East Africa

Lecturers at Kenya's Public Universities on Wednesday staged street protest across the country demanding better salaries and improved working conditions.

Somalia's al-Shabaab Islamic extremists on Sunday launched an attack on a base for African Union troops in the country's south, killing four Ugandan peacekeepers, said Ugandan army spokesperson Brigadier Richard Karemire.

The new prime minister of Ethiopia Abiye Ahmed has been sworn in at a ceremony in the country's parliament on Monday.

Some Kenyan men are reported to be renting out their wives to tourists visiting the East African nation due to poverty.

Kenya's Interior Minister Fred Matiang'i and police chief Joseph Boinnet have been fined $2,000 (200,000 Kenyan shillings) by a High Court judge for contempt of court.

Kenyan officials have once again deported an opposition politician Dr Miguna Miguna after refusing him entry into Kenya this week while spending days in detention at the Jomo Kenyatta airport in Nairobi.

Twenty-three radio stations in Uganda have been closed down for allegedly promoting “witchcraft” activities.

Ethiopia has a new prime minister in the person of  Abiye Ahmed weeks after Hailemariam Desalegn resigned in a surprising manner.

The Kenyan Immigration Service on Tuesday defended its decision to refuse key opposition politician, Miguna Miguna entry into the country after traveling from the United Kingdom on Monday.

Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta on Sunday was seen together with his main political opponent Raila Odinga, at a golf tournament.