UN supports re-establishment of core public services
27 June 2014 – Amid the ongoing violence in the Central African Republic (CAR), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), in partnership with...
South Sudan Refugees Flood into Kenya Only to Face Starvation
TURKANA, Kenya -- The refugees stream over Kenya's border by the hundreds, desperate to escape the horrific violence plaguing South Sudan.
But their safe haven...
Tourism minister Kandie on UK and US whistle stop tour
East Africa Affairs, Commerce and Tourism Cabinet Secretary Phyllis Kandie is on a whistle stop tour of several United Kingdom and United States cities,...
Al-Shabaab still benefitting from Kismayu charcoal exports
Al-Shabaab is continuing to finance its operations through charcoal exports from the port of Kismayu, the United Nations Environmental Programme says in a new...
Mugabe makes senior appointments
President Mugabe has appointed Engineer George Mlilo as permanent secretary in the Ministry of Local Government, Public Works and National Housing to replace Mr...
Sudanese woman Meriam Ibrahim ‘safe and well’ in US embassy
The husband of a Sudanese Christian woman facing threats after her apostasy death sentence was overturned has expressed relief that the family has been...
Tunisia’s tourism minister looks to tourism amid terror threat
Tunisia's new tourism minister is too busy trying to save the sector to let terrorism slow her down. Amel Karboul is plunging ahead with...
Mourners gather for the funeral of Salwa Bugaighis
Between 400 and 500 mourners gathered at Benghazi’s Hawari cemetery today to bury human rights activist Salwa Bugaighis whose brutal murder on Wednesday has...
Egypt’s Sisi and Sudan’s Bashir meet amidst controversy
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi took a brief stopover in Sudan on Friday on his way back from Equatorial Guinea where he was attending...
Sheltering Ebola-infected people is a serious crime
Sierra Leone has warned it is a serious crime to shelter patients infected with the Ebola virus who are in hiding. The Health Ministry...
