Gebrselassie elected president of Ethiopian track federation
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Distance running great Haile Gebrselassie was elected president of the Ethiopian Athletics Federation on Saturday after saying the sport in his...
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Nyeri youth protest Gachagua choice to lead Jubilee campaigns in Central
Rowdy youth protesting the appointment of Governor Nderitu Gachagua in President Uhuru Kenyatta’s campaign team in Central Kenya caused a stir on Saturday at a...
How did Kenya get to current low level?
Corruption has been capturing newspaper headlines for a long while now. The amount of money that corruption couriers would put in bags and take from...
Uganda is shutting down 63 schools backed by Zuckerberg and Gates
Uganda’s High Court has ordered the closure of more than 60 primary schools run by a U.S. education company backed by Microsoft chief executive Bill...
Uganda targeting $1bn from bird watchers
Uganda with 1,067 species of birds beats US and Europe combined. But when it comes to earning from bird watching, Uganda doesn’t come anywhere close...
What has Tanzania’s Magufuli done during his year in office?
On John Magufuli’s first day as Tanzania’s president, a year ago tomorrow, he created a storm on social media by making an unannounced visit to...
Investors shy away from Ethiopia in the wake of violent protests
ALAGA DORE, Ethiopia — The smell of rotting mango and passion fruit still hung in the air over the blackened shell of a juice factory...
Fears of prosecution as Kenya deports South Sudan rebel spokesman
UN says sending the registered refugee back to home country where he faces risk of abuse breaches international law Kenya has deported a South Sudanese...
$1.5M in cash seized at Mogadishu airport
Somalia has tightened security at the Mogadishu International Airport after the Al-Qaeda linked Al Shabab group bombed a Somali airliner Daallo which made an emergency...
Ethiopia unrest worries foreign investors
The violence prompted the declaration of a state of emergency last month. But one foreign company managed to stave off an attack with the help...
