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Kenya’s controversial proposed age of consent from 16 to 18 dropped

National Assembly Majority Leader Aden Duale wrote to Speaker Justin Muturi withdrawing a proposed amendment to Statute Law. Photo Credit: Nation Media Group   Kenyan’s government...

Kenyan court stops the closure of the Dadaab refugee camp

Refugees stand outside their tent at the Ifo Extension refugee camp in Dadaab, near the Kenya-Somalia border in Garissa County, Kenya. Photo Credit: Reuters/File...

Former Somali prime minister Farmajo wins presidential vote

Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, a U.S.-educated former prime minister, was sworn in as Somalia's new president on Wednesday after lawmakers gave him an unassailable lead...

Somalia’s al Shabaab kills four in attack on hotel in Puntland region

Somalia's al Shabaab militants stormed a hotel in the capital of the semi-autonomous Puntland region, Bosasso, on Wednesday, killing four guards, while two of...

Tanzanian president talks tough on narcotics

Tanzanian president John Pombe Magufuli has told the security forces to arrest and prosecute anyone caught in the drug trade and that no one...

Relief for Kenyan journalists as court throws out criminal libel law

A Kenyan court on Monday declared unconstitutional a section of the Penal Code that criminalised some aspects of libel and defamation, terming it an...

South Sudan’s Kiir to order the shooting of soldiers who rape women

South Sudan’s President, Salva Kiir on Monday stated that soldiers who rape women must be shot. During a visit to the town of Yei he...

Somalia presidential hopefuls in first-ever TV debate

Presidential candidates in Somalia rounded off campaigning with an unprecedented televised debate on Monday, dominated by issues of corruption, security and U.S. President Donald...

Somalia’s al Shabaab executes four men for spying

Al Shabaab militants in Somalia publicly beheaded four men accused of spying for the country's Western-backed government, the United States and neighboring Kenya, residents...

Uganda rules out military intervention in South Sudan

Ugandan Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Okello Oryem. Photo Credit: Reuters   Imposing an external "trusteeship" government on South Sudan to try to end a...

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