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Uganda: Makerere bosses to be quizzed over strikes today
The Visitation Committee that was instituted by President Museveni to investigate the causes of strikes at Makerere University is set to interrogate former university administrators...
Polio vaccination postponed due to doctors’ strike
The Ministry of Health has cancelled plans to roll out a countywide polio vaccination campaign that was to begin this Saturday. In a statement to...
Uhuru calls for peace ahead of next year’s polls
President Uhuru Kenyatta has challenged leaders to ensure next year’s elections are peaceful and credible. “We should not allow election violence to define our country’s...
Ethiopia’s Ayana and Usain Bolt win top 2016 IAAF awards
Ethiopia’s Almaz Ayana has been named the female World Athletes of the Year at the International Association of Athletics Federation’s Athletics Awards 2016, held at...
Discontent grows louder in Ethiopia as regime fights for survival
Angered by the arrest of Merera Gudina, his party leader, hours earlier for allegedly “making contact with terrorist groups”, a senior figure in Ethiopia’s opposition...
Battle for Kipsigis vote hots up in Bomet with rival rallies planned
The hunt for all important Kipsigis vote will on Sunday be taken a notch higher when Jubilee brigade and Governor Isaac Ruto hold parallel rallies...
Raila: No second term for Jubilee
Opposition chief Raila Odinga has warned that the country would be completely ruined if Jubilee was allowed to rule for another five years. Speaking in...
Uganda cracks down on ‘dissenting’ Rwenzururu kingdom
A Ugandan king has been charged with murder following violent clashes in which more than 80 people died last week. The BBC’s Patience Atuhaire visited...
South Sudanese flee as country edges closer to “genocide”
A displaced South Sudanese woman prepares a meal in a camp for internally displaced people in the UNMISS compound in Tomping, Juba, South Sudan, July...
