Khartoum — Coordination teams of resistance committees in greater Khartoum have agreed on the necessity of tight cooperation between them and other democratic forces, in order to reverse the October 2021 military coup and start building a democratic Sudan. The initiative received a wide welcome among political and professional groups. Other resistance committees criticised the […]
Tag: East Africa
Nairobi — President Uhuru Kenyatta has joined other world leaders in mourning Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II who passed away on Thursday at her Balmoral Castle in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. In his message of condolence and comfort to His Majesty King Charles III, the Royal Family, Prime Minister Liz Truss and the British people, President Kenyatta […]
Categories
Rwanda: Kagame Mourns Queen Elizabeth II
While paying his tribute, President Paul Kagame said the modern Commonwealth is the legacy that Queen Elizabeth II leaves after passing on at the age of 96. On Thursday, September 8, people from all corners of the world poured in tributes for the longest-reigning British monarch who died “peacefully” in Barmoral, Scotland, according to Buckingham […]
Kisumu — Flash floods has displaced hundreds of Kisumu families following heavy downpour currently being witnessed in Western Kenya. Most rivers have broken their banks affecting families living downstream. Locals in Nyalenda estate living along River Wigwa that drains into Lake Victoria appealed for immediate help. A village elder, Jackson Nyaori stated that the county […]
Nairobi — President-Elect William Ruto now says outgoing President Uhuru Kenyatta is disillusioned following the lose of his rival Raila Odinga during the recently concluded August Election. Speaking to Christiane Amanpour of the Cable News Network (CNN), Ruto however stated that it was the nature of politics. “Unfortunately, President Kenyatta has not seen it fit […]
President Museveni has hailed National Social Security Fund(NSSF) for growing from a small fund to one that now takes part in big investment projects in the country . President Museveni has hailed National Social Security Fund(NSSF) for growing from a small fund to one that now takes part in big investment projects in the country […]
Nairobi — A report by the National Taxpayers Association (NTA) shows the Tobacco Control Board and Division of Noncommunicable diseases (NCD), in the ministry of health, are underfunded. According to the study, every Sh100 revenue generated from tobacco consumption, only Sh5 is used to address health and social mess brought about by consumption of the […]
The Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) is set to introduce body cameras as a tool to help hold its law enforcement officers accountable and more transparent. A surveillance system will also be put in place whereby even when an officer removes or switches off the camera they will still be known. The cameras will enable […]
The EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice-President of the European Commission, Josep Borrell, will travel to Mozambique and Kenya on 8-10 September. The visit will be an opportunity to further deepen ties and cooperation with African partners in a new geopolitical context and will focus on issues such as upholding the multilateral […]
Rwanda has been selected among nine Sub-Saharan African countries where the use of antiviral oral drug treatment for Covid-19 will be piloted. Target countries include Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe, and one Southeast Asian country, Laos. The new antiviral medicine, Paxlovid, has been available in high-income countries since late […]
Addis Abeba — Commenting for the second time on Ethiopia’s renewed militarized hostilities between the Ethiopian federal army and Tigrayan forces, members of the U.N. appointed International Commission of Human Rights Experts said that “given the gravity of the situation, the Commission urges the [UN Security] Council to keep the situation in Ethiopia and the […]
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia rejected a bombshell report by its eTV on Wednesday that touches on the historic relationship with Somalia. In a statement, the ministry announced that the report does not represent Ethiopian policy toward Somalia and offered an apology for the inaccurate content. Read the statement below:
Following the end of the “contentious” electoral process in May, the political climate in Somalia is now more conducive to addressing key national priorities, UN Special Representative James Swan told the Security Council on Wednesday. “To capitalize on this opportunity, federal and State authorities must collaborate closely to achieve progress on the new government’s goals, […]
The Dahlak Archipelago is situated in the central part of the Eritrean Red Sea, 58 km northeast of Mitsewa’e. It encompasses about 210 islands and islets. Dahlak Kebir is the largest island in the archipelago and is 643 km² in area. It is most certain that in the ancient texts, the Dahlaks or the main […]
French judges have dropped a case against French soldiers deployed during Rwanda’s 1994 genocide. The men had been accused of complicity in crimes against humanity. Survivors of the June 1994 slaughter in the hills of Bisesero in western Rwanda had accused French troops of deliberately abandoning them to Hutu extremists who murdered hundreds of people […]
Renewed fighting between a federal-Amhara-Eritrea coalition and Tigray’s forces has shattered a tenuous months-long truce. The reversal heralds a return to one of the world’s deadliest conflicts. International envoys should keep pressing the Ethiopian parties to renew the truce and begin formal direct negotiations. War rages – again – in northern Ethiopia. The resumption of […]
For nearly two decades, successive Kenyan governments have promoted mega infrastructure projects as a pathway to development. The Lamu Port has been one of them. In 2012, then president Mwai Kibaki – at the inauguration ceremony for a transport corridor that stretches from the Lamu Port to South Sudan and Ethiopia, and known as Lapsset […]
Investigating magistrates found no evidence that French troops were complicit in crimes against humanity during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. French magistrates dropped a case against French peacekeepers accused of being complicit in a massacre during Rwanda’s genocide. They found nothing that would point to the “direct participation of French military forces in abuses committed […]