Husband of slain Kenyan Olympian Tirop charged with murder
Nairobi – The husband of Kenyan distance running star Agnes Tirop was on Tuesday charged with her murder, a day... Read more
17 Nov, 2021
Thousands rally in Sudan against coup, teargas fired
Khartoum – Thousands protested in Sudan’s capital on Wednesday against last month’s coup, chanting “no to military power” in defiance... Read more
17 Nov, 2021
Blinken warns on democracy at start of Africa tour
Nairobi – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday urged Africans to watch out for rising threats to... Read more
17 Nov, 2021
Ugandan capital under tight security after deadly bombings
Kampala – Armed police and soldiers patrolled the Ugandan capital on Wednesday as security was stepped up following twin... Read more
17 Nov, 2021
Starvation kills scores of children in Tigray hospitals, survey shows
Addis Ababa – Nearly 200 young children have died of starvation in hospitals across Ethiopia’s Tigray region as malnutrition... Read more
17 Nov, 2021
Air Tanzania orders 4 new planes off Boeing in $726m deal to boost national carrier’s capability in Africa
Cape Town – The Tanzanian government has reportedly ordered three passenger and one freight aircraft, in a move that... Read more
17 Nov, 2021
US nationals in Ethiopia warned: no Afghan-style evacuation
Washington – The United States urged its nationals once again on Monday to leave war-torn Ethiopia immediately on their own,... Read more
16 Nov, 2021
Ethiopia’s spiralling war tests fragile region’s stability
Nairobi – With thousands of people dead, two million displaced and mounting fears of a rebel march on Addis Ababa,... Read more
16 Nov, 2021
Ugandan capital hit by twin explosions in ‘attack’
Kampala – Two explosions hit Uganda’s capital Kampala on Tuesday, injuring some people in what police termed “an attack”... Read more
16 Nov, 2021
Kenya police convicted over death of British aristocrat’s son
Mombasa – A Kenyan court on Monday sentenced four police officers to prison for manslaughter over the death of... Read more
16 Nov, 2021
