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Football fans killed in South Sudan shooting

At least 11 people are dead and 16 others have been injured after an attack on football fans in South Sudan, local media report. A...

Riek Machar spokesperson deported from Kenya

The spokesperson for Riek Machar, the former vice-president of South Sudan has been deported by the Kenyan government. James Gatdet Dak was deported to South...

Court in Uganda orders the closure of private schools

A high court in Uganda has ordered the shutting down of several primary schools run by the US social enterprise, Bridge International Academies. The schools...

Russia says U.N. South Sudan mission ‘in ruins’ after firing

Russia on Thursday criticized U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon's decision to fire a Kenyan peacekeeping commander in South Sudan as premature, saying the mission there...

Burundi to withdraw troops in Somalia over unpaid allowances for 10 months

The government of Burundi has announced it will withdraw its troops from the African Union (AU) force fighting militants in Somalia over unpaid allowances...

South Sudan detains 17 suspects over Juba hotel attack

South Sudan said on Wednesday it had detained at least 17 people, most of them soldiers, suspected of committing rape and other crimes in...

Ethiopia says 2000 protest detainees released after counseling

The Ethiopian government says it has released about 2000 detained anti-government protesters suspected of engaging in the recent violence in some parts of the...

Al Shabaab takes Somali town as Ethiopian, govt troops pull out

Insurgent group al Shabaab has confirmed taking full control on Wednesday of Tiyeeglow, a town in southern Somalia after African Union in Somalia (AMISOM)...

Mr. Albinism Kenya: ‘Finally we achieved something

Kenya has just crowned its first ever Mr. and Miss Albinism. In a region where people living with albinism live in fear of ritual...

Twelve dead in ‘al-Shabab attack’ on Kenyan town Mandera

At least 12 people have been killed in an attack in Kenya believed to have been carried out by Islamist militants from Somalia. Police in...

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