East Africa

A few days ago, I landed at Kigali International Airport past midnight around at 1:00 am, to be exact, shortly after the announcement of the flight attendant; “ladies and gentlemen,…
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very morning for three years, a prison guard would wake him by calling someone else’s name. At every court hearing, a judge would order him to stand and sit back down, using a name that…
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At least 60 people have been killed and 70 injured after a fuel tanker exploded in Tanzania after a collision. The tanker burst into flames as crowds gathered to siphon petrol from…
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The owner of a Kansas City day care center was sentenced to federal prison for fraudulently receiving more than $556,000 in benefits. Forty-one-year-old Sharif Karie, of Olathe,…
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MOGADISHU, Somalia - The Somali government says the recent explosion that fatally injured the mayor of Mogadishu was carried out by a female suicide bomber with special needs who was…
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BAARDHEERE, Somalia – Somali security forces foiled on Thursday an attack by a would-be suicide female bomber in the eastern province of Gedo, a provincial security source said,…
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The European Commission is mobilizing €50 million ($56 million) in emergency humanitarian funding to support drought-hit communities in the Horn of Africa. On Wednesday, the EU’s…
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MOGADISHU -- Somalia and U.S. army have resolved to put pressure on al-Shabab fighters to liberate the Somali people in remaining militants' held areas. Stephen Townsend, commander…
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HARGEISA – The northern breakaway region of Somaliland electoral commission has on Thursday announced it has postponed the much-anticipated parliamentary and municipal elections, Our…
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Solar energy penetration across Africa continent is rapidly gaining momentum. In East Africa, the government’s favorable policy environment has helped to make investment viable as…
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