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Family of Ugandan Weightlifter Says He Contemplated Suicide After Olympic Disqualification
A social media post purportedly shows Ugandan weightlifter Julius Sekitoleko in an undated photo at an unnamed location. Photo via… -
65 Kenyans taking Prep contract HIV, ministry says
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Rwanda extends lockdown measures against COVID-19 to consolidate gains
KIGALI, July 25 (Xinhua) -- Rwandan government on Sunday announced a five-day extension of the current lockdown measures that prohibit unnecessary…
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Rwanda court finds ‘Hotel Rwanda’ hero guilty in ‘terrorism’ case
Government critic Rusesabagina was portrayed as a hero for saving lives in a Hollywood film on the 1994 genocide. A Rwandan court has found Paul Rusesabagina – a one-time hotel...
Al Masry face Uganda Revenue Authority in CAF Confederation Cup
Photo via KingFut Al Masry discovered their round of 32 opponents in the CAF Confederation Cup as Uganda Revenue Authority defeated Ethiopian Coffee Addis Abeba. Al Masry are no strangers...
At least $14m lost to corrupt deals in Rwanda
Respondents said Rwandan ministries are the biggest receivers of bribes. Photo via The EastAfrican Perceived corruption in Rwanda’s public procurement system stands at 63.3 percent while 79 percent of government...
Kenya's SGR train passenger numbers double in H1
NAIROBI, Sept. 18 (Xinhua) -- The number of passengers using Kenya's standard gauge railway train more than doubled in the first six months of the year as compared to a...
South Sudan rejects Sudanese expulsion of Ethiopian peacekeepers from Abyei
South Sudan President Salva Kiir, left, and President of Sudanese Sovereign Council Abdel Fattah al-Burhan. Photo Sudans Post JUBA – South Sudan government has rejected a Sudanese call for withdrawal,...
Ex-Kenya sports minister guilty of corruption pays $32K fine
Kenya's former sports minister paid a fine of just over $32,000 on Thursday to avoid a six-year jail sentence after being convicted of corruption and abuse of office for misappropriating...
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Mixed feelings about Covid-19 Vaccines
By MICHAEL BONAYA On the GOK Ministry of Health website, the Kenyan government says that it is committed to fully vaccinate the entire population of adults by June 2022. The...
Prime Minister of Uganda Meets Ambassador of Qatar
H.E. the Prime Minister of the Republic of Uganda Robinah Nabbanja met with HE the non-resident Ambassador of the State of Qatar to Uganda Jabor bin Ali Al Dosari. During...
2 people killed, several injured in grenade attack on bar in Burundi capital - security sources
Burundi President Evariste Ndayishimiye. PHOTO: Tchandrou Nitanga/AFP Nairobi – At least two people were killed and a number of others were wounded when a grenade exploded in a bar in...
Bezos pledges to spend $1B on conservation efforts in the Congo, the Andes and the tropical Pacific Ocean
Jeff Bezos will spend $1 billion to conserve land and aquatic ecosystems, according to an announcement Monday from the Bezos Earth Fund, the Amazon founder’s $10 billion environmental philanthropy. The...
Paul Rusesabagina: Hotel Rwanda movie hero found guilty of terrorism charges
Paul Rusesabagina was paraded in handcuffs before the media in August 2020. Photo via Sky A former manager of a luxury hotel who was portrayed as a hero in a...
DRC: 30 parliamentarians died of Covid-19
Some 32 parliamentarians in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have died of Covid-19 since the virus was first reported in the country in March 2020, the speaker of the...
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Jeff Bezos. MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images Jeff Bezos will step down as Amazon CEO in Q3 2021, the company announced on January 3. CEOs are taking to Twitter to send their congratulations to both Bezos and his success...
Kenyan Woman’s Start...
Photo UNEP/YouTube An absolutely brilliant young woman in Kenya has started a company manufacturing bricks from recycled plastic. Nzambi Matee says she was “tired of being on the sidelines” while civil servants struggled...
Nigeria’s ‘Techprene...
As recently as 10 years ago, Africa’s technology industry was sparse. But as a result of advancements in mobile phone technology as well as better internet connections, the continent has transformed — unearthing countles...
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New findings of early man...
An international team of archaeologists and paleoanthropologists has discovered a large collection of two million years old stone tools, fossilized bones, and plant materials at the Olduvai Gorge in northern Tanzania. N...
UK travel ban extended to...
File photo: Tourists have still flocked to Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Picture PA The UK's travel ban has been extended to include United Arab Emirates, Burundi and Rwanda, with British nationals returning from those co...
South Sudan suspends airl...
Photo Anadolu Agency South Sudan's president on Wednesday suspended the operation of South Supreme Airlines, the company owning the plane that crashed in the Pieri Town on Tuesday evening, an official statement said. “As...
Kenya's SGR night train u...
NAIROBI, March 4 (Xinhua) -- For the last two months, a government worker George Agutu, who works in Mombasa, Kenya's coastal city, has traveled to the capital Nairobi every weekend to be with his family. However, befor...
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Uganda faces 'epidemic' of tee...
Photo via Anadolu Agency Government officials and experts have shown concern at the rising cases of teenage pregnancies in the landlocked East African country of Uganda during the COVID-related r...
RIB arrests two doctors of Bah...
The Rwanda Investigation Bureau (RIB) has arrested two doctors of Baho International Hospital as part of ongoing investigations into the death of a female patient on Thursday, September 9. “RIB...
Babylon looks to expand health...
Photo courtesy Babylon Digital health chatbot Babylon is expanding its work in Rwanda, aiming to make it easier for folks who don’t have a cell phone number to access its health services. The com...
Rwandan President Paul Kagame...
Rwanda President Paul Kagame says local manufacturing of vaccines could help build African countries' resilience to future outbreaks. Photo CFP Rwandan President Paul Kagame has slammed vaccine i...
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