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Ethiopian court remands top journalist held since 2015, 20 Muslims jailed

A federal High Court in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa handed down sentences to 20 Muslims leading to protests by their families at the...

Three dead after suicide bombers attack peacekeepers’ Somali HQ

Ugandan soldiers serving in the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) walk at the scene of an explosion after a suicide attack at a...

Drone-based blood deliveries in Tanzania to be funded by UK

The Zip drones are launched from a catapult. Photo Credit: DFID The UK government is to fund a trial of drone-based deliveries of blood and...

How Kenya became the cradle of Africa’s technological innovation

Entrepreneurs work on their projects at Nailab, a Kenyan firm that supports technology startups. Photo Credit: Reuters A digital revolution is taking place in Kenya...

283 Somali MPs sworn in

283 Members of Parliament have taken their oaths of office on Tuesday to represent the people of Somalia in the country’s tenth parliament. 41 MPs...

Uganda: 30 drown after boat carrying football team capsizes on Lake Albert

Police said the yellow boat was overcrowded when it capsized. Photo Credit: AFP At least 30 people have drowned after a boat carrying a football...

Al Shabaab militants shoot prosecutor dead in Somalia’s Puntland

Al Shabaab Islamist militants shot dead a military prosecutor in Somalia's semi-autonomous Puntland region on Sunday, witnesses and officials said, the type of targeted...

Kenya’s Cord MPs storm out over ‘fight’

Cord MPs went straight to court after leaving parliament. Photo Credit: The Star. Opposition MPs in Kenya have stormed out of parliament in the capital,...

Kenya seizes nearly two tonnes of ivory from shipment bound for Cambodia

Kenyan officials seized nearly two tonnes of smuggled ivory after recalling a shipment en route to Cambodia following intelligence that it contained illegal cargo,...

Uganda, Egypt Strike Deal On River Nile

Sisi (left) and Museveni (right) held talks in Entebbe, Uganda. Photo Credit: The Independent President Museveni and his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sisi have agreed...

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