Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe has delivered the wrong speech at the opening of a new session of parliament, repeating an…
Browsing: East African News
East African News and Press Releases
The head of Burundi’s armed forces has survived an assassination attempt in the capital Bujumbura, police said, adding that at…
Rwanda’s Supreme Court has said it will hear a case on whether the country’s President Paul Kagame should be allowed…
“[Sport] is a powerful tool for progress and for development,” according to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. In post-genocide Rwanda, Felicite…
Across the world, almost 1.2bn people live in areas where water is physically scarce and this has an enormous impact…
The al-Shabab group has taken control of two towns in two days in southwestern Somalia, an official and the group…
Al-Shabab fighters in Somalia have killed “scores” of African Union troops in an attack south of capital, Mogadishu, a spokesman…
The Ethiopian highlands are often called “the roof of Africa”. It’s a rugged, breathtakingly beautiful landscape and a discovery in…
Johnny Magdaleno relays that Ethiopia’s Jews see small gains in tolerance. Source:: Al Jazeera
The Somali capital, Mogadishu, is hosting an international book festival, the first such event in the city in more than…