BY REUTERS, 28TH JUNE,2021-An estimated 30 people died on Sunday when Somalia’s Islamist al Shabaab group launched an attack in a town in the country’s
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President Kenyatta mourns former Zambian President Kaunda
BY KORIR JUMA,NAIROBI,18TH JUNE,2021-President Uhuru Kenyatta has sent a message of condolence to President Edgar Lungu, the Government and the people of Zambia following the
Kenneth Kaunda: Zambia’s first president dies aged 97
BY BBC ,17TH JUNE,2021-Kenneth Kaunda, Zambia’s first president and one of the last of the generation of African leaders who fought colonialism, has died aged
COTU’S Francis Atwoli re-elected for fourth time as ILO member in Geneva
BY JOAN WANJIKU,NAIROBI,14TH JUNE,2021-Cotu Secretary General Francis Atwoli has been re-elected for a record fourth time as Member of the International Labour Organization, ILO Governing
G7 calls out China, demands Covid origins investigation
BY REUTERS,13TH JUNE,2021-Group of Seven leaders on Sunday scolded China over human rights in Xinjiang, called for Hong Kong to keep a high degree of
Kenya lifts ban on flights to and from Somalia
BY JOAN WANJIKU,NAIROBI,10TH JUNE,2021-The government on Thursday lifted the ban on flights to and from Somalia. In a note seen by the Star, the Ministry
Uganda closes schools as Covid cases rise
BY BBC NEWS 7TH JUNE,2021-Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has shut down schools and suspended public gatherings as the country faces a surge of infections in
Popular Nigerian pastor TB Joshua dies aged 57
BY NAMULONGO PETER,NAIROBI,6TH,JUNE,2021-Nigerian Televangelist, Temitope Balogun Joshua, popularly known as Prophet TB Joshua has died. His death was announced via a statement released by his
Assassination attempt on Ugandan minister kills daughter and driver
BY BBC ,1ST JUNE,2021-Uganda’s Transport Minister General Katumba Wamala has been shot and injured by unknown gunmen near his home in the capital Kampala. Eyewitnesses
Burundi President Evariste Ndayishimiye set to visit Kenya on Monday
BY NAMULONGO PETER,NAIROBI,29TH MAY,2021-Burundi President Evariste Ndayishimiye is scheduled to visit Kenya on Monday and will attend Tuesday’s Madaraka Day celebrations as the guest of
Macron says France will help Africa make more COVID-19 vaccines locally
BY REUTERS,29TH MAY,2021-President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday France would invest in boosting the production of COVID-19 vaccines in Africa, to help close a gap
More than 100 people missing after boat sinks in Nigeria
BY CNN NEWS,27TH MAY,2021-Scores of people are missing and feared dead after an overloaded boat capsized in the northwestern Nigerian state of Kebbi on Wednesday
UN calls for immediate release of Mali president
BY BBC NEWS,25TH MAY 2021-The UN mission in Mali has demanded an immediate release of President Bah Ndaw and PM Moctar Ouane, after reports that
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni sworn in for a sixth term
BY BBC NEWS 12TH MAY,2021-Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has been sworn for his sixth term. He won re-election in a disputed poll in January. Security
30 dead after boat capsizes in Nigeria
By AFP Thirty people drowned when an overloaded boat capsized in central Nigeria’s Niger state, an emergency official told the media Monday. The boat ferrying
Ethiopian Orthodox Church Patriarch condemns Tigray ‘genocide’
BY CNN,9TH MAY,2021-The head of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church has condemned his own country’s rulers in a video recorded by the director of a
Finally Somalia restores diplomatic relations with Kenya
BY KORIR JUMA,NAIROBI,6TH APRIL,2021-The Federal Government of Somalia says it has restored diplomatic ties with Kenya. This comes nearly five months after Somalia cut off the
Moving forward:Kenya-TZ sign gas pipeline deal as President Samia closes first day of State visit
BY PSCU,NAIROBI,4TH APRIL,2021-Kenya and Tanzania have signed a deal for the transportation of liquefied petroleum gas via pipeline from Mombasa to Dar es Salaam. The
South Africa’s Zulu regent Queen Shiyiwe Mantfombi Dlamini Zulu has died at 65,
BY REUTERS,30TH APRIL,2021-South Africa’s Zulu regent Queen Shiyiwe Mantfombi Dlamini Zulu has died at 65, officials said. Her death comes just over a month after
Chad President Idriss Deby dies while fighting rebels
BY REUTERS,20TH APRIL,2021-Chad’s President Idriss Deby has died while visiting troops on the front line of a fight against northern rebels, an army spokesman said
Prince Philip dies, aged 99
BY JOAN WANJIKU,NAIROBI,9TH APRIL 2021-The Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip, has died at the age of 99 at Windsor Castle, it has been announced. The
Tanzania to take war on COVID19 a notch higher as President Samia Suluhu announces that she will form taskforce
BY JOAN WANJIKU,NAIROBI,6TH APRIL,2021-Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu has announced that she will form a COVID-19 taskforce to guide her administration on the status of the
The Kampala Archbishop Cyprian Lwanga found dead in house
BY JOAN WANJIKU/SOURCES,3RD APRIL,2021-The Kampala Archbishop Cyprian Kizito Lwanga has passed on. According to reports, Lwanga was founded dead in his bed on Saturday morning.
Tanzanian MPs unanimously approve Philip Mpango as new VP
BY NAMULONGO PETER/AGENCIES,30TH MARCH,2021-Tanzanian MPs have unanimously approved Dr. Philip Mpango as the country’s new Vice President. His name was presented to parliament for approval
President Uhuru Kenyatta among key African leaders attending Magufuli’s State funeral in Tanzania
BY CORRESPONDENTS,22ND MARCH,2021-President Uhuru Kenyatta arrived in Dodoma on Monday morning for the State funeral of his Tanzanian counterpart John Pombe Magufuli. President Kenyatta, who
Ugandan police storm into Bobi Wine’s brother Fred Nyanzi’s home arrests nephew
BY REUTERS,NAIROBI,21ST,MARCH,2021-Fred Nyanzi, the elder brother to Robert Kyagulanyi (Bobi Wine) is said to be on the run after security officials allegedly attacked his home.
Thousands turn out at Uhuru stadium in Tanzania to pay their last respects to Magufuli
Dar es Salaam. The President of Tanzania Samia Suluhu Hassan has on March 20, led various leaders in paying their last respects to the fifth President
Tanzanian President John Magufuli dies of suspected cardiac arrest
BY KORIR JUMA,NAIROBI,18TH MARCH,2021-Tanzanian President John Pombe Magufuli is dead. Magufuli’s death was announced Wednesday night by Tanzanian Vice President Samia Hassan Suluhu. She said
Germany, Italy, France suspend AstraZeneca shots amid safety fears
BY REUTERS,16TH MARCH,2021-Germany, France and Italy said on Monday they would suspend AstraZeneca COVID-19 shots after several countries reported possible serious side-effects, but the World
Tear gas fired as Uganda police arrest Bobi Wine
BY BBC AFRICA,15TH MARCH,2021-Ugandan politician and former presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine, has been arrested in the capital, Kampala. He was
Tanzanian President Magufuli ‘in Kenyan hospital with Covid’
BY BBC NEWS,10TH MARCH,2021-Tanzania’s President John Magufuli is being treated in hospital in Kenya and is in a critical condition, opposition leader Tundu Lissu has
Bobi Wine withdraws Uganda election result challenge
BY REUTERS,22ND FEB,2021-Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine said on Monday he was withdrawing a court case challenging presidential election results that handed victory to incumbent
Covid: WHO pleads with Tanzania to start reporting cases
BY BBC NEWS,21ST FEB,2021-The World Health Organization has urged Tanzania to start reporting coronavirus cases and share its data. Tanzania is one of the few
Somali capital gunfire amid election protests
BY BBC NEWS ,19TH FEB,2021-Heavy gunfire has broken out in Somalia’s capital as opposition leaders defied a ban on public gatherings to protest about delayed
COVID19 claims yet anaother Tanzanian senior official and a top Namibian official Selina Tjihero
BY REUTERS,18TH FEB,2021-Namibia’s third secretary to Tanzania Selina Tjihero has died following a short illness. Namibia’s ambassador to Tanzania Tobia Lebbeus announced her demise on
Central African Republic: War crimes trial of two ex-militia leaders starts
BY BBC NEWS,16TH FEB,2021-The former head of the Central African Republic (CAR) football federation, Patrice-Edouard Ngaïssona, has pleaded not guilty to war crimes charges at
UNCTAD Secretary General Mukhisa Kituyi resigns as he prepares to launch 2022 presidential bid.
BY JOAN WANJIKU,NAIROBI,3RD FEB 2021-Dr Mukhisa Kituyi has officially stepped down as secretary-general of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (Unctad). The move
Bobi Wine challenges election result in court
BY REUTERS,KAMPALA,1ST FEB,2021-Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine filed a supreme court challenge seeking cancellation of the results of a presidential election that handed victory to
Ugandan court rules Bobi Wine’s house arrest is illegal, orders police to vacate the compound
BY REUTERS,25TH,JAN,2021-A Ugandan court has ordered security forces to cease surrounding the home of opposition leader Bobi Wine, whose house arrest since a mid-month presidential
Uganda’s opposition leader Bobie Wine describes the just concluded presidential election as a mockery of democracy
BY CORRESPONDENT ,KAMPALA,22ND JAN ,2021-Uganda’s opposition leader Bobi Wine has described the presidential election held on January 14 as a mockery of democracy. Wine came
Zimbabwean Foreign Minister Sibusiso Moyo Succumbs To COVID-19
By XINHUA,Zimbabwe’s foreign affairs minister Sibusiso Moyo died Wednesday, a day after testing positive to COVID-19, acting chief secretary to the president and cabinet George
Bobi Wine ‘under house arrest with a baby’
BY BBC NEWS,19TH JAN,2021-Bobi Wine: We are under house arrest with a baby Uganda’s defeated presidential candidate Bobi Wine has tweeted that he and his
Museveni now restores uganda’s internet after a shambolic elections
BY NAMULONGO PETER,NAIROBI,18TH JAN,2021-The digitally isolated country of Uganda is now back on the World Wide Web after the government restored the internet almost one
Museveni Wins presidential election with 58.6 percent of the vote as Bobi Wine emerges second with 34.8 percent
BY CORRESPONDENT,KAMPALA,16TH JAN,2021-Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has won a sixth term in office with 58.6 percent of the vote, in an election disputed by his
Tension in Uganda as police surrounds Bobi Wine’s home.
BY SOURCES,KAMPALA 15TH JAN,2021-Tension is high in Uganda after the military surrounded the home of Ugandan Presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine for the
Uganda elections 2021: Yoweri Museveni faces Bobi Wine in presidential contest
BY BBC NEWS,KAMPALA,14TH JAN 2021-A 38-year-old pop star is challenging one of Africa’s longest serving leaders in Uganda’s hotly contested election. Robert Kyagulanyi, known by
Uganda’s IG says journalists will continue been beaten for their own good & safety
BY UPESI REPORTER,NAIROBI,8TH JAN,2021-Uganda’s Inspector General of Police (IGP) Martin Okoth Ochola has now come out to defend recent cases of police brutality towards journalists,
US Congress certifies Joe Biden’s victory after deadly violence
BY REUTERS,7TH JAN,2021-Hours after hundreds of President Donald Trump’s supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol in a harrowing assault on American democracy, a shaken Congress on
At least 25 killed in east DR Congo, ADF militia blamed
BY AFP,DRC,1ST,JAN,2021-At least 25 people have been killed in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s troubled east, local officials said Friday, blaming the attack on the
President Kenyatta congratulates Ghana’s Nana Akufo-Addo on his re-election
BY PSCU,NAIROBI,10TH DEC,2020- President Uhuru Kenyatta has congratulated President Nana Akufo-Addo following his re-election for a second term in office. President Kenyatta said the re-election