East Africa

Massive cases of corruption and voter intimidation have marred the ongoing parliamentary elections in Somalia, the auditor general has told the BBC. Bribes of between...

Authorities in Sudan on Wednesday arrested four opposition leaders including veteran politician Sadiq Youssef as part of a crackdown on protests, the country’s opposition...

Ugandan President, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, has said the United States (US) and European Union (EU) had no business invading Libya and Iraq. According to...

A TV station based outside Ethiopia broadcast footage of the fire.  Photo Credit: ESAT At least 38 inmates have been charged in an Ethiopian court with...

Women in Ethiopia live under constant fear of violence, illness, hunger and poverty but they are now also facing a new threat - human...

Women stand outside a UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) site in Yei, in southern South Sudan. The formerly peaceful town of Yei was once a...

Photo Credit: NATION MEDIA GROUP Gunmen on Tuesday stormed a highs school in Kenya and opened fired on candidates sitting a History paper. The Daily Nation...

Two Rwandans extradited from the Netherlands to their home country pleaded not guilty during a preliminary court hearing in Kigali on Monday to crimes...

Japanese peacekeepers arrive at the Juba airport to participate in the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) in South Sudan's capital Juba, November...

Ethiopian Airlines are set to increase the frequency of their flights to Cape Town in South Africa. The Addis Ababa – Cape Town route...