Uganda’s Kony critically ill, hiding in CAR– sources
KAMPALA – The Ugandan fugitive warlord Joseph Kony is critically ill and is suffering from stroke in a jungle hideout in the Central African Republic,...
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Number of refugees fleeing South Sudan tops one million: United Nations
A spokesman for President Kiir, Ateny Wek Ateny, told Al Jazeera that the allegations in the report were “completely rubbish” and threatened to take the...
Tanzania: Premier Bans Harvesting of Forest Products
Dar es Salaam — Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa yesterday imposed an indefinite ban on the harvesting of forest products in Rufiji District. Mr Majaliwa also...
South Sudan’s Riek Machar Calls for Armed Struggle
Former South Sudan First Vice President Riek Machar has called for an armed struggle against the government of President Salva Kiir — a move that...
Uganda: 4 Ugandans Still Missing in South Sudan
The whereabouts of four Ugandans is still unknown, three weeks after their bus was ambushed enroute to Uganda from South Sudan. One person later succumbed...
OPINION: “The blood flowing in Oromia is our blood too”: Why Oromo-Amhara solidarity is the greatest threat to the Ethiopian government
For decades, the ruling party has governed by pitting the Oromo and Amhara against one another. Now the two groups are joining forces against the...
Ethiopia: Overcoming Structural Fragility Via Agricultural Modernization, Commercialization
When we talk of structural transformation of an economy, the first and basic thing that we came across with is the transformation of the economic...
Popular Ethiopian soap actor Znah-Bzu Tsegaye flees Ethiopia
The prominent Ethiopian actor Znah-Bzu Tsegaye has sought asylum in the US after leaving the country about two months ago, he told Voice of America...
UK citizens warned against travel to Somalia
by Judy Maina, judy.maina@alleastafrica.com NAIROBI – British government warned its citizens against traveling to Somalia and the northern breakaway region of Somaliland because of a...
Eritrea’s strongman disappeared from public view for weeks – Sources
by Jeff Mwaura, jeff@alleastafrica.com NAIROBI – Eritrean president Isaias Afewerki has not appeared in public since September 2, amid reports that he traveled to Uganda...
