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President Kenyatta commends progress in South Sudan peace process despite COVID-19 disruption
By PSCU,
1544, July 14, 2020 (EAT)
President Uhuru Kenyatta has commended parties to the South Sudan peace process for the progress achieved in recent months despite the health and econ...
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Suicide car bomber hits checkpoint at Somalia’s Mogadishu port
By Reuters,
1045, July 4, 2020 (EAT)
An explosion shook parts of the Somali capital of Mogadishu early on Saturday as a suicide car bomber drove into a checkpoint just outside the port, w...
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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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Joyous return for Stadium Mogadishu after 16-year wait
By Agencies,
1516, July 1, 2020 (EAT)
A long 16-year wait has finally come to an end with a sparkling new Stadium Mogadishu reopened in the Somali capital on Tuesday evening. Civil unre...
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A new generation of locusts has hatched in Turkana and are eating everything in sight
By Reuters,
1602, June 30, 2020 (EAT)
The branches on trees around Lodwar have been stripped bare of leaves, bending downwards under the weight of voracious young locusts. Numbers of lo...
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OPINION: Africa’s twin battles – COVID-19 and fake news
By Guest Writer,
2053, June 27, 2020 (EAT)
By Yemisi Adegoke Just under four months after Africa recorded its first coronavirus case, the number of confirmed cases has reached more than 250,...
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The silent extinction: Less than 100,000 giraffes left in the wild
By Moses Ngugi,
2038, June 22, 2020 (EAT)
As the World celebrated World Giraffe Day on June 21, 2020, there remains growing concern over the endangered status of the world's tallest animal. ...
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Police in Mandera nab bhang worth Ksh.800K, two suspects arrested
By Amos Sambu,
1130, June 21, 2020 (EAT)
Police in Mandera are holding two individuals who were arrested with 130kilograms of bhang. The suspect Ali Ibrahim Ali and his accomplice was arre...
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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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al-Shabaab suspect who used his 2 children as human shield killed in dawn attack
By Tonny Ndungu,
1135, May 30, 2020 (EAT)
Police officers killed a suspected al-Shabaab millitant early Saturday morning at his house in Diani, reports say. The suspect's two children that ...
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Kenya ni marafiki zetu, corona isiwe chanzo cha migogoro,’ Magufuli now says
By Tonny Ndungu,
1703, May 20, 2020 (EAT)
Tanzania's President John Magufuli has said President Uhuru Kenyatta called him recently with the aim of putting to bed, an escalating border impasse ...
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Tanzania claims COVID-19 tests on 19 drivers at Namanga were false
By Tonny Ndungu,
1117, May 20, 2020 (EAT)
The Tanzanian Government has rubbished claims that 19 truck drivers from the country tested positive at the Namanga border earlier in the week. I...
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Kenya has sent away 182 foreigners who tested positive for Covid-19 at Tanzanian border
By Benjamin Muriuki,
1645, May 19, 2020 (EAT)
Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe says the decision by the government to tighten up Covid-19 surveillance measures at the borders with Tanzania an...
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25 endangered Grevy’s zebra translocated from Lewa Wildlife Conservancy
By Agencies,
931, May 19, 2020 (EAT)
Twenty-five endangered Grevy’s zebra have successfully been translocated from Lewa Wildlife Conservancy to Sera Wildlife Community Conservancy; the...
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KDF soldiers kill 5 Al-Shabaab militants during foiled attack on Somali forces
By Ian Omondi,
1122, May 17, 2020 (EAT)
Five Al-Shabaab militants were on Saturday killed by Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) soldiers during a foiled attack on Somali Security Forces (SSF) statio...
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President Kenyatta closes Kenya’s borders with Tanzania, Somalia for 30 days
By Benjamin Muriuki,
2127, May 16, 2020 (EAT)
President Uhuru Kenyatta has banned movement of persons and passengers in and out of Kenya through the Tanzania and Somalia borders following the rise...
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6,000 more children under five could die each day as COVID-19 weakens health systems
By Citizen Reporter,
1315, May 14, 2020 (EAT)
An additional 6,000 children could die every day from preventable causes over the next six months as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to weaken health ...
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Probe underway after freed aid worker Silvia Romano bombarded by hate mail over Islam
By Reuters,
1623, May 12, 2020 (EAT)
An Italian aid worker, freed at the weekend after being held hostage for 18 months by Islamist militants in Somalia, has been deluged with hate mail b...
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Ethiopia steps up aerial spraying to stop new desert locust invasion
By VOA,
1154, May 12, 2020 (EAT)
Ethiopian officials have deployed helicopters to spray new swarms of desert locusts that are eating crops and threatening the country’s food securit...
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Freed Italian aid worker Silvia Romano returns home on special flight
By Reuters,
1924, May 10, 2020 (EAT)
Silvia Romano, an Italian aid worker kidnapped 18 months ago in Kenya, landed in Rome on Sunday a day after being freed. Gunmen seized Romano, who ...
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