In the nearly 20 years since the Human Genome Project was completed, experts in genetic variants increasingly have raised concerns about the overemphasis on...
Ethiopian officials say at least 78 people were killed during protests last week over the treatment of a prominent activist.
The prime minister’s spokeswoman Billene...
Police in Uganda on Wednesday fired tear gas to disperse protesting Makerere University students who had assembled at the Freedom Square.
Some of the student...
Militants from Somali-based group Al-Shaabab have attacked a Kenyan police station in Wajir, some 683 kilometres from the capital Nairobi.
Local media reported that the...
Uganda's opposition politician Bobi Wine has ridiculed President Yoweri Museveni's move to win the support of young people.
President Museveni over the weekend visited the...
Juliana Rotich became known in professional circles in 2007 as the co-founder of the open source platform Ushahidi (a Swahili word meaning "testimony").
It began...
Kenya's leading telco, Safaricom has rolled out new data and voice packages that do not have expiry dates.
The company on Wednesday made public this...
Kenya's government has ordered civil servants to wear made-in-Kenya outfits to work on Fridays and during public holidays.
In a circular from the office of...
Eritrea's foreign ministry has summoned Germany's ambassador to the country accusing Germany's international broadcaster of "unbridled smear campaigns".
The country's Information Minister Yemane Gebremeskel said...
