Ethiopian authorities have said that tourists are excluded from the country’s state of emergency which require foreign diplomats to seek permission before taking long trips away from Addis Ababa, the capital. Under Ethiopia’s state of emergency, which was declared on… Read more ›
Ethiopian authorities have apologized for publishing school textbooks which mistakenly assigned Ras Dashen, the highest mountain in the country, to the Tigray region instead of the Amhara region where it is located. The Ministry of Education apologized for the mistake… Read more ›
The U.S. has issued a travel alert for its citizens in Ethiopia due to a series of violent anti-government protests that has engulfed several regions of the East African country. On Thursday, the State Department released the travel alert scheduled… Read more ›
U.S. officials have issued a temporary travel ban on Gondar, an Ethiopian city in Amhara state, which has been experiencing violent protests. The U.S. Embassy in Embassy issued the temporary travel restriction on Wednesday. The travel warning is directed at… Read more ›
Uber has launched its online transport network service in Uganda following its success in other African countries. Kampala is the 10th city in Africa where the US multinational ride-sharing app is currently operating. Uber has already launched operations in South… Read more ›
Kenya’s Wildlife Service (KWS) on Friday captured a lion which attacked a 63-year-old man after straying from Nairobi’s National Park. The lion named Cheru reportedly attacked the man on a busy street along Mombasa Road. The male lion is said… Read more ›
KIGALI – The Rwandan government has commissioned the country’s first utility scale solar plant, which is also the biggest in the region. The solar photovoltaic project is expected to increase the nation’s capacity to generate electrical power by about 7%.… Read more ›
The Secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) has revealed that despite some reductions from previous years, poaching remains dangerously high in Africa. According to the report published on Friday, about… Read more ›
Two almost simultaneous blasts at the Gikomba market, Nairobi, has claimed the lives of 10 people and left up to 79 injured. Reports indicate that the first explosion came from a mutatu minibus and the other from a clothes store… Read more ›
The governments of Burundi and Zambia have disclosed plans of stretching the Tanzania-Zambia railway line to Burundi in order to support growth in bilateral trade between both nations. During an interview, Zambia’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Wylbur Simuusa, stated that deliberations… Read more ›
The United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-Moon, on Monday joined millions of people across the globe to mark the first ever World Wildlife Day. Speaking at a photo exhibition organized by the Convention for International Trade in Endangered Species of… Read more ›
Mr. Gabriel Malata, the principal state attorney and representative of the government of Tanzania in the ongoing trial over the construction of a super highway through the Serengeti park has vindicated the much criticized decision of the government. According to… Read more ›