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What happened to JKUAT student Allan Omondi after assault?
By Ian Omondi,
1405, November 12, 2019 (EAT)
A student in one of the videos showing police officers using brutal force at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) has been i...
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No sex outside marriage: Indonesia to pass new law
By Girlie Kendi,
1708, September 21, 2019 (EAT)
Indonesia is set to pass a highly controversial new penal code that will criminalize consensual sex outside of marriage and effectively outlaw same-se...
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Central African football boss hears war crimes charges
By Reuters,
1703, September 19, 2019 (EAT)
Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court (ICC) said two alleged leaders of Central African Republic militias, one of them prominent in African ...
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Report: Eritrean high schoolers face forced labor abuse
By VOA,
1433, August 10, 2019 (EAT)
For many teens, the last year of high school is a time of excitement filled with studies, athletics and dances. But young Eritreans spend the year at ...
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Tanzania charges journalist with economic crimes
By VOA,
1108, August 6, 2019 (EAT)
Tanzania's government on Monday charged investigative journalist Erick Kabendera with money laundering, tax evasion and assisting a criminal racket. ...
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Human rights watch accuses Kenyan police of extrajudicial killings
By VOA,
1250, August 2, 2019 (EAT)
Human Rights Watch has accused Kenya's police force of carrying out the extrajudicial killings of around two dozen young men and boys in the low-incom...
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Starehe holds private memorial for the late Ken Okoth
By Citizen Reporter,
2216, November 16, 2019 (EAT)
A memorial service in honor of the late Ken Okoth will be held on Wednesday at the Starehe Boys Centre and School. A statement from the Old Starehi...
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UN Report: Conflicts kill and hurt a record 12,000 children
By VOA,
850, July 30, 2019 (EAT)
More than 12,000 children were killed and injured in armed conflicts last year - a record number - with Afghanistan, the Palestinians, Syria and Yemen...
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DUQUE: Torture, brutal silencing & permanent censorship threaten freedom of expression
By Citizen,
2305, July 28, 2019 (EAT)
“And even if we chose to let you live out the natural term of your life, still you would never escape from us. What happens to you here is forever. ...
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Bahrain kills 2 men despite objections of rights groups
By VOA,
1643, July 27, 2019 (EAT)
Bahrain has executed two men convicted of terrorism offenses. The French news agency AFP reports that the two men were killed by firing squad Satur...
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Philippines threatens to cut ties with Iceland over U.N probe
By VOA,
2032, July 16, 2019 (EAT)
President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines is considering cutting diplomatic ties with Iceland for leading a push to have the United Nations Human R...
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Ghanaian writer wants women to have good sex, talk about it (safely)
By CNN,
1319, July 4, 2019 (EAT)
"What are your sex and relationship goals for 2019?" That was the question put to women in a blog post published earlier this year in a country tha...
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Rights Groups sound alarm on Kenya police killings
By VOA,
858, July 4, 2019 (EAT)
Police in Kenya have often been accused of using excessive and unlawful force while in the line of duty. A new report published on Wednesday by Hum...
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Furi Furi dance, Ice Bucket Challenge: The other side of Bob Collymore
By Raquel Muigai,
825, July 2, 2019 (EAT)
The Furi Furi dance challenge, a popular style that hit the Kenyan music scene almost seven years ago, was one that Bob Collymore found to good to ign...
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Gambia ex-president Jammeh ‘forced young women into having sex with him’
By CNN,
1712, June 29, 2019 (EAT)
Three women have accused Gambia's ex-president, Yahya Jammeh, of carrying out a series of rapes and sexual assaults while in power, according to Huma...
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Beauty pageant winner accuses Ex-Gambia President of rape
By VOA,
1146, June 27, 2019 (EAT)
A beauty pageant winner is accusing Gambia former dictator of raping her four years ago. The young woman is one of several now coming forward and a...
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Mauritanian President: Blogger remains jailed for his safety
By VOA,
1404, June 22, 2019 (EAT)
Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz has defended the continued detention of a blogger who has served jail time for allegedly insulting the P...
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Saudi crown prince linked to Khashoggi murder in U.N. report
By Reuters,
930, June 20, 2019 (EAT)
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and other senior officials should be investigated over the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi given credible ...
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Hong Kong leader signals end to extradition bill but refuses to quit
By Reuters,
2034, June 18, 2019 (EAT)
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam on Tuesday signaled the end of a controversial extradition bill that she promoted and then postponed after some of the mos...
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Ethiopia has been offline, and nobody really knows why
By CNN,
2030, June 18, 2019 (EAT)
Internet outages that prevented many Ethiopians from accessing online services have entered a seventh day, sparking anger and frustration among citize...
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