East Africa: Regional Bloc IGAD Calls Deployment of Troops in Sudan

After nearly three months of fighting between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), an eastern African grouping asked a regional conference to consider sending soldiers into Sudan to protect... Read more »

 East Africa: Tanzanian President Calls for Removal of Trade Barriers with Malawi

DAR ES SALAAM– Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan has called for the removal of trade barriers on the East African nation’s border with Malawi to boost trade between the two countries, the... Read more »

 From the Russian Empire, Abyssinia to the Russian Federation, the Federal Republic of Ethiopia

In the Russian Federation, the year 2023 is marked as a year of Africa. In July, there will be a second Russia-Africa Summit, taking place in St. Petersburg. In addition to that,... Read more »

We need to move from depending on nature to putting production in our hands

 Today’s guest, Anna Rose Ademun Okurut (Ph.D.), is a Ugandan health scientist. She is the Commissioner in Charge of Animal Health in the Ministry of Agriculture, Industry, and Fisheries of Uganda. She... Read more »

Tourism sector performing well: PM

 The House of Peoples Representatives of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia yesterday held its 2nd year 6th regular session in the presence of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD). During the session,... Read more »

 Twelve African states to get new malaria vaccine – WHO

The World Health Organization (WHO) and its partners say around 18 million doses of the world’s first malaria vaccine will be delivered to 12 African nations by 2025. Among them are Malawi,... Read more »

UN condemns sexual violence against Sudan women

 The United Nations has condemned what it called rising sexual violence against women and girls in Sudan in more than two months of conflict. The UN human rights office in Sudan said... Read more »

Suspected gas leak leaves 17 dead in South Africa

The victims – including three children – died from gas inhalation at an informal settlement in Boksburg, east of Johannesburg. Police and forensic investigators have said the scene of the toxic gas... Read more »

Kenya delays reopening Somali border over attacks

The Kenyan government says it’s delaying the reopening of its border with Somalia, after attacks on its soil attributed to the Islamist militant group al-Shabab. Interior Minister Kithure Kindiki said the phased... Read more »

 IGAD region- Troubled present, Bright future

The ongoing conflict in Sudan that is a culmination of political tensions simmering for several years, the devastating war that raged in Ethiopia during the past two years, and the continued instability... Read more »