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Death toll from attack on Niger villages soars to 137
By Reuters,
914, March 23, 2021 (EAT)
Armed attackers killed 137 people in coordinated raids on villages in southwestern Niger on Sunday, the government said, making it one of the deadlies...
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IGAD and EU hand over of PPEs, lab test kits to Kenyan Gov’t
By Citizen Reporter,
1421, February 8, 2021 (EAT)
The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), the delegation of the European Union to Kenya and the United Nations Office for Project Service...
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President Uhuru Kenyatta at IGAD summit in Djibouti
By PSCU,
1654, December 20, 2020 (EAT)
President Uhuru Kenyatta joined other regional leaders for the 38th Extra-Ordinary Summit of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Inte...
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WFP warns of critical food shortages for refugees in Kenya
By Citizen Reporter,
926, December 17, 2020 (EAT)
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has warned more than 435,000 refugees in Kenya faced imminent food shortages unless new funds are swiftl...
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Despite Somalia severing ties, Kenya says it won’t expel Somalis
By VOA,
1007, December 17, 2020 (EAT)
In the wake of Somalia's announcement this week that it is severing diplomatic ties with Kenya, the government says it will not expel Somali diplomats...
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Ethiopia says forces fired on U.N. team in Tigray region
By VOA,
1109, December 9, 2020 (EAT)
The Ethiopian government says its forces shot at United Nations staff members in the country’s embattled Tigray region on Sunday after the staffers ...
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Ethiopia denies talks on conflict after African Union names envoys
By Reuters,
1114, November 21, 2020 (EAT)
Ethiopia denied on Saturday that talks on the growing conflict in its northern Tigray region were imminent, just hours after three African former pres...
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Full-scale humanitarian crisis unfolding in Ethiopia – U.N. refugee agency
By Reuters,
1427, November 17, 2020 (EAT)
A “full-scale humanitarian crisis” is unfolding in Ethiopia, the United Nations refugee agency said on Tuesday, with more than 27,000 now having f...
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What does a Biden win mean for Africa?
By Reuters,
1512, November 8, 2020 (EAT)
Democrat Joe Biden’s victory in the U.S. presidential election is set to affect Africa’s 1.3 billion people on issues ranging from climate change ...
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271 more people test positive for coronavirus, MOH urges youth to stop ‘reckless behaviour’
By Citizen Reporter,
1640, August 18, 2020 (EAT)
Kenya's coronavirus cases have risen to 30,636 after 271 more people tested positive. Health CAS Rashid Aman said the new cases are from a sample s...
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Over 40,000 people forcefully evicted in East Africa during coronavirus crisis
By Reuters,
1911, July 1, 2020 (EAT)
More than 40,000 people across East Africa have been forcibly evicted from their homes since March, putting them at risk of contracting COVID-19, said...
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TECNO, UNHCR to support education for African refugee children
By Citizen Reporter,
1440, June 19, 2020 (EAT)
Leading smartphone brand TECNO has announced a new partnership with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) that will provide qualit...
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ANNAN FOUNDATION: Democracy must not become the silent victim of the coronavirus pandemic
By Guest Writer,
1646, May 20, 2020 (EAT)
While governments everywhere struggle to contain the coronavirus pandemic and do all they can to protect public health, democracy is at risk in many p...
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South Sudan, a country of 12 million people, has only 4 ventilators
By CNN,
1043, April 19, 2020 (EAT)
Covid-19 cases have topped 2.2 million globally and countries around the world are scrambling to buy life-saving equipment as the pandemic places ...
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In Africa, COVID-19 crisis puts squeeze on millions who rely on remittances
By VOA,
1559, April 11, 2020 (EAT)
When the coronavirus began hitting Western economies, it hurt the economies of African countries, too – not only because of a loss in trade and tour...
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Africa’s leaders forced to confront healthcare systems they neglected for years
By CNN,
1704, April 10, 2020 (EAT)
Africa's ailing presidents and powerful elites have been known to jet out to seek treatment abroad, instead of investing in healthcare in their own co...
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Kenya, Uganda & other IGAD countries to set up regional response plan for coronavirus
By PSCU,
833, March 31, 2020 (EAT)
Member states of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) have agreed to forge a joint approach to curb the spread of the novel coronavir...
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3 men sentenced to 125 years each over drowning of Syrian boy
By CNN,
1305, March 15, 2020 (EAT)
Three human traffickers have been sentenced in a Turkish court to 125 years each in prison over the tragic drowning in 2015 of Syrian toddler Alan K...
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Coronavirus outbreak ‘getting bigger’ after Nigeria case: WHO
By Reuters,
1014, February 29, 2020 (EAT)
Coronavirus outbreak is “getting bigger”, the World Helath Organization (WHO) said on Friday after Nigeria confirmed sub-Saharan Africa’s first ...
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Garissa stares at teaching crisis as non-local teachers begin moving out
By Raquel Muigai,
2041, January 13, 2020 (EAT)
Garissa County is staring at a teaching crisis after non local teachers began moving out of the area after three of them were killed in a dawn terror ...
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