Kenya to hire 500 doctors from Tanzania
Kenya is in the process of hiring 500 doctors from Tanzania to help address shortage of health workers and also mitigate effects of the just...
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President Kenyatta commends KDF’s efforts to boost security
President Uhuru Kenyatta visited Somalia and patted Kenya Defence Forces soldiers on the back for their efforts in fighting terrorist group Al-Shabaab in order to...
UN report slams South Sudan’s arms purchases amid famine
A proposal for an arms embargo was supported by the United States in December, but the plan was rejected by the UN Security Council. Could...
Uganda: Why killers find it easy using boda boda in murders
For the last seven years, at least 12 killings have been carried out by killers riding motorcycles commonly referred to as boda boda, who escape...
Kaweesi, bodyguards tried to open doors and escape
Police spokesperson Andrew Felix Kaweesi, 43, was yesterday shot dead in a daring but not uncommon fashion as he left his home in Kulambiro, a...
South Sudan Government to Blame for Famine, Still Buying Arms: U.N. Report
South Sudan’s government is mainly to blame for famine in parts of the war-torn country, yet President Salva Kiir is still boosting his forces using...
Uganda:Woman survives as police chopper blows off rooftop
A woman and her two children on Monday afternoon escaped death after a helicopter flipped over their house in Biina, Butabika Parish in Nakawa Division...
South Sudan gunmen attack aid convoy, kill two
The International Organisation for Migration said Thursday that two people were killed when gunmen attacked an aid convoy in South Sudan, where chronic violence has...
Somalia ship hijack: ‘Pirates’ release vessel without ransom
Somali pirates who hijacked an oil tanker have released it without condition, according to officials. The announcement came hours after the pirates and naval forces...
Somali regional police threaten to use force to free hijacked tanker
Maritime police in Somalia’s semi-autonomous region of Puntland said on Thursday they would attack hijackers holding an oil tanker to free the vessel if efforts...
