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Uhuru: I will continue working with Raila on national reconciliation
By PSCU,
2201, February 20, 2019 (EAT)
President Uhuru Kenyatta on Wednesday said he will continue working with opposition leader Raila Odinga in ensuring that the country achieves sustaina...
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Haiti AG says no pressure applied to release detainees
By VOA,
1357, February 20, 2019 (EAT)
Haiti Attorney General Paul Eronce Villard denied rumors Tuesday that he is being pressured to release eight men armed with a cache of high-powered we...
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Uganda ruling party declares Museveni, 73, as candidate for next elections
By Mbugua John,
1309, February 20, 2019 (EAT)
The ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) has endorsed President Yoweri Museveni as the sole candidate for the upcoming 2021 elections. Through...
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Brazil to send aid to Venezuela together with U.S.: spokesman
By Reuters,
1142, February 20, 2019 (EAT)
Brazil will deliver humanitarian aid to the Venezuelan border by Feb. 23 together with the United States at the request of Venezuela’s opposition le...
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Venezuela shuts border with Caribbean islands ahead of aid efforts
By Reuters,
1142, February 20, 2019 (EAT)
Venezuela on Tuesday shut the maritime border with nearby Dutch Caribbean islands ahead of an opposition effort to bring in humanitarian aid from fore...
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Bayern, Liverpool fans protest against high ticket prices
By Reuters,
1005, February 20, 2019 (EAT)
Bayern Munich fans protested against the cost of Champions League tickets by unfurling banners during the first leg of their last-16 tie at Liverpool ...
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Kisumu MCAs clash as new budget committee chairperson is sworn-in
By Hassan Mugambi,
2048, February 19, 2019 (EAT)
Chaos erupted at the Kisumu County Assembly on Tuesday as fresh leadership tussles took center stage with the removal of the budget committee chairper...
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Senegal’s modernizing president leads field in upcoming election
By Reuters,
2002, February 19, 2019 (EAT)
President Macky Sall is the strong favorite to win Senegal’s election on Sunday, boosted by a modernizing first term that propelled economic growth ...
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Four Zimbabwe generals retired in Mnangagwa’s first purge of military
By Reuters,
1047, February 19, 2019 (EAT)
Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa retired four generals on Monday, in the first major shake-up of the armed forces since he took office and includ...
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The five candidates running in Senegal’s presidential election
By Reuters,
1047, February 19, 2019 (EAT)
Senegal, the most stable democracy in West Africa, is preparing for an election on Sunday with President Macky Sall facing off against four other cand...
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Iran arrests militants linked to attack on Revolutionary Guards
By Reuters,
2112, February 18, 2019 (EAT)
Revolutionary Guards have broken up a group of militants in southeast Iran who were linked to a suicide bombing that killed 27 guards near the border ...
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Morocco looks to French as language of economic success
By Reuters,
2055, February 18, 2019 (EAT)
Morocco’s economy is getting lost in translation. With so many students dropping out of university because they don’t speak French, the governmen...
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Sudan MPs postpone amendment to keep Bashir in power
By Reuters,
1738, February 16, 2019 (EAT)
A parliamentary committee tasked with amending Sudan’s constitution to allow President Omar al-Bashir to run for another term said on Saturday it wo...
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British children walk out of lessons on climate strike
By Reuters,
1611, February 16, 2019 (EAT)
Thousands of British children marched out of lessons on Friday to demand action on climate change, earning a mild rebuke from the prime minister’s o...
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Uganda tourism minister speaks out over curvy women contest
By VOA,
1736, February 15, 2019 (EAT)
Uganda’s junior minister for tourism this month sparked controversy by suggesting that curvy women could be promoted as a tourist attraction. Uga...
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Security forces round up protesters in central Khartoum: witnesses
By Reuters,
2029, February 14, 2019 (EAT)
Security forces fired teargas to disperse hundreds of protesters close to the Sudan’s presidential palace on Thursday, before plainclothes officers ...
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Police interdicted over Baby Pendo killing
By Allan Obiero,
1318, February 14, 2019 (EAT)
The inquest into the killing of Baby Samantha Pendo has ruled that the National Police Service is liable for the death of the six-month-old. A Kisu...
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Military contractors on the spot over CAR alleged torture case
By VOA,
1050, February 14, 2019 (EAT)
When a crowd in Bambari, in the Central African Republic, accused Mahamat Nour Mamadou of belonging to a militia group tied to the country’s previou...
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Detained Philippine journalist seeks bail after arrest causes outcry
By Reuters,
812, February 14, 2019 (EAT)
Lawyers for a Philippine news website that has locked horns with President Rodrigo Duterte sought bail on Thursday after the arrest of its chief execu...
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More time needed, May returns to parliament for Brexit
By Reuters,
2039, February 13, 2019 (EAT)
British Prime Minister Theresa May returns to parliament on Thursday to seek renewed backing for her plan to renegotiate her Brexit deal with Brussels...
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