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Kenyan parliament wants Kenya Airways nationalized

The Kenyan government is being encouraged to take over Kenya Airways as the airline struggles to make profit. On Tuesday a Kenyan parliamentary committee recommended...

Kenya: Blogger arrested for sharing photos of dead policemen

A popular Kenyan blogger Robert Alai has been arrested and charged with sharing pictures of policemen killed in an al-Shabab attack. The blogger had posted...

No Ebola in Kenya after earlier scare

Kenya's Ministry of Health has allayed fears of many citizens by confirming that there is no Ebola in the country. Earlier on Monday officials were...

Ebola scare in Kenya after woman exhibits ‘symptoms’

Kenyan health officials are on high alert after news of a suspected case of Ebola in western Kenya. A woman who traveled from Malaba, a...

Kenya: Lamu coal plant to employ over 1,000 people

The construction of the 1050 megawatt Lamu coal plant in Kenya is expected to create some one thousand seven hundred and sixty one jobs...

Tanzania imposes 25 percent tax on imported wigs

Tanzania has imposed a 25% tax on all imported wigs and hair extensions as it makes efforts to rake in more revenue. The country's finance...

Kenyan athlete banned after testing positive for rat poison

Kenyan marathon runner Felix Kirwa has been suspended for nine months after testing positive for strychnine, a substance sometimes used as rat poison. The Athletics...

Uganda suspends mass gatherings in district hit by Ebola

Uganda officials have suspended mass gatherings in the Kasese district where cases of the deadly Ebola virus have been recorded. So far two people have...

South Sudan jails economist for speaking to the media

A prominent economists in South Sudan, Peter Biar Ajak has been jailed for granting a media interview. The former child refugee who returned to his...

Ethiopia shuts internet to prevent exam cheating

Ethiopia has shutdown internet services, an action that is meant to prevent cheating in ongoing national schools exams. Internet monitoring group Netblocks has confirmed the...

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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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