East Africa

A South Sudanese refugee was killed and 12 others seriously injured in northern Uganda during clashes between refugees and members of the local community, local authorities said on…
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With the World Bank forecasting economic growth in sub Saharan Africa at 3.6% for 2019-20, some of the world's fastest-growing economies are in Africa. Rapid urbanisation, business…
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Qatar Airways will take a 60 per cent stake in a new $1.3 billion airport to be built in Rwanda and which is set to rival Kenya’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) as the main…
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The Republic of Djibouti is a small nation located in the Horn of Africa. It has an area of just 23,200 square kilometres, roughly the size of the state of Manipur in India. Based on…
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MOGADISHU, Somalia - Al-Qaida related Al-Shabaab on Tuesday evening waged yet another deadly attack focusing on diners in Somalia capital Mogadishu, journalist reports.
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NAIROBI, Kenya - Authorities in Kenya's Kamiti Maximum Prison on Monday night were forced to rush embattled Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko to hospital.
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OSLO, Norway - At 43, Abiy Ahmed, Ethiopian PM on Tuesday walked to the podium in Oslo as the youngest African leader to ever receive Nobel Peace Prize, one of the greatest achievements…
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KIGALI, Rwanda - Qatar Airways has agreed to take a 60% stake in a new $1.3 billion international airport in Rwanda, the state-run Rwanda Development Board said on Twitter on Monday.
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ADDIS ABABA - For almost a decade now, Ethiopia has been directly involved in the peacekeeping process in Somalia, a country that has struggled with the ghosts of civil war and…
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KAMPALA, Uganda - A new battle group from Ugandan People's Defence Forces (UPDF) is set to join the peacekeeping mission in Somalia and will stay in the Horn of Africa during 2020/21…
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