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Kenyan athlete banned after testing positive for rat poison

Kenyan marathon runner Felix Kirwa has been suspended for nine months after testing positive for strychnine, a substance sometimes used as rat poison. The Athletics...

Uganda suspends mass gatherings in district hit by Ebola

Uganda officials have suspended mass gatherings in the Kasese district where cases of the deadly Ebola virus have been recorded. So far two people have...

South Sudan jails economist for speaking to the media

A prominent economists in South Sudan, Peter Biar Ajak has been jailed for granting a media interview. The former child refugee who returned to his...

Ethiopia shuts internet to prevent exam cheating

Ethiopia has shutdown internet services, an action that is meant to prevent cheating in ongoing national schools exams. Internet monitoring group Netblocks has confirmed the...

Kenya: Ban on Uganda’s poultry products lifted

Kenya has lifted the ban it placed on poultry imports from neighboring Uganda. The ban was imposed two years ago following reports of the outbreak...

Second oldest stone tools discovered in Ethiopia

A team of scientists has discovered one of the oldest stone tools in Ethiopia. The stone tools are believed to have been produced more than...

Uganda: Dozens killed in deadly landslide

A powerful landslide on Wednesday has killed at least six people in Uganda with dozens reported injured. The landslide occurred in the Eastern Ugandan district...

Kenya: President Kenyatta vows to end FGM by 2022

Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta has vowed to end the practice of Female Genital Mutilation in his country before his tenure expires in 2022. According to...

Kenyan MP goes to court over new bank notes

A Kenyan member of parliament Simon Mbugua has gone to court seeking to stop the issuance of new bank notes. The new currency notes were...

Tanzania joins list of African nations to ban plastics

Tanzania has become the 34th African nation to impose a ban on plastic bag. The ban takes effect from June 1, 2019. The east African...

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