2nd Kenyan marathoner suspended this week after doping test
Nairobi – Kenyan marathon and mountain racer Mark Kangogo on Tuesday became the latest distance runner from the country... Read more
11 Oct, 2022
Philemon Kacheran becomes 20th Kenyan athlete to be banned this year
Nairobi – Marathon runner Philemon Kacheran was banned for three years on Monday for testing positive for excess levels... Read more
11 Oct, 2022
Djibouti says seven soldiers killed in rebel attack
Djibouti – Djibouti said seven of its soldiers were killed in an attack by a rebel group on a... Read more
9 Oct, 2022
Uganda’s fuel smugglers: are the Opec Boys (anti-)heroes of the marginalised?
Kristof Titeca, University of Antwerp Smuggling in the Ugandan border region of West Nile has a long and chequered... Read more
9 Oct, 2022
Somalia warns media not to publish al-Shabaab propaganda
Mogadishu – Somalia’s government announced Saturday a crackdown on media outlets that publish what it deems propaganda for the... Read more
9 Oct, 2022
Doubt over Ethiopia peace talks as Kenya envoy says won’t attend
Nairobi – Kenya’s former president Uhuru Kenyatta, a key player in African Union-led efforts to bring peace to Ethiopia,... Read more
8 Oct, 2022
Burundi reopens forex bureaux after two-year closure
Nairobi – Burundi’s central bank announced on Friday the reopening of foreign exchange offices after a closure of more... Read more
8 Oct, 2022
Kenya lobby groups protest lifting of ban on GM crops
Nairobi – Activists and agriculture lobby groups on Thursday urged Kenya’s government to reverse its decision to lift a... Read more
7 Oct, 2022
Kenya’s Safaricom launches in Ethiopia
Addis Ababa – Kenya’s Safaricom on Thursday became the first private telecommunications operator in Ethiopia and also announced a... Read more
7 Oct, 2022
Key dates in timeline of Ethiopia’s war
Addis Ababa – War broke out in Ethiopia’s Tigray nearly two years ago when Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed deployed... Read more
7 Oct, 2022
