East Africa

Somalis are expressing anger over the abduction and rape of two girls aged just three and four. Local media reported that the girls were abducted...

Rwanda's government has ordered the arrest of some five soldiers accused of raping women and brutalizing civilians during the coronavirus lockdown.Residents of a slum...

Ethiopia says it is developing a cure for the deadly coronavirus as they world awaits a vaccine from scientists.The country's Ministries of Health (MoH)...

Somalia's former prime minister, Nour Hassan Hussein Nour Adde, has died of coronavirus in Britain, his family has said.His son, Mohamed Nour Adde confirmed...

Kenya’s Covid-19 survivors have been speaking out about the virus and how they recovered.Their identities were made public for the first time after they...

The Paris Club of creditor nations agreed on Tuesday to restructure Somalia’s debt, including immediately canceling $1.4 billion owed by the impoverished Horn of...

Ethiopia's highly anticipated general elections in August this year have been postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic. The country's electoral board said it will announce...

Rwanda's President Paul Kagame has ordered for Rwandans badly hit by the current total lockdown to be supported with food and other basic needs.He...

Police in Tanzania have arrested a couple reported to be spreading false information about the coronavirus.According to police in Tanzania's commercial capital Dar es...

A 27-year-old South African woman who traveled to Kenya and was placed in a 14-day mandatory quarantine has been found dead in her room. Officials...