The Office of UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said on Wednesday that it is working with Sudanese authorities to help more than 7,000 refugees who…
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Tanzania’s President John Magufuli has reappointed his Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa for a second term. The parliamentary speaker read the letter making the appointment on Thursday…
No fewer than 5,000 Ethiopians, including defecting soldiers, have fled into Sudan to escape the military offensive in the East African country’s northern Tigray region. Al…
Kenneth Lusaka, the Speaker of the Kenyan Senate, has approved cultural wears for lawmakers in the East African country. Lusaka approved the donning of traditional attire…
The people of Tanzania should be allowed to express grievances “without fear of reprisals” after nationwide elections, UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet said on Tuesday. In…
Uganda on Tuesday lifted the ban on the exportation of migrant workers after an eight-month suspension in efforts to stop the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.…
Tundu Lissu, the presidential candidate of the Party for Democracy and Progress commonly known as Chadema in Tanzania’s last month election, has fled the East African…
A former Tanzanian MP, Godbless Lema, who was arrested by Kenya authorities at the weekend has been released. Lema, an opposition Member of Parliament who has…
Ethiopia’s Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed, has removed his Chief of General Staff, Gen Adem Mohammed, and replaced him with his deputy Gen Berhanu Jula. It is…
Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has said that air strikes have been conducted in the northern region of Tigray, days after he announced a military operation…