By AGGREY MUTAMBO President Uhuru Kenyatta on Wednesday called for urgent activation of an East African standby force to help quell the violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. A statement issued by State House in Nairobi said President Kenyatta was concerned with renewed violence in North Kivu and wants the area declared a…
Tunisia’s main labour union holds a vast public sector strike Thursday to demand salary hikes and concessions on looming reforms, upping pressure on a president already facing a string of crises. Up to three million workers could observe the strike, shuttering 159 state agencies and public companies, causing cancellations at airports and bringing public transport, the…
Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud appointed lawmaker Hamza Abdi Barre as the country’s prime minister on Wednesday, with the new premier facing a host of challenges including a looming famine and an Islamist insurgency. “The president wishes the new PM utmost success as he leads the government’s ambitious reform agenda and calls on Somali people…
Tunisia is seeking to expand wheat cultivation to 800,000 hectares, part of a campaign to achieve strategic food security and to cut reliance on imports. The government also plans to increase the provision of inputs to farmers. The measures planned by the government are a response to the challenges caused by the war between Russia…
Officials say, traffickers visit Karamoja region to buy children from poor parents and then force them into begging on streets. KAMPALA, Uganda Despite possessing rich gold and uranium reserves beneath the soil, the Karamoja region in the northeast of Uganda reels under extreme poverty, with many of its residents reportedly selling their children to the…
Thousands of teenage girls who were expelled after getting pregnant now have option to study in public secondary schools. SHINYANGA, Tanzania Teen mothers in Tanzania who were expelled from school after becoming pregnant have praised a new policy that gives them the opportunity to go back to school to fulfill their dream of completing their…
Namibia’s records show an increase in rhino poaching cases in June after the discovery of 11 carcasses in less than two weeks. Eleven black rhinos had been killed recently in Namibia’s largest park and their horns had been removed. Namibia has recorded 22 cases of rhino poaching since the beginning of the year, compared with…
Kenya’s government has expressed its regret over the presence of the flag of Somaliland at a diplomatic function after being accused of violating its sovereignty. Somalia’s ambassador to Kenya walked out of the event in Nairobi on Tuesday in protest at the presence of the Somaliland envoy. This comes days after Uhuru Kenyatta attended the…
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A new study has found that Facebook has failed to catch Islamic State group and al-Shabab extremist content in posts aimed at East Africa as the region remains under threat from violent attacks and Kenya prepares to vote in a closely contested national election. An Associated Press series last year, drawing on leaked…
JOHANNESBURG, June 15 (Reuters) – European countries, scrambling to secure alternatives to Russian coal, imported 40% more coal from South Africa’s main export hub in the first five months of this year than over the whole of 2021, figures obtained by Reuters showed on Wednesday. South Africa’s Richards Bay Coal Terminal (RBCT) delivered 3,240,752 tonnes of coal to…