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UN lifts nearly decade-old sanctions on Eritrea
By CNN,
1329, November 15, 2018 (EAT)
The UN Security Council unanimously voted on Wednesday to lift 9-year-old sanctions against Eritrea that imposed travel bans, asset freezes and an arm...
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U.N. Security Council removes Eritrea sanctions after years
By Reuters,
1025, November 15, 2018 (EAT)
The U.N. Security Council unanimously voted on Wednesday to lift a nearly decade-old arms embargo and targeted sanctions on Eritrea after a rapprochem...
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Somali, Eritrean leaders in Ethiopia to cement regional ties
By VOA,
1612, November 10, 2018 (EAT)
The presidents of Somali and Eritrea met with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Friday to cement regional economic ties as relations warm between...
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Death toll from Somalia hotel attack rises to 39
By Reuters,
1129, November 10, 2018 (EAT)
The number of people killed when suicide bombers and gunmen struck a popular hotel in Somalia’s capital has risen to 39 from the initial 22, police ...
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Triple car bombings in Mogadishu kill at least 18 people, police say
By CNN,
1127, November 10, 2018 (EAT)
A series of car bombings killed at least 18 people and injured 45 in the Somali capital of Mogadishu on Friday, Police Capt .Daahir Kulane said. Two ...
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Suicide car bombers kill at least 17 in Somalia
By Reuters,
1814, November 9, 2018 (EAT)
Suicide attackers set off two car bombs at a hotel near the headquarters of Somalia’s Criminal Investigations Department in Mogadishu on Friday, kil...
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President Kenyatta lauds high number of women joining KDF
By Wycliffe Nyamasege,
1440, November 8, 2018 (EAT)
President Uhuru Kenyatta has praised the high number of female recruits joining the Kenya Defense Forces (KDF), terming it a mark of inclusion. Spe...
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Ilhan Omar, Malcolm Kenyatta: The Kenyan connections in US midterm elections
By Ian Omondi,
1205, November 7, 2018 (EAT)
Voters from the United States of America on Tuesday took to the ballot to participate in the country’s midterm elections. What many may not know ...
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Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib become first Muslim women elected to U.S. Congress
By Reuters,
637, November 7, 2018 (EAT)
Voters in Minnesota and Michigan on Tuesday elected the first two Muslim women to serve in the U.S. Congress, a former refugee who fled Somalia’s ci...
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U.N. Security Council considers lifting Eritrea sanctions next week
By Reuters,
901, November 8, 2018 (EAT)
The U.N. Security Council is considering lifting sanctions on Eritrea next week after a rapprochement with Ethiopia, although some members want to mai...
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Trump Vows Crackdown on Asylum-Seekers ‘Sometime Next Week’
By VOA,
1745, November 2, 2018 (EAT)
U.S. President Donald Trump again stoked fears Thursday about undocumented immigrants and promised an executive order “sometime next week” that wo...
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Study: Uganda losing billions due to inability to stem illicit money
By VOA,
1752, November 2, 2018 (EAT)
Uganda has lost billions of dollars in recent years from illegal financial flows, including tax evasion, crime, and corruption. Uganda’s Financial I...
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African Investigative Journalists Say Threats Mounting — from Near and Far
By VOA,
1645, November 2, 2018 (EAT)
Anonymous threats. Police harassment. Hostile officials. The constant, hovering cloud of self-censorship, social exclusion and forced exile. And to to...
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Governor in Tanzania vows mass arrests of LGBT
By CNN,
827, November 1, 2018 (EAT)
The regional governor of Tanzania's largest city, Dar es Salaam, has vowed to arrest people suspected of being gay by next week in an escalating crack...
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Somali-American Ilhan Omar set to be first Muslim woman in Congress
By Linda Ngari,
746, October 31, 2018 (EAT)
Ilhan Omar landed in the US as a refugee at 12-years-old, fleeing the war in her home country Somalia. 24 years later, Omar stands to make history ...
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Kenya leap two places up in October FIFA ranking
By Jacob Icia,
1729, October 25, 2018 (EAT)
Kenya has risen two places in the latest Fifa rankings released by the world football governing body on Thursday, to 105 globally. This follows the...
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North Eastern counties grapple with al Shabaab attacks
By VOA,
946, October 25, 2018 (EAT)
Leaders of Kenya's northeastern counties have vowed to fight against al Shabaab, the Somalia-based militant group that has terrorised the region for t...
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OPINION: ‘I was told not to join media because being a female journalist is difficult’
By Rachel Ombaka,
1509, October 20, 2018 (EAT)
"I was told not to join media because being a female journalist is difficult." This is a comment that one of the participants for the Women in News...
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Ethiopian Airlines to resume flights to Mogadishu for first time in four decades
By Reuters,
723, October 17, 2018 (EAT)
Ethiopian Airlines will resume regular flights to Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Nov. 2, its first in four decades, the state-owned carrier said on ...
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60 Al Shabaab militants killed in Somalia air strike – US military
By Reuters,
1944, October 16, 2018 (EAT)
A recent U.S. air strike in Somalia killed about 60 al Shabaab militants in the largest strike against the group in nearly a year, the U.S. military s...
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