The Community Land Act: Now it’s up to communities
At last Kenya has a Community Land Act. This was enacted just 10 days before a constitutional deadline. The law is unlikely to come into...
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Kenya, Somalia spat goes to Hague court.
Kenya could forfeit three of its 20 oil blocks in the Indian Ocean to Somalia if it loses a maritime territorial dispute brought against it....
A lesson in Somali, Kenya history.
by Sanya Noel Lima Somalia has quite an interesting history. This photo is of Captain Asli Hassan Abade when she became the first female military pilot...
South Sudan president extends invitation to South African President
September 16, 2016 (JUBA) – South Sudan’s President, Salva Kiir, has extended an official invitation to the president of South Africa, Jacob Zuma, expressing willingness...
Sudan’s groups urge African mediators to stop negotiation tactic deadlines
September 17, 2016 (KHARTOUM) – Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) leader Gibril Ibrahim Friday disclosed they requested the African Union mediation to dedicate more time...
Al Shabaab militants capture key Somali town
Al Shabaab militants have captured a key Somali town near with the border with Kenya, according to witnesses. Residents in El Wak told VOA’s Somali...
MWANGI: When warlords reign, the future is bleak
That East Africa is full of local lords has never been in dispute: Warlords and ethnic kingpins compete with drug lords and tax evaders for...
UN says more than a million refugees have fled S. Sudan
More than a million refugees have fled South Sudan’s civil war, overwhelming aid agencies. The United Nations said Friday that South Sudan joins Syria, Afghanistan...
South Sudanese refugees across region pass one mln mark: UNHCR
The number of South Sudanese refugees sheltering in neighbouring countries passed the one million mark this week amid renewed fighting in their homeland, the UN...
Protest targets rail line over Kenya’s oldest wildlife park
NAIROBI, Kenya — Angry protesters marched in Kenya’s capital on Friday against plans to build an elevated railway line over the country’s oldest national park,...
