Category: Africa

Protests Erupt in Nairobi Following the Death of Albert Ojwang

Protests Erupt in Nairobi Following the Death of Albert Ojwang

Protests broke out in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, on Thursday in response to the death of Albert Ojwang, sparking widespread outrage and demands for acc [...]
Tanzania Blocks Access to X Over Pornographic Content Concerns

Tanzania Blocks Access to X Over Pornographic Content Concerns

The government of Tanzania has blocked access to the social media platform X citing the circulation of pornographic material as the key reason behind [...]
South Sudan Launches Lifesaving Vaccines for Children with UN Support

South Sudan Launches Lifesaving Vaccines for Children with UN Support

South Sudan, with the support of United Nations agencies, has launched two essential vaccines aimed at protecting children under five from pneumonia a [...]
Tributes Pour In for Renowned Kenyan Author Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, Dead at 87

Tributes Pour In for Renowned Kenyan Author Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, Dead at 87

Family, friends, and admirers around the world are mourning the passing of celebrated Kenyan author and scholar Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, who died on Wednesd [...]
Kenya Disavows Planned Somaliland Liaison Office Event in Nairobi

Kenya Disavows Planned Somaliland Liaison Office Event in Nairobi

Kenya’s Ministry of Foreign and Diaspora Affairs has firmly distanced itself from a planned event by the Somaliland Liaison Office in Nairobi, reitera [...]
MSF Relocates Services to Ethiopia Amid Escalating Violence and Mass Displacement from South Sudan

MSF Relocates Services to Ethiopia Amid Escalating Violence and Mass Displacement from South Sudan

Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has relocated its medical services from the border town of Burbeiye in South Sudan to Mattar in [...]
Djibouti’s foreign minister elected to top African Union post

Djibouti’s foreign minister elected to top African Union post

African leaders chose Djibouti’s Foreign Minister Mahmoud Ali Youssouf to chair the African Union commission on Saturday at a summit dominated by fear [...]
Ethiopia and Eritrea on path to war, Tigray officials warn

Ethiopia and Eritrea on path to war, Tigray officials warn

Longtime foes Ethiopia and Eritrea could be headed towards war, officials in a restive Ethiopian region at the centre of the tensions have warned, ris [...]
South Sudan’s military recaptures key town from White Army militia

South Sudan’s military recaptures key town from White Army militia

South Sudan’s army said it had recaptured a key town in Upper Nile state that it lost to an ethnic Nuer militia in March in clashes which led to the a [...]
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