Japanese peacekeepers arrive in South Sudan with new mandate
JUBA, South Sudan–Japanese peacekeepers, with a broader mandate to use force, landed in South Sudan Monday, the first overseas deployment of the country’s troops with...
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Tanzania: Loan Applicants Who Cheated On Parents’ ‘Death’ Face Legal
LEGAL action awaits students who will be found to have forged death certificates of their parents to claim that they are orphans so as to...
Tanzania: Govt Warns It Will Close More Universities
Dar es Salaam — The government announced yesterday that it is planning to close several higher learning institutions after a preliminary inspection report indicated that...
Turkish companies create 10,000 jobs in Ethiopia, with a total capital of $3 million
hiopia’s ambassador to Turkey has told Anadolu Agency how Turkish investors have created more than 10,000 jobs, with companies up and running in the east...
Hotels in Kenya’s south Coast accused of withholding data from agency
Some hoteliers in South Coast are reluctant to take part in statistical data collection by a Government agency. Only 17 out of the 28 tourist...
AU military officers meet in Somalia over counter-terrorism strategy
MOGADISHU, Nov. 21 — Senior military commanders from the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) started a meeting in Mogadishu on Monday to review and...
Rwandan genocide suspects extradited from Netherlands face court
KIGALI – Two Rwandans extradited from the Netherlands to their home country pleaded not guilty during a preliminary court hearing in Kigali on Monday to crimes...
Gun vs poll: Somali minister involved in gun fight over poll dispute
by Ahmed Mohamed MOGADISHU – In an attempt to evade an apparent loss of a parliamentary seat race to his rival candidate, Somali sports minister Mohamed...
WFP approves budget for South Sudan food aids in 2017
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) said it has approved a budget revised for the Protracted Relief and Recovery Operation (PRRO) in which it seeks...
Japanese troops land in South Sudan, fears of first foreign fighting since WW2
A contingent of Japanese troops landed in South Sudan on Monday, an official said – a mission that critics say could see them embroiled in...
