UN renews Somalia-Eritrea arms embargo
The U.N. Security Council has renewed an arms embargo on Somalia and Eritrea citing a continuing threat from al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab militants. The 15-member council on...
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IGAD ministers hold first migration meeting
By Benjamin Sabila KAMPALA – Ministers from the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) countries held the first regional meeting on immigration at the Speke Commonwealth...
Will Ethiopia’s Year-Long Crackdown End?
Need for Meaningful Reforms, Accountability Felix Horne, Senior Researcher, Horn of Africa @felixhorne1 When I met 15-year-old “Meti” (not her real name), she felt her dream of...
Kenya’s Trouble With Taxis
In East Africa, a new initiative is empowering passengers to demand a safe ride. NAIROBI, Kenya — On a sunny afternoon in Nairobi, 37-year-old Francis...
Kenya begins withdrawal of its troops from restive South Sudan
Kenya has withdrawn its first batch of peacekeepers serving with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS). The troops arrived in the capital, Nairobi...
James Mworia of Centum, Kenya’s highest paid CEO
When the board of Centum Investments, then a small, listed Kenyan investment company, tried in 2008 to recruit James Mworia, then aged 30, for a...
Dozens of protesting South Sudanese students arrested in Ethiopia
About 42 South Sudanese university students on government scholarships were arrested by Ethiopian police after they occupied their embassy in protests against delayed living stipend...
OPINION: The Fate of Africa
by R.dachuben There are fifty-four (54) sovereign States in Africa. All, except Morocco, are members of the African Union [re: Google]. In my opinion (as...
Kenya says withdrawing its troops from a United Nations mission in South Sudan
The security situation in South Sudan has been of concern to countries in the Horn of Africa region. The attack occurred during several days of...
Gebrselassie elected president of Ethiopian track federation
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Distance running great Haile Gebrselassie was elected president of the Ethiopian Athletics Federation on Saturday after saying the sport in his...
