East Africa

Three Médecins Sans Frontières staff members were killed in an attack in Abiy Addi in the war-torn Tigray region of Ethiopia. MSF had lost contact with its team on Thursday afternoon when the three employees left on foot, among the victims a Spaniard and two Ethiopians. The Spanish branch of NGO Doctors Without Borders…

DP World invests $ 442 million in breakaway area in Somalia BERBERA, Somalia - DP World is investing no less than $ 442 million in Somaliland, a breakaway area in northern Somalia, with the intention of increasing the port of Berbera, which was lately launched and attended by many stakeholders from a number of components of the nation. Somalia and overseas. The corporate, which additionally…

This can be a main change within the Ugandan military. With this appointment, Normal Muhoozi Kainerugaba confirms that lately he has occupied an more and more necessary place in the safety equipment. as reported from Kampala, Lucie MouillaudOn the age of 47, Normal Muhoozi Kainerugaba is now quantity 3 within the UPDF (Uganda's…

Rwandan President Paul Kagame will receive this Friday 25 June 2021 in Gisenyi, on Rwanda's side of the border, Félix Tshisekedi. On Saturday, the two men are expected to be in Goma for a press conference. The two heads of state had not seen each other from Paris and Paul Kagame's words humiliated the survey report and the siege. But according to the Congolese presidency, this side has been reversed.…

On 22 June 2021, Gabon became the first African country to be paid for by international funds to help it continue its efforts to protect the forests on its territory. The Central African Forest Initiative (CAFI), an organization launched in 2015 by the UN, awarded Gabon $ 17 million. "Today the economy" portrays Lee White. This 50-year-old, of British descent, has lived in Gabon for 32 years and has stopped taking his nationality. He has therefore been Gabon's Minister for Water and Forests, the Sea and the Environment…

Nicholas Dlaminis turns into the primary black South African to participate within the Tour de France. Since 2015, Massive Loop has welcomed a number of runners from the African continent with roughly regularity. Two different South Africans, Louis Meintjes and StefandeBod, may even signify Africa for this 108th version. On…

In Uganda, the financial penalties of the brand new partial containment that started this weekend are already being felt by a few of the inhabitants. Since Saturday 19 June and for a interval of 42 days, all transport, public or non-public, is forbidden, locations of worship are closed and the curfew modified to 19:00 as an alternative of 21:00 Amongst essentially the most affected is bike taxi or "boda…

US seizes 33 Iranian websites used for disinformation WASHINGTON - In a campaign to spread disinformation and misinform the public, the United States has seized at least 33 websites used by Tehran to discredit truth-seeking efforts around the world. The two countries have been embroiled in online and offline wars, which have often escalated into unpleasant exchanges, including the murder last…

NAIROBI, Kenya - The Popular Front for the Liberation of Tigray fighters otherwise known as the Tigray Defense Forces shot down an Ethiopian military plane on Wednesday, a senior official confirmed, which could spark further tensions in Ethiopia's troubled Tigray region. Over the past eight months, the Ethiopian National Defense Forces with Eritrean assistance, troops conducted operations in the Tigray region in pursuit of TPLF fighters. The conflict was sparked by the TPLF's decision to attack the Northern Command.…

Prime Minister Roble pledges to find Somali soldiers 'missing' in Eritrea MOGADISHU, Somalia - After street protests in parts of the country, Somali Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble has pledged to help locate thousands of soldiers who are believed to be training in Eritrea, though their families are being held in the country. darkness. In recent months, families of young families have called…