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Kenya’s Miguna Miguna deported again

Kenyan officials have once again deported an opposition politician Dr Miguna Miguna after refusing him entry into Kenya this week while spending days in detention at the Jomo Kenyatta airport in Nairobi.

Uganda: 23 radio stations ‘promoting witchcraft’ shutdown

Twenty-three radio stations in Uganda have been closed down for allegedly promoting “witchcraft” activities.

Ethiopia gets new prime minister

Ethiopia has a new prime minister in the person of  Abiye Ahmed weeks after Hailemariam Desalegn resigned in a surprising manner.

Kenyan officials defend refusing key politician entry into Kenya

The Kenyan Immigration Service on Tuesday defended its decision to refuse key opposition politician, Miguna Miguna entry into the country after traveling from the United Kingdom on Monday.

[Photos] – Kenyatta and Odinga watch golf together

Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta on Sunday was seen together with his main political opponent Raila Odinga, at a golf tournament.

Politicians and journalists re-arrested in Ethiopia

Key politicians and journalists have been re-arrested by security forces in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa after they were released from jail recently.

Tanzania: Two arrested over planned protest against Magufuli

Police in Tanzania have arrested two men for asking Tanzanians to stage a protest against the country’s President John Magufuli.

Kenya: Another awful surgery with patient’s intestine cut wrongly

A patient who went in for surgery in Kenya’s Kenyatta National Hospital has told a horrific story of how her intestines were wrongly cut during delivery.

Kenya’s Jubilee party defends hiring controversial data firm

Kenya’s ruling Jubilee party has defended its hiring of a private British behavioural research and strategic communication company, SCL.

World’s last male northern white rhino dies in Kenya

The world's last surviving male northern white rhino has died after months of poor health, his carers said.

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