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Somalia mourns hundreds killed in Mogadishu blast

Somalia is mourning the death of hundreds of people in Saturday’s deadly bomb blast in the country’s capital, Mogadishu.

Three shot dead in Kenya election protest

Three people have been shot dead by security officials in Kenya after opposition supporters defied a directive not to hold street protests.

Kenya: Police clash with opposition protesters

Police in Kenya on Friday clashed opposition party supporters who have defied a government ban on political protests.

Kenya bans protests amid political tension

Kenya’s government on Thursday announced a ban on political protests against the country’s Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) mostly staged by the opposition political party supporters.

Kenyan parliament approves changes to election laws

Kenya’s parliament on Wednesday passed a new bill to amend the country's election laws ahead of the re-run presidential polls on October 26.

Kenya’s Aukot allowed to take part in Oct. 26 repeat poll

A Kenyan high court has ordered the country’s Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission to include the Presidential candidate of a smaller political party in the October 26 repeat presidential poll.

Kenyatta ‘happy’ with Odinga’s withdrawal from repeat election

The Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has said that he has no problem with the decision of the country’s opposition leader, Raila Odinga to withdraw from the repeat presidential election.

Kenya’s Odinga quits presidential election re-run

Kenya's opposition leader, Raila Odinga on Tuesday announced his decision to withdraw from the October 26 presidential re-run election.

Kenyan university convoy attacked by gunmen, 2 killed

Gunmen on Tuesday attacked a convoy of University workers in Kenya killing two persons in what local media described as an ambush.

Museveni advises Ugandans to pray less and work more

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has urged the people to spend more time working, not praying. The president said the people's fundamental mission on earth was to work and invent ideas and solutions that would help them have dominion over all creatures.

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