Kenya: Betting board bans gambling adverts, celebrity endorsements
Kenya’s betting control board has dealt a blow to the flourishing gambling business with a raft of new measures it says are meant to protect...
Category : SOCIAL AFFAIRS
Ethiopia bans alcohol advertisements in health push
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia’s health ministry announced Tuesday it was banning all advertising of alcoholic drinks, the latest in a series of moves to promote healthy...
Uganda: City grand plan: KCCA achieves only 12% four years later
Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) has only achieved 12 per cent of its five-year strategic plan for the city, a new report shows. The plan...
Kenya: The dark clouds hanging over solar energy
Solar energy has been one of the most widely adopted renewable power solutions across the country. For property owners who are either off-grid or have...
Kenyan girl finds ‘perfect’ love in down under
Phillip Eling was born in Australia 30 years ago with muscular dystrophy, a disease that causes progressive weakness and loss of muscle mass. So from...
How Ugandan workers in Middle East are cheated
As unemployment bites in the country, thousands of Ugandans have found their way to the Middle East, where they do odd jobs ranging from being...
UNHCR says One million children fled South Sudan Violence
By Jeff Mwaura – Jeff@Alleastafrica.com Juba , S. Sudan –The fighting in south Sudan has displaced more than one million children according to the UN’s...
Uganda considers Banning Facebook and Whatsapp over Revenue
By Nangayi Guyson -nangayi.guyson@alleastafrica.com Kampala,Uganda –The Ugandan government announced on Sunday that it is considering to impose a ban Facebook and whattsapp in the country...
Tanzania: 32 students, 2 teachers and a driver killed in a road accident.
By Jeff Mwaura – Jeff@Alleastafrica.com Dodoma – At least 35 people are reported to have been killed in a road accident in northern Tanzania, police...
South Sudan Judges and Justices strike
By Nangayi Guyson –nangayi.guyson@alleastafrica.com JUBA, South Sudan -South Sudan Judges and Justices have gone on a sit-down strike calling for the resignation of the country’s...
