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South Sudan peace deal has been disregarded

The implementation schedule of the South Sudan August 2015 Peace Agreement will have to be revised to achieve its objectives. Festus Mogae, former president of...

Leaders of doctors’ union in Kenya jailed for failing to call off strike

The leaders of Kenya’s doctors union have been imprisoned for one month on the orders of a labour court for contempt. The Daily Nation reported...

Kenyan drug cartel accused of ivory smuggling

A drug ring consisting of four suspects being held in New York after their extradition from Kenya has also been accused of ivory trade...

Gambling in Kenya gets out of hand

No industry has captured the imagination of the Kenyan economy in the past three years like betting. Concerned about its runaway growth, the government...

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...

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