East Africa

Tanzania is to impose a total ban on the importation of fish from China and Vietnam,  its Livestock and Fisheries Minister has confirmed.Luhaga Mpina...

The African Union has unveiled a statue of Haile Selassie outside it's headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Selassie is Ethiopia's last emperor who played an instrumental...

Three people have been reported dead after a helicopter crashed inside the U.N. peacekeeping compound in South Sudan.The MI-8 helicopter was reportedly carrying Ethiopian...

Tanzania ranks high globally when it comes to HIV/AIDS infection rates in the world. The country’s 2016 figures showed that some 5 percent of...

There is public outrage in Uganda after the launch of a beauty contest for curvy women.The pageant was launched in the capital Kampala on...

Police officials in Somalia have confirmed that an explosion occurred in Somalia's capital Mogadishu on Monday.So far officials say at least seven people have...

Kenya says it will lift the ban on poultry imports from neighboring Uganda. It follows reports that the outbreak of bird flu in Uganda...

In November 2018 a man pronounced dead in Ethiopia shocked mourners when he turned out to be alive inside a coffin.Relations of the man...

Uganda’s Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga has been sued by a traditional healer.The traditional healer, Damiano Akuze alleges that Kadaga breached an agreement she...

The United Nation's migration agency on Thursday said 52 people have so far been confirmed dead in the Djibouti boat disaster.Two boats carrying over...