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  Some 150 South Sudanese women have received reparative surgery for obstetric fistula following a two-week fistula campaign in three cities: Wau, Kwajock and Juba. The campaign which ended last week was designed to raise awareness on obstetric fistula, a… Read more ›

  A new project to address HIV stigma through visual and street arts has been launched in Rwanda. The project named Kurema, Kureba, Kwiga which loosely translates to ‘To Create, To See, To Learn’ will use “public art to start… Read more ›

  Uganda’s capital Kampala is the first African city to receive Google Fiber high-speed Internet under an initiative dubbed Project Link. Google, on Wednesday, opened its fiber-optic network to local mobile operators and internet service providers (ISP). About 100 kilometers… Read more ›

Tullow Oil plc has revealed that it has made its fifth oil discovery in Kenya’s northern rift valley region. The London based operator stated through a press release that its had found and sampled moveable oil at the Agete-1 exploration… Read more ›

Ethiopia and Egypt have once again failed to settle their dispute over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), after a short meeting between Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn and Egypt’s interim President Adly Mansour in Kuwait earlier in the week. According… Read more ›

3 Tanzanian nationals have lodged a case against Rwanda, Kenya and Uganda at the East African Court of Justice (EACJ) in Arusha. According to the 3, who have been identified as Ally Hatibu Msanga, David Mataka and John Adam Bwenda,… Read more ›

Kenyan authorities have revealed that plans are underway to develop a public record of all legally registered Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) operating in the country. The database is expected to ease the identification of companies and eliminate fraudulent ‘ghost’… Read more ›

Sudan is currently experiencing a shortage of bread due to a lack of foreign exchange for wheat imports. Residents have been spotted standing in lines outside several Khartoum-area bakeries following an increase in the price of bread by about a… Read more ›

Ethiopians in several countries around the world are holding protests—principally around the embassies of Saudi Arabia—against reported abuses Ethiopian nationals are subjected to in the Gulf state as Saudi officials round up immigrants without legal permits. Since Saudi authorities began… Read more ›

Somali based Islamist militant group Al Shabab have banned residents in areas under their control from possessing or using smartphones. According to reports, residents in lower Shabelle, Barawe, Elbur and Burla Burte have been warned not to use, sell or… Read more ›

The 4 Al Shabab terrorists who laid siege on an upscale shopping mall in Nairobi two months ago have been identified, an official revealed yesterday. According to the unnamed western official, the 4 men, who were trained in Somalia, crossed… Read more ›

Foreign traders who do not fulfill the Ugandan government’s investor requirements have until January 2014 to shape up or ship out, says the minister of trade. The minister of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives, Amelia Kyambadde, issued a statement late last… Read more ›

Ten people have died of yellow fever in Sudan’s West and South Kordofan states, says the World Health Organization (WHO). The ten, who died between October 3rd and November 13th, were among 36 suspected yellow fever cases diagnosed during the… Read more ›

The Sudanese Air Force is reported to have conducted a raid on villages in South Kordofan on Sunday, killing two children and destroying countless properties. According to Radio Dabanga, a Sukhoi airplane believed to belong to the government dropped two… Read more ›

The Burundian Football Association has elected a new President to replace Lydia Nsekera, who made history in May this year by being the first female to be elected unto FIFA’s executive committee for a full tenure. Reverien Ndikuriyo, an active… Read more ›

British oil explorer Ophir Energy has sold a 20 percent stake in three natural gas blocks off Tanzania’s coast to Singapore’s state-owned Pavilion Energy Pte. Ltd for $1.3 billion. This is the first major deal in Tanzania’s natural-gas sector and… Read more ›

A joint contingent of the Chadian and Sudanese military began an operation against rebels in Darfur this week. Earlier there were reports that Sudan’s Defense Minister Abdel Raheem Mohammed Hussein had informed the Sudanese parliament of an imminent attack on… Read more ›

About a week after a cyclone hit the eastern and northern coastal areas of Puntland, officials say delivering supplies to villages worst affected by the storm is proving difficult. Entire bridges and roads linking communities are reported to have been… Read more ›

The President of South Sudan and chairman of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM), Kirr Salva Mayardiff, on Friday announced the dissolution of key structures in his party. This move comes after the party has failed to hold a crucial… Read more ›

The UN Security has rejected the African Union’s demand to suspend the International Criminal Court trials of Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta and his Deputy William Ruto for at least a year. The resolution did not pass after falling to get… Read more ›

President Salva Kiir Mayardif of South Sudan has announced the appointment of a number of senior government officials, following the largest reshuffle in the history of country’s cabinet earlier in the year. The President revealed on Thursday that Pauline Wanawilla… Read more ›

The Ethiopian Police clamped down on protesters outside the Saudi Embassy today, blocking off routes leading to the building and inspecting photos taken by reporters, according to a report by the Associated Press. The protests come after the government of… Read more ›

Police in the Ugandan capital Kampala have increased their presence in opposition strongholds in Katonga and Nasareko, after a report released yesterday found the city’s Mayor and major opposition figure guilty. Erias Lukwago, who has been the Mayor of Kampala… Read more ›

Somalians are set to access high-speed networks in the near future, following the signing of a deal that will connect the country to satellites and fiber optic cables. O3b Networks Ltd, a satellite provider that incorporates investors such as Google… Read more ›

An Arsenal fan in Uganda has been left homeless after he bet his house on the result of Sunday’s Premier League match between Manchester United and Arsenal, the Ugandan Observer reports. Henry Dhabasani, a resident of Iganga district in Eastern… Read more ›

The Kenyan government has revoked the citizenship of 104 foreign nationals in the country after discovering they were acquired illegally. Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary for the Interior, Joseph Ole Lenku relayed that a vetting committee, created to assess all Kenyan citizenship… Read more ›

The Central Bank of South Sudan has revoked a decision it made earlier in the week, in conjunction with the Finance Ministry, to devalue the South Sudanese Pound following a directive from the country’s parliament. On Monday, the Governor of… Read more ›

Ahead of the 2nd leg playoff against the Walya Antelopes of Ethiopia, the Nigerian coach has expressed confidence that his team can win the 2014 World Cup, due to be held in Brazil. In a meeting with the press yesterday… Read more ›

Kenyan retail chain, Uchumi, began trading on the Uganda Securities Exchange (USE) on Wednesday after receiving approval from the Ugandan capital markets authority. The retail chain has cross listed 265,426,614 ordinary shares valued at Ksh 5.00 each. This move is… Read more ›

An ex-guard of the Rwandan President has been charged with terrorism after being repatriated to his home country from Uganda in October. 37-year old Lt. Joel Mutabazi appeared in a military court today alongside 14 other suspects, where he was… Read more ›

The number of people killed by a tropical cyclone and heavy flooding in Somalia’s Puntland region over the weekend may be over 300, according to officials. The death toll had been put at about 100 earlier, but Puntland’s Interior Minister… Read more ›

The United Nations Security Council unanimously voted yesterday to deploy about 4,400 more soldiers to support the African Union’s Mission in Somalia (AMISOM)–bringing the total number of AMISOM soldiers to over 22,000. The council also agreed to send supplies to… Read more ›

A Ugandan government spokesman has warned the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo that M23 rebels could regroup following an impasse between the rebels and DRC representatives during talks in Kampala. The much anticipated agreement was expected to mark… Read more ›

Ethiopian striker Getaneh Kebede joined his team-mates in training on Monday ahead of the November 16th march against Nigeria. Getaneh arrived at the Walya camp on Monday from South Africa where he plays for Bidvest Wits. The 21-year-old player appeared… Read more ›

The Rwanda Development Board (RDB) has vowed to create conditions to promote the growth of small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in the country. Speaking at a conference on the 2014 World Bank Doing Business report, Valentine Rugwabiza Sendanyoye, CEO… Read more ›

Burundian Police have discovered over 40 human skulls during a search on the home of an Italian expatriate in the country’s capital Bujumbura. The suspect Giuseppe Favaro (alias Kassim Abdougani) was arrested last month after attempting to smuggle two human… Read more ›

The Ethiopian Foreign Ministry has reiterated the warning put out last week of imminent Al Shabab attacks. The Ethiopian National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) and the Federal Police cautioned the people of Ethiopia to be on high alert for… Read more ›

Djibouti has recently concluded the second annual Islamic Banking Summit Africa, which attracted several central bank governors and more than 350 senior officials from Africa’s Islamic banking industry. The Summit was held at the Djibouti Palace Kempinski hotel between 6th… Read more ›

The Union for National Salvation (USN), a coalition of Djibouti’s opposition parties, have disclosed that they sent a delegation to the African Union (AU) to request for independent mediators to settle the disagreements they have with the ruling Union for… Read more ›

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the governments of Kenya and Somalia have signed an agreement to facilitate the repatriation of approximately 500,000 Somali refugees. The three party agreement signed on Sunday categorically states that the refugees… Read more ›

The Kenyan government is allegedly planning a major re-assignment of officials in top state positions including ambassadors and other parastatal office holders. The new appointees, due to be revealed in the coming days, are expected to fill important positions which… Read more ›

The Ethiopian government is reportedly planning to bring back all her citizens living in Saudi Arabia illegally. The Spokesman for the Ethiopian Foreign Ministry Dina Mufti however failed to specify exactly how many immigrants are due to return and when… Read more ›

Sudan’s Kenana Sugar Company (KSC) could soon begin exporting Ethanol to the U.S. The trade is set to begin once the potential American buyer receives the necessary clearance from the US Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). KSC’s managing director,… Read more ›