President Kenyatta to visit Tanzania’s Magufuli at his Chato home
President Uhuru Kenyatta is Friday expected to make a two-day private visit to Tanzania on a special invitation by his counterpart John Pombe Magufuli. Mr...
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Somalia cuts diplomatic ties with Guinea over Somaliland
MOGADISHU — Somalia has cut diplomatic relations with Guinea after the head of the self-proclaimed Republic of Somaliland visited the West African country, the foreign...
Officer who shot Ethiopian youth was in ‘life-threatening danger,’ lawyer says
The lawyer for an off-duty cop who shot and killed 19-year-old Solomon Tekah earlier this week, sparking nationwide protests by the Ethiopian-Israeli community, said the...
Ethiopia faces more conflict with ethnic group’s push for region
NAIROBI – Ethiopia’s destabilising regional frictions may worsen this month if the small Sidama ethnic group carries out a threat to unilaterally declare a new...
UN reports Libyan guards shot at migrants fleeing air raids
The United Nations says it has information that Libyan guards opened fire on migrants and refugees trying to flee air strikes that killed at least...
Kenya: moving on after Garissa verdict
Survivors of Kenya’s 2015 Garissa University attack, which killed 148 people, have welcomed a life sentence imposed on an Islamist militant for the massacre. But...
Eritrean man jailed two years after attacking three police officers, doctor
An Eritrean man was sentenced to two years in prison and fined €5,000 after pleading guilty to attacking three police officers and a doctor in...
Internet Returns to Ethiopia 10 Days After Assassinations
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA – Ethiopia has begun restoring internet access 10 days after it was cut following the assassinations of six top government officials. The...
Safaricom appoints former CEO Michael Joseph to fill void after Collymore’s death
In the wake of the death of its Chief Executive Officer Bob Collymore on Monday, Kenya telecommunications giant Safaricom has appointed it’s former boss Michael...
Official Kenyan tweet refers to Somaliland as a ‘country’
Kenya’s foreign ministry has referred to Somaliland as a “country” in a controversial tweet. Since Somalia’s civil war and the collapse of government in 1991,...
