News

Rwanda opposition figure on hunger strike after rape arrest

Kigali – A well-known university professor and opposition figure arrested for alleged rape has launched a hunger strike to protest... Read more

15 Sep, 2021

Business

Sudan inflation eases for first time under transition

Khartoum – Sudan’s annual inflation rate has slowed, state media reported on Tuesday, the first decline under the transitional... Read more

15 Sep, 2021

Politics

Stench of death: Villagers flee site of Ethiopia mass killings

Chenna – Bodies of rebel fighters dot the roads and fields leading to Chenna, a village in the mountains... Read more

15 Sep, 2021

Politics

Exiled Rwandan dissident shot dead in Mozambique

Maputo – A Rwandan dissident has been shot dead in Mozambique, where he had settled as a refugee after being... Read more

15 Sep, 2021

News

Sudan floods kill over 80 people

Khartoum – Floods following heavy rain in Sudan have killed more than 80 people and damaged or destroyed tens... Read more

14 Sep, 2021

Politics

Djibouti says rumours about President Ismail Omar Guelleh’s health are ‘poison’

Nairobi – Djibouti on Tuesday dismissed speculation about President Ismail Omar Guelleh’s health as “poison” aimed at destabilising the country... Read more

14 Sep, 2021

Politics

Tanzania leader reinstates minister sacked by predecessor

Nairobi – Tanzania’s president Samia Suluhu Hassan has appointed a politician dismissed for criticising her predecessor as energy minister in... Read more

14 Sep, 2021

Politics

Sudan’s military ‘dominant’ despite power-sharing deal

Khartoum – More than two years after Sudan’s power-sharing deal was inked, analysts say the role of civilian leaders... Read more

13 Sep, 2021

Politics

Somalia vote to go ahead ‘as planned’, PM tells UN

Mogadishu – Somalia’s long-delayed elections will proceed “as planned”, Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble told visiting UN diplomats on Sunday,... Read more

12 Sep, 2021

Politics

Efforts under way to end Somalia leaders’ spat

Mogadishu – Somali politicians have launched frantic efforts to defuse tensions after a damaging feud between the president and prime... Read more

11 Sep, 2021