Africa

PRESS-RELEASE IGAD welcomes the Somali leader's consensus to proscribe extension of mandate of the Executive and Parliament. IGAD reiterates the centrality of constructive and inclusive dialogue as an essential prerequisite for a comprehensive settlement of all outstanding issues. To this end, IGAD calls upon all stakeholders to move...

By: Anadolu Agency Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Wednesday officially launched national operations of the country's first interest-free commercial Islamic bank, allowing it to operate following Islamic principles. President Museveni said at the...

By: AP Vaughan Gething won the Welsh Labour Party leadership contest on Saturday and is set to become the first Black leader of Wales’ semi-autonomous government. Gething, the son of a Welsh father...

By: BBC AFRICA A former Rwandan doctor has been jailed for 24 years by a French court for his involvement in the 1994 genocide. Sosthene Munyemana was on Wednesday found guilty of genocide,...

By: KBC Trade Cabinet Secretary Rebecca Miano now says that the country expects to have moved fully towards the use of electric buses by the year 2027. Miano said the move is in...

By: Tanzania Daily News (Dar es Salaam) TANZANIA: TANZANIAN and Ugandan governments have embarked on the Multinational Lake Victoria Maritime Communication and Transport (MLVMCT) project physical works. The project is implemented...

By: XINHUA AGENCY A total of 315 kg of dried wild anchovy from Kenya were transported to the Changsha Huanghua International Airport in Central China's Hunan province on Monday, marking that China imported wild anchovy products...

By: VOA The United Nations and the African Union urged Somalia on Thursday to hold already delayed national elections this October despite attempted intimidation by Islamist militants. “Preparations for election security are key due to the continuing threat posed by al-Shabab,” U.N. Special Representative for Somalia...

By : Harun Maruf, VOA The African Union Transition Mission in Somalia on Sunday resumed handing over security responsibilities to Somali government forces after a three-month pause, officials said. The mission known as...

By: AFP A former Somali refugee intent on bringing books and education to his compatriots languishing in sprawling camps in Kenya was on Tuesday named the winner of the UN refugee agency’s prestigious Nansen Award. Abdullahi...