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Kenya’s controversial proposed age of consent from 16 to 18 dropped

National Assembly Majority Leader Aden Duale wrote to Speaker Justin Muturi withdrawing a proposed amendment to Statute Law. Photo Credit: Nation Media Group   Kenyan’s government...

Kenyan court stops the closure of the Dadaab refugee camp

Refugees stand outside their tent at the Ifo Extension refugee camp in Dadaab, near the Kenya-Somalia border in Garissa County, Kenya. Photo Credit: Reuters/File...

Former Somali prime minister Farmajo wins presidential vote

Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, a U.S.-educated former prime minister, was sworn in as Somalia's new president on Wednesday after lawmakers gave him an unassailable lead...

Somalia’s al Shabaab kills four in attack on hotel in Puntland region

Somalia's al Shabaab militants stormed a hotel in the capital of the semi-autonomous Puntland region, Bosasso, on Wednesday, killing four guards, while two of...

Tanzanian president talks tough on narcotics

Tanzanian president John Pombe Magufuli has told the security forces to arrest and prosecute anyone caught in the drug trade and that no one...

Relief for Kenyan journalists as court throws out criminal libel law

A Kenyan court on Monday declared unconstitutional a section of the Penal Code that criminalised some aspects of libel and defamation, terming it an...

South Sudan’s Kiir to order the shooting of soldiers who rape women

South Sudan’s President, Salva Kiir on Monday stated that soldiers who rape women must be shot. During a visit to the town of Yei he...

Somalia presidential hopefuls in first-ever TV debate

Presidential candidates in Somalia rounded off campaigning with an unprecedented televised debate on Monday, dominated by issues of corruption, security and U.S. President Donald...

Somalia’s al Shabaab executes four men for spying

Al Shabaab militants in Somalia publicly beheaded four men accused of spying for the country's Western-backed government, the United States and neighboring Kenya, residents...

Uganda rules out military intervention in South Sudan

Ugandan Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Okello Oryem. Photo Credit: Reuters   Imposing an external "trusteeship" government on South Sudan to try to end a...

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Nigerian High Commission apartments in Ghana demolished

Some new apartments built at the residence of the Nigerian High Commissioner in Ghana’s capital city Accra, have been demolished by bulldozers. The apartments have been constructed to...

Covid-19: Ghana records significant recovery numbers

Ghanaian health officials on Saturday said over 10,000 persons infected with the coronavirus have now recovered. The significant number of recoveries means the country now...

DR Congo: President’s ex-chief of staff jailed 20 years for corruption

The ex-chief of staff of the president of the Democratic Republic of Congo has been jailed 20 years by a high court. Vital Kamerhe was...

Covid-19: Zimbabwe’s health minister arrested, charged for graft

Zimbabwe's Health Minister Obadiah Moyo has been arrested over corruption allegations related to procurement of medical equipment worth $60 million. Moyo is accused of illegally...

Ghana’s new law that jails citizens not wearing facemask 10 years

Ghanaians who fail to wear the face masks in compliance with a presidential directive risk going to jail for ten years. They also face a...
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