East Africa

Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists Union (KMPDU) Secretary-General Ouma Oluga making a case in court. Photo Credit: Sarah Kimani Leaders of doctors in Kenya are...

Kenyan opposition leader of the Coalition for Reforms and Democracy (CORD), Raila Odinga, and KANU Secretary General Nick Salat. Photo Credit: Reuters Kenyan opposition political...

Somali Islamist group al Shabaab shot two men and a teenager in southern Somalia on Tuesday, saying one of the men and the 15-year-old...

Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has appointed his son as his senior adviser, officials said on Tuesday, a move analysts said was part of a...

Ethiopia needs to "consolidate gains" after the deadly unrest last year before it can lift a state of emergency that was imposed in October,...

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta approved a law on Monday requiring back up plans for an August election if electronic voting systems fail, despite fierce...

Medics march during a nationwide strike by doctors and nurses, in Nairobi, capital of Kenya. Photo Credit: Allan Mutiso/Xinhau. The arrest of leaders of agitating...

Ethiopia's Yegna sing about female empowerment in a country where violence against women is common. Photo Credit: GIRL EFFECTThe government has axed plans to fund...

A group of Ugandan lawmakers have sent a petition to the International Criminal Court (ICC) to ask for an investigation into possible atrocities by...

A car bomb wounded at least four U.N. guards when it exploded near a United Nations compound in Somalia's capital Mogadishu on Wednesday, police...