Ethiopia Using Emergency Law to Quash Protest Movement
WASHINGTON — The state of emergency in effect in Ethiopia since October 8 is being used broadly to silence critical media voices and lock up suspected...
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Kenya president says he isn’t shielding corruption suspects
The Central Organisation of Trade Unions (Cotu) has urged President Uhuru Kenyatta to disband the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) for complacency in the fight...
Ethiopia ‘detains 1,600’ under state of emergency
A statement, quoted by state-affiliated FBC website, lists arrests in the Oromia and Amhara regions, which have recently seen massive demonstrations. This is in addition...
Somali minister underrates local education system as ‘substandard’
Following the outbreak of civil war in Somalia 1991, private education sectors have made a significant contribution to the rehabilitation and development of the education...
Nkurunziza signs law withdrawing Burundi’s ICC membership
Burundi president, Pierre Nkurunziza, has officially appended his signature to the decision of the country to leave the International Criminal Court (ICC). Burundi becomes the...
‘Ethiopia must end crackdown on peaceful opponents’ – US envoy to UN
Samantha Power, the United States ambassador to the United Nations has called on the Ethiopian government to end the crackdown on peaceful opponents. She also...
Tanzania:No consensus yet on EAC single tourist visa
The East African Community (EAC) regional block said they have never reached a consensus on the issuance of the single tourist visa by Kenya, Uganda...
Uganda prays for fair AFCON draw
Pot 1: Gabon, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Algeria Pot 2: Tunisia, Mali, Burkina Faso, DR Congo Pot 3: Cameroon, Senegal, Morocco, Egypt Pot 4: Togo, Uganda,...
Uhuru nominates Julius Githiria as Nacada chairman to replace Mututho
President Uhuru Kenyatta has nominated Lt Col (Rtd) Julius Githiria as Nacada chairman taking over from Naivasha MP John Mututho. Githiria is currently the director...
Revolutionary Islam and Regime Change in Ethiopia
With ethnic uprisings spreading across an Ethiopia now ruled by martial law there is only one nationally based organization in place to lead the eventual...
