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Gunfire heard inside maximum-security jail near Addis Ababa
Media and activists report gunfire and blaze at jail where politicians are held, as anti-government protests continue. By Yilu Mo, yilu.mo@alleastafrica.com ADDIS ABABA – Gunfire...
One nightstand costs 10 million for Kenyan senator
– Makueni’s Senator, Mutula Kilonzo has spent close to KSh 10million on a child that he allegedly sired with a secret lover -He has since reneged...
As election approaches, public funds’ theft is on the rise in Somalia
by Judy Maina, judy.maina@alleastafrica.com NAIROBI– Less than one month before Somalia holds a presidential election, alarms are being raised over abuses by officials in...
Angry protestors attack foreign firms in Ethiopia
by Yilu Mo, yilu.mo@alleastafrica.com ADDIS ABABA – Hundreds of rampaging protesters have attacked foreign-owned businesses in the Oromia and Amhara regions, sources said on Friday. The protesters...
Kenya mulls troops pull out from Somalia
By Judy Maina, judy.maina@alleastafrica.com NAIROBI – Kenyan government is carrying out a review of its peacekeeping missions in Somalia which could see its troops withdrawn before...
AU, UN at odds over key Mogadishu road closure plan
By Jeff Mwaura, jeff@alleastafrica.com NAIROBI – United Nations and African Union officials were deadlocked over a UN proposal to shut down a key road leading to...
25 dead as truck bomber attacks hotel in Mogadishu
NAIROBI– At least 25 people have been killed by a truck bomb targeting a hotel near Somali presidential palace in the capital Mogadishu Tuesday, police...
Kenya arrests ISIS-linked Somali students in Malindi raid
By Jeff Mwaura NAIROBI – Police in the Kenyan resort town of Malindi have arrested two students linked to the so-called Islamic State group who...
More Ugandan women still trafficked to the Arab world
Written by JONATHAN KAMOGA Eight months after government banned the export of Ugandan women to work as house- maids in the Middle East due to...