Africa

By: MoDuale Kenya has won the UN Security Council seat after beating Djibouti in second round of voting  Thursday. The contest between Kenya and Djibouti headed to the second round of voting Thursday after the first phase saw Nairobi’s victory insufficient to win the UN seat. With 191...

Mogadishu, 9 March 2021 – The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia, James Swan, condemned today's attack in which six mortar rounds landed within the perimeter of the Aden Adde International Airport in Mogadishu. Al-Shabaab has claimed responsibility for the attack. No United Nations facilities...

Kenya is losing its lead position in foreign direct investment (FDI) to Ethiopia. This has happened as new investors turn their focus on the latter following wide-ranging socio-economic reforms. Recent research into foreign direct investment flowing to Eastern Africa indicates that Ethiopia is narrowing...

Ethiopia has said it will now accept the terms of a peace deal signed in 2000 that it had up until now not fully accepted. The news came hours after Ethiopia lifted a state of emergency. Ethiopia has announced it will fully accept the terms...

Somalia New president Mohamed Abdilahi Farmaajo has appointed Hassan Ali Khaireh as the country’s new Prime minister. The New Prime Minister Hasan Ali khayre has been working for Humanitarian and business for many years, he worked for NRC. Currently he's living in Britain and head of the...

Horndiplomat-The Executive Council of the African Union, holding its sixth retreat, continued to discuss the reform of the AU Commission in its afternoon session on Tuesday (September 12). The debate focused mainly on possible proposals presented by the Reform Unit and main issues were: the...

Press-release by Taiwan Representative office in Somaliland To take the advantage of the completion of the Berber Seaport Phase I Project, Berbera International Airport, Berbera Economic Zone, Berbera Corridor, and AfcFTA took effect from 1st January 2021, The Taiwan Representative Office accordingly holds the Taiwan...

By: The EasternAfrican Nearly 13 years ago, when even inside the high-security African Union Mission to Somalia (Amisom) camp they wouldn’t allow visiting journalists to step out of their rooms at the media reception centre to smoke without a...

By: Reuters  Preliminary results from Kenya's presidential election showed a tight race between the two main candidates vying to replace President Uhuru Kenyatta, with citizens praying an announcement of a winner would not unleash violence as in...

By:REUTERS NAIVASHA, Kenya (Reuters) - Kenya’s opened a $1.5 billion Chinese-built railway line linking Nairobi to Naivasha on Wednesday, despite delays in building an industrial park in the Rift Valley town to encourage freight. The extension links to another Chinese funded and built $3.2 billion line...