Ministers from Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt are scheduled to attend a meeting in Khartoum today in an attempt to reach an agreement over the Grand Ethiopia Renaissance Dam (GERD). This is the second time minsters from these countries are meeting… Read more ›
The Kenyan national football team has secured its place in the semifinals of the GOTV CECAFA Senior Challenge following a 1-0 win over Rwanda in a match played at the Mombasa Municipal Stadium on Saturday. The Harambee Stars’ lone… Read more ›
The government of South Sudan and the South Sudanese Investment Agency (SSIA) have drawn the curtains on the first investment conference in the nation’s 7-year history. The 2-day conference entitled ‘The South Sudan Investment Conference’, which was attended by over… Read more ›
At least 8 people have been confirmed dead and 37 others injured in Somalia’s northern port of Bassasso, Puntland on Thursday, when a suicide bomber attacked a military convoy. The bomber targeted the convoy carrying Puntland Marine Forces and local… Read more ›
Eritrea has been eliminated from the 2013 CECAFA Senior Challenge Cup after losing 1-0 to Rwanda in a Group C match held on Thursday at the Kenyatta stadium. Both teams were facing elimination after losing their first two opening… Read more ›
South Africa’s Vodacom Group has opened its first office in Ethiopia in an attempt to establish its presence in the country. The company, which has a strong presence in several African countries including Lesotho, Mozambique, Tanzania, DRC, Nigeria, and of… Read more ›
The Ethiopian government has revealed that the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has donated $100,000 to support efforts to repatriate Ethiopian nationals from Saudi Arabia, following the Saudi government’s directive to expel all illegal immigrants in the oil… Read more ›
Rwanda has retained its position as the least corrupt country in East Africa for the second year running, according to the latest Transparency International (TI) Corruption Perception Index. The annual report by the Germany based organization ranks 177 countries worldwide… Read more ›
The United Nations has asked all political parties and other stakeholders to exhibit restraint ahead of the country’s controversial constitutional review, according a report by the UN News Centre. Burundi has had a long record of internal instability since the… Read more ›
On Tuesday the Burundian national football team was detained at the Milele hotel in Kenya over unpaid bills. The team is reported to have been preparing to leave the hotel, which is located in Nairobi’s South C ahead of a… Read more ›
The Kenyan government and the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) will, in January, begin construction of a drug-testing center in Nairobi in an effort to curtail doping among athletes. This has emerged following a closed door meeting between… Read more ›
Several human rights groups across the world are calling for the release of Ethiopian journalist Eskinder Nega, who is currently serving an 18-year sentence at Kaliti prison. Mr. Nega (aged 45) has been jailed about 7 times since 2005 by… Read more ›
The Ugandan Army, U.S. Special Forces and the AU’s Joint Task Force (JTF) have killed the LRA’s chief of operations and logistics planner along with at least 14 Lord Resistance Army (LRA) soldiers, according to a report by Daily Monitor.… Read more ›
The Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said the projected number of migrants being deported from Saudi Arabia has more than doubled. Foreign Ministry spokesman Dina Mufti told Sudan Tribune: “Although we first projected to bring back home [a] maximum… Read more ›
Somali Prime Minister Abdi Farah Shirdon has been asked to leave office after losing a vote of confidence in parliament on Monday. Somali MPs voted overwhelmingly for the Prime Minter and his 10 member cabinet to be impeached, citing incompetence… Read more ›
Ethiopia’s Ethio Telecom has revealed that Huawei Technologies Co Ltd as been contracted to launch a high-speed 4G network in the country, according to a report by Reuters. This announcement comes following a deal between Ethio Telecom and China’s Huawei… Read more ›
Two players from Eritrea’s national team have gone missing from their CECAFA training camp in Nairobi. The two, whose identities are not yet known, failed to return to their residential hotel after watching a match between Kenya and South… Read more ›
Ethiopian Police forces have killed 6 rebels and captured 12 in north Tigray along the Sudan border, according to a report by Sudan Tribune. An unidentified Police officer revealed that the rebels, who are believed to have been trained in… Read more ›