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Somali president to visit Kenya

Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmajo will make his first state visit to Kenya on Thursday, official said.

Uganda’s Museveni gives order after the murder of a top cop

Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has ordered the immediate installation of cameras in all major towns and along the highways. President Museveni issued the order as...

Ugandan police chief killed by gunmen

A senior police officer in Uganda has been killed by unknown assailants while leaving his home in Kampala for work on Friday.

31 Somalis killed in raid off Yemen coast

Thirty-one Somali refugees were killed off the coast of Yemen late on Thursday when a helicopter attacked the boat they were travelling in, a local coast guard in the Houthi-controlled Hodeidah area said.

Ship hijack by Pirates in Somalia released without ransom

Somali pirates who hijacked an oil tanker have released it without condition, according to officials.

Aid convoy in South Sudan attacked, two killed

Gunmen in famine-hit South Sudan killed two people and wounded three when they attacked a humanitarian convoy in the center of the country, the...

One in three children malnourished in Kenya

Three years of poor rains have triggered a national disaster in Kenya, with 2.6 million people hungry, critical rates of child malnutrition and devastating livestock deaths, the United Nations said as it appealed for $166 million in aid.

Ethiopia dump site death toll reaches 113

Officials in Ethiopia have put the number of deaths from last Saturday’s landslide at a dumping site in Addis Ababa at 113.

Ethiopia relaxes state of emergency rules

The Ethiopian government has lifted some restrictions imposed during a state of emergency declared last year following deadly protests, state-run media quoted the defence minister as saying on Wednesday.

South Sudan gunmen kill 28 in Ethiopia

South Sudanese gunmen killed 28 people and kidnapped 43 children in Ethiopia's Gambella province, an Ethiopian official says.

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

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

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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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