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East Africa
July 28, 2020
US military says airstrike killed civilian in Somalia
The U.S. military on Tuesday acknowledged killing a civilian and wounding three others with an airstrike in Somalia earlier ...
July 27, 2020
Tanzania opposition leader returns, 3 years after being shot
Tanzanian opposition politician and presidential hopeful Tundu Lissu returned to the country on Monday, three years after ...
July 25, 2020
Pregnant women at risk of death in Kenya's COVID-19 curfew
Veronica Atieno remembers feeling her way through the dark alleys between the shacks that make up Nairobi’s slums, picking ...
July 24, 2020
South Sudan activist flees to US, says Kiir wanted him dead
A prominent South Sudanese activist has fled to the United States with the help of the U.S. government, which issued ...
July 22, 2020
Ethiopia's leader hails 1st filling of massive, disputed dam
Ethiopia’s prime minister on Wednesday hailed the first filling of a massive dam that has led to tensions with Egypt, saying ...
July 21, 2020
Ethiopia, Egypt reach 'major common understanding' on dam
Ethiopia’s prime minister said Tuesday his country, Egypt and Sudan have reached a “major common understanding which paves ...
July 18, 2020
Tanzanian opposition leader urges united front ahead of vote
One opposition leader was shot 16 times and fled the country. Another had his leg broken by unknown assailants and his ...
July 15, 2020
Ethiopia denies reports government has started filling dam
Ethiopia’s water minister denied reports Wednesday that the government had begun filling a massive hydroelectric dam that has ...
July 14, 2020
Satellite images show Ethiopia dam reservoir swelling
New satellite imagery shows the reservoir behind Ethiopia’s disputed hydroelectric dam beginning to fill, but an analyst says ...
July 14, 2020
Ethiopia enters 3rd week of internet shutdown after unrest
Ethiopia is entering its third week without internet service for almost everyone after days of deadly unrest, as the ...
July 14, 2020
UN commission warns new Burundi leader needs watching
A United Nations commission of inquiry warns that it will take more than a new president to reverse the trend of repression ...
July 13, 2020
Somalia's army chief survives bombing of his convoy; 1 dead
Somalia’s army chief has survived an assassination attempt when a suicide car bomber targeted his convoy in the Somali ...
July 11, 2020
Virus cases up sharply in Africa, India as inequality stings
South Africa’s confirmed coronavirus cases have doubled in just two weeks to a quarter-million, and India on Saturday saw its ...
July 11, 2020
Tanzania's ruling party nominates president to run again
Tanzania’s ruling party on Saturday nominated President John Magufuli to run for a second five-year term, while opposition ...
July 09, 2020
Ethiopia's week of unrest sees 239 dead, 3,500 arrested
At least 239 people have been killed and 3,500 arrested in more than a week of unrest in Ethiopia that poses the biggest ...
July 07, 2020
Tear gas, arrests as Kenyans protest police brutality
Kenyan police on Tuesday fired tear gas and detained protesters demanding an end to police brutality. About 100 people took ...
July 06, 2020
Burundi starts taking COVID-19 seriously, begins screening
Burundi launched a campaign of mass screening for COVID-19 on Monday, indicating that the new president is changing policies ...
July 06, 2020
Kenyans protest cop who allegedly killed man over sanitizer
Residents of a small town in western Kenya set fire to a police station and damaged several vehicles after a police officer ...
July 06, 2020
Bucking China pressure, Taiwan, Somaliland establish ties
Taiwan has scored a rare diplomatic victory in establishing relations with the independent region of Somaliland.
July 05, 2020
Crunch, crunch: Africa's locust outbreak is far from over
The crunch of young locusts comes with nearly every step. The worst outbreak of the voracious insects in Kenya in 70 years ...
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