- October 2019
- September 2019
- May 2019
- December 2018
- August 2018
- May 2018
- November 2016
- October 2016
- September 2016
- August 2016
- July 2016
- June 2016
- May 2016
- April 2016
- March 2016
- February 2016
- January 2016
- December 2015
- November 2015
- October 2015
- September 2015
- August 2015
- April 2015
- March 2015
- February 2015
- January 2015
- December 2014
- November 2014
- October 2014
- September 2014
- August 2014
- July 2014
- June 2014
- May 2014
- April 2014
- March 2014
- February 2014
- January 2014
- December 2013
- November 2013
- October 2013
- September 2013
- August 2013
- July 2013
- May 2013
- April 2013
- February 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- October 2012
- September 2012
South Sudan President and Rebel Leader Dispatch Delegates to Addis Ababa for Peace Talks
After about to two weeks of fighting, delegates representing the government and warring rebels in South Sudan are heading to Addis Ababa for negotiations, according…
An Ethiopian journalist has been sentenced to two years and nine months in prison for spreading false information, according to a report by the Committee…
Recent research shows that the number of people in every nation voting for gay marriage is increasing.
Judges at the Court of Appeal have granted an injunction on plans to cease analogue television transmission in Nairobi.
The tale of the Dallas Ethiopian restaurant Desta, is one of tragedy, hard work and ultimately, of love.
Protests erupted on the streets of Hargeisa town, Somaliland, on Saturday 28th, December over a severe shortage of water in the city.
The two-week old violence in South Sudan has escalated over the past few hours as reports emerge that about 25,000 rebels are marching to the…
Somalia’s hopes of accessing affordable high speed broadband internet connection in the first quarter of 2014 has been dashed after a disagreement between the two…
It has been over a decade since the government of South Sudan identified the Nadapal- Juba road as important for improving South Sudan’s exposure to…
The patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tawahedo Chruch, Abune Mathias, was placed under house arrest temporarily, but has since been released, according to a report…
According to a Global Industry Analyst report, Kenya, Zimbabwe and Ecuador are rapidly rising as suppliers in the global horticulture market.
United Nation (UN) officials have commended the Eritrean government for achieving its health related millennium development goals (MDG’s) ahead of the due date in 2015.…
Somalia’s Aden Abdulle International Airport has seen a tremendous increase of over 50% in its revenues since Turkish firm Favori LLC took over operations three…
Members of the International Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) are meeting in Nairobi today to find a solution to the outbreak of violence in South…
MEF has released the results of its third annual Global Consumer Survey, which looks at the behaviour and attitudes of mobile media users in 13…
At least 9 people are reported to have been killed in a wave of violence in Bangui, the capital of Central African Republic, on Wednesday…
Sitting amongst the rubble that used to be his home. His old, small eyes are locked in the distance, but as soon as anyone comes…
Officials of one of the largest banks in west Africa, Guaranty Trust Bank, have revealed that the company has completed the acquisition of a 70%…
BBC has reported on Tuesday that new evidence is emerging of alleged ethnic killings committed during more than a week of fighting in South Sudan.…
British, Canadian and Kenyan citizens are reported to be among 3,000 foreigners still trapped in Bor, Jonglei state.
Kenyan Red Cross officials have confirmed that about 10 people have been injured but no deaths occurred after a cargo train crashed into makeshift houses…
In another news, a UN official in South Sudan has spoken of an atmosphere of fear and desperation as violence escalates.
The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has asked judges to delay the start of the war crimes trial of Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta due…
Across Nairobi, an estimated two million residents lost access to several TV stations on their analogue devices on Monday night, after the nation commenced its…
Twelve people were injured and 50 arrested in a brawl between supporters and opponents of the Eritrean government at a kibbutz in the north of…
Civilian helicopters have evacuated U.S. citizens from a violent South Sudan city seeing bouts of heavy machine gun fire, but 3,000 citizens from countries like…
The CEO of Africa Trade Insurance Agency (ATI), George Otieno, says the organization turned down requests from companies operating in South Sudan for insurance covers,…
Ethiopian security agencies have arrested 5 people in connection with an explosion in a home in Bole district, Addis Ababa, in October.
Tanzanian legislators are calling for a succession plan in the gas subsector to enable locals take over from foreign employees who currently dominate the…
South Sudan’s army said it had lost control of the flash-point town of Bor on Wednesday, its first acknowledged reversal in three days of clashes…
Kenya’s Amnesty International country director, Justus Nyang’aya was shot and seriously injured in his residence in Rongai, Nairobi, on Wednesday morning and is currently recovering…
Officials have revealed that the number of Ethiopian migrant workers being repatriated from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is set to exceed 150,000.
India’s Apollo Group of Hospitals will open its first clinic in Tanzania and East Africa within the next four months.
South Sudan officials have revealed that renegade soldiers, reportedly loyal to defected army-General Peter Gatdet Yak, have taken over Bor, capital of Jonglei—the nation’s largest…
Unknown gunmen on Wednesday shot and killed six medical professionals in the outskirts of Somalia’s capital Mogadishu.
Mohamed Abdulle can finally smile. Something he was unable to do for 20 years.
Police in Kajiado, Nairobi are investigating an alleged multi-million shilling human trafficking racket that involves local security agents, according to a recent report by allAfrica.com.…
The British government has contributed $1 million to the Humanitarian Response Fund (HRF) and Central Emergency Response Fund (CERP) of the International Organization of Migration…
Uganda has shortlisted six firms and consortia to bid for the position of lead operator on the ‘60,000 barrels a day’ Uganda refinery project.…
JUBA—A United Nations official revealed on Tuesday that between 400 to 500 people are believed to have been killed in South Sudan, where two days…
At least 10 ex-ministers are reported to have been arrested by the South Sudanese government over an alleged coup attempt on Sunday.
Kenyan officials have revealed that all health workers who are still on strike, despite the court order requesting them to resume work issued last week,…
Several South Sudanese officials have confirmed that a group of soldiers unsuccessfully attempted to wrestle power from the legal government through a coup d’etat on…
The World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed 15 cases of Hepatitis E virus in Kigoma, Tanzania.
The UN tribunal for Rwanda has sentenced Gregoire Ndahimana, former mayor of Kivumu, western Rwanda, to 25 years in jail for complicity supporting the murder…
The Chinese Embassy in Kenya, Xinhua News Agency Africa Regional Bureau and sponsors Shengli Construction Company of Sinopec have launched a seven-day photo exhibition…