East Africa

Uganda opposition MPs get bail after nearly 18 months

Kampala – A Ugandan court on Monday gave bail to two opposition lawmakers who had been in jail for... Read more

14 Feb, 2023

Nairobi – The separatist region of Somaliland on Sunday accused Somalia of attacking its soldiers, despite a ceasefire imposed... Read more

13 Feb, 2023

Harry Verhoeven, Columbia University and Francois Sennesael, University of Oxford South Sudan has long been one of east Africa’s... Read more

13 Feb, 2023

Mogadishu – Somaliland soldiers were attacked on Saturday by militia, state television reported, despite a ceasefire imposed after heavy... Read more

12 Feb, 2023

Nairobi – Free press campaign group Reporters Without Borders attacked the legal process over the death of a prominent... Read more

11 Feb, 2023

Nairobi – Eight people died in attacks on a church in southern Ethiopia last week, the Ethiopian Human Rights... Read more

11 Feb, 2023

Nairobi – The Ethiopian government on Thursday said it would sell up to 45 percent of Ethio Telecom, a... Read more

10 Feb, 2023

Khartoum – Russia’s top diplomat Sergei Lavrov held talks in Khartoum on Thursday with Sudanese officials, pledging support for... Read more

10 Feb, 2023

Nairobi – Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki said on Thursday that allegations of rights abuses by Eritrean troops in Ethiopia’s... Read more

10 Feb, 2023

Nairobi – Human Rights Watch called on Thursday for targeted sanctions against Eritrea, accusing its government of rounding up... Read more

10 Feb, 2023