East Africa

South Sudan’s political elite plundering public coffers – UN

Juba – Massive plundering of South Sudan’s public coffers is undermining human rights in the world’s youngest nation and threatening... Read more

24 Sep, 2021

Pemba – Rwanda’s president Paul Kagame on Friday began a two-day visit to Mozambique’s insurgent-hit north, where he has sent... Read more

24 Sep, 2021

Khartoum – Sudan’s failed coup highlights the threats to its transition to civilian rule after the ouster of autocrat... Read more

23 Sep, 2021

Al-Jabalain – South Sudanese refugee Dawood Kour fled to Sudan to turn the page on a life of displacement,... Read more

22 Sep, 2021

Nairobi – Kenya’s three-time London marathon and four-time New York marathon winner Mary Keitany announced her retirement on Wednesday... Read more

22 Sep, 2021

Addis Ababa – Rebels from Ethiopia’s war-hit Tigray opened fire on civilians while looting and shelling villages and towns... Read more

22 Sep, 2021

Nairobi – Burundi on Tuesday vowed a thorough investigation into a series of deadly “terrorist” grenade blasts that hit... Read more

22 Sep, 2021

Khartoum – Sudan’s fragile transitional government said it foiled an attempted coup early on Tuesday involving military officers and... Read more

21 Sep, 2021

Kigali – Rwanda said it has cancelled a planned meeting with the Belgian foreign minister at the UN after... Read more

21 Sep, 2021

Addis Ababa – Conflict-torn Ethiopia said on Monday it would not hold polling in at least 26 constituencies during the... Read more

21 Sep, 2021