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South Sudan remains one of most dangerous places for aid workers: UN

NewsDeskAug 19, 2024Aug 19, 2024

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South Sudan remains one of the most dangerous places for aid workers, with 24 attacks on humanitarian workers recorded so far this year, the UN said on Monday. “On World Humanitarian...

Key issues on Ethiopia’s road to debt restructuring

NewsDeskAug 19, 2024

by NewsDeskAug 19, 20240245

Ethiopia is ramping up efforts to restructure its $1 billion international bond as part of a broader debt rework. Investors have balked at indications that...

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Kenya government plans to reinstate some taxes to raise $1.2 bn

NewsDeskAug 19, 2024

by NewsDeskAug 19, 20240226

Nairobi — The Kenyan government plans to raise about $1.2 billion by reinstating some unpopular taxes contained in a finance bill that was scrapped in the...

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Uhuru hasn’t instructed us to join Kenya Kwanza – Kioni

NewsDeskAug 18, 2024

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Jubilee Secretary General Jeremiah Kioni now says Retired President Uhuru Kenyatta has not instructed his followers to join Kenya Kwanza. The former Ndarangwa MP said...

South Sudan says compulsory cargo tagging to stay

NewsDeskAug 18, 2024

by NewsDeskAug 18, 20240220

South Sudan says exporters of cargo into, or out of its territory must tag it with special seals it will provide, overriding a court challenge...

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Kenya airport workers’ union delays strike by two weeks

NewsDeskAug 18, 2024

by NewsDeskAug 18, 20240314

A planned strike by aviation staff at Kenya‘s international airport has been delayed by two weeks to “give dialogue a chance,” a spokesman has said. About 10,000 members...

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Kenya Steps Up Surveillance as Mpox Declared Global Health Emergency

NewsDeskAug 17, 2024

by NewsDeskAug 17, 20240251

NAIROBI – Kenya’s Ministry of Health on Friday ramped up nationwide surveillance to detect suspected cases of mpox after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared...

Ethiopia Insists on Right to Counter Al-Shabaab, Amid Somali Peacekeeping Mission Uncertainty

NewsDeskAug 17, 2024

by NewsDeskAug 17, 20240282

ADDIS ABABA — As Somalia edges closer to hosting its third African Union-led peacekeeping mission since 2007, Ethiopian officials maintain that they will continue to...

Puntland Executes 10 Al Shabaab Fighters After Military Trial

NewsDeskAug 17, 2024

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NAIROBI — In a decisive move against the Al Qaeda-linked militant group Al Shabaab, the semi-autonomous region of Puntland executed 10 members of the group...

Tanzanian President Sacks ministers in Mini Reshuffle

NewsDeskAug 16, 2024

by NewsDeskAug 16, 20240252

Dar Es Salaam — In a significant Cabinet reshuffle on Wednesday, Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan removed longtime Health Minister Ummy Mwalimu, marking a strategic...