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Tanzanian journalist Erick Kabendera freed after seven months in prison

NewsroomFeb 24, 2020

by NewsroomFeb 24, 20200326

Tanzanian investigative journalist Erick Kabendera has been set free after spending seven months in prison. Mr Kabendera was released after pleading guilty to money laundering...

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Uganda: Police disperse Bobi Wine supporters in Ndeeba

NewsroomFeb 24, 2020

by NewsroomFeb 24, 20200307

Police on Monday fired live bullets and teargas to disperse supporters of Kyadondo East Member of Parliament, Mr Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine, in Ndeeba,...

Ethiopia: 29 injured in ‘bomb attack’ at pro-Abiy rally

NewsroomFeb 24, 2020

by NewsroomFeb 24, 20200261

A “bomb attack” on a rally in support of Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed injured nearly 30 people Sunday, a police official said, in the...

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Age-limit case against Museveni to proceed

NewsroomFeb 24, 2020

by NewsroomFeb 24, 20200310

The East African Court of Justice has declined to stop a case challenging the constitutionality of changes in Uganda’s presidential term and age limits. This...

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Rwanda announces import ban on tilapia fingerlings

NewsroomFeb 22, 2020

by NewsroomFeb 22, 20200287

The Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources has announced a temporary ban on the importation of tilapia fingerlings as a preventive measure against the Tilapia...

Kigali, Kampala sign deal to ease border tensions

NewsroomFeb 22, 2020

by NewsroomFeb 22, 20200268

President Paul Kagame of Rwanda and his Ugandan counterpart Yoweri Museveni have signed an extradition treaty as the two countries move to end tensions that...

South Sudan’s Machar sworn in as Vice President

NewsroomFeb 22, 2020

by NewsroomFeb 22, 20200272

Dr Riek Machar and three other vice presidents of South Sudan took their oaths of office Saturday, on the deadline to form the new unity...

South Sudan parties fail to nominate MPs

NewsroomFeb 22, 2020

by NewsroomFeb 22, 20200278

South Sudan’s key peace parties have failed to submit nominations for the 550-member transitional legislative assembly “over internal disagreements.” Parties should have presented the names...