Sudan’s groups urge African mediators to stop negotiation tactic deadlines
September 17, 2016 (KHARTOUM) – Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) leader Gibril Ibrahim Friday disclosed they requested the African Union mediation to dedicate more time...
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Al Shabaab militants capture key Somali town
Al Shabaab militants have captured a key Somali town near with the border with Kenya, according to witnesses. Residents in El Wak told VOA’s Somali...
MWANGI: When warlords reign, the future is bleak
That East Africa is full of local lords has never been in dispute: Warlords and ethnic kingpins compete with drug lords and tax evaders for...
UN says more than a million refugees have fled S. Sudan
More than a million refugees have fled South Sudan’s civil war, overwhelming aid agencies. The United Nations said Friday that South Sudan joins Syria, Afghanistan...
South Sudanese refugees across region pass one mln mark: UNHCR
The number of South Sudanese refugees sheltering in neighbouring countries passed the one million mark this week amid renewed fighting in their homeland, the UN...
Protest targets rail line over Kenya’s oldest wildlife park
NAIROBI, Kenya — Angry protesters marched in Kenya’s capital on Friday against plans to build an elevated railway line over the country’s oldest national park,...
Critics Skeptical that Prisoner Release Signals Change in Ethiopia
The Ethiopian government pardoned more than 700 prisoners in celebration of New Year’s Day on the Ethiopian calendar and the Muslim holiday Eid. Among those...
EXCLUSIVE: Kenya used IGAD’s Mogadishu summit as leverage to lift Somali khat ban
By Jeff Mwaura,jeff@alleastafrica.com NAIROBI – One day before Somalia hosted its first regional summit of African heads of state in 30 years this week, Kenyan...
Three women who attacked police station killed in Kenya
NAIROBI, Kenya – Three women have been killed after they attacked a police station in the Kenyan coastal city of Mombasa, a police official said...
No joy in Ethiopia region even as New Year fete approaches
ADDIS ABABA –As Ethiopians prepare to celebrate their New Year and the Muslim feast of Sacrifice, shops in the town of Burayu are shuttered and...
