East Africa
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1.4KFight erupts in parliament over coalition bill
The speaker suspended the session briefly after the chaotic scenes, which saw at least two rival MPs exchange blows, according to images...
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1.2KDeadly suicide bomb attack at bar in eastern DRC
At least six people have died and several others injured in an explosion in Beni in eastern regions of the Democratic Republic...
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1.8KUS approves first injectable drug to prevent HIV infection
People at risk of getting HIV will now have an injectable option for pre-exposure prophylaxis (Prep) after the US regulator approved its...
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1.2KKenyan Gov’t Lifts Ban on Ugandan Poultry Products after Nairobi Talks
NAIROBI, KENYA: The Government of Kenya has agreed to lift the ban on Ugandan goods allowing traders to resume exportation of poultry...
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1.1KFarmers petition EAC ministry over Kenya’s ban on Ugandan poultry products
KAMPALA, UGANDA: The Uganda Poultry Farmers Association on Tuesday petitioned the Ministry of East Africa Community Affairs imploring it to intervene in...
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1.2KHigh Court suspends govt mandatory COVID-19 vaccination order
High court judge Antony Mrima put a hold on a government directive that would have denied services to unvaccinated persons beginning next...
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1.3KPolice officer kills wife, five others in shooting spree
It said three young men and a motorcycle rider at the local market were among those people who were killed. A body...
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1.3KTanzanian pilot, plane go missing
The whereabouts of a Tanzanian pilot who went missing as he flew on a mission to Selous Game Reserve remains unknown. Mr...
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1.4KAnother Kenyan athlete killed in domestic squabble
NAIROBI, KENYA: Edith Muthoni, 27, had dreams of making it big as an international athlete. However, that dream was cut short after...
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1.2KSouth Sudan waives off visa requirements for Ugandans
KAMPALA, UGANDA: The government of South Sudan has announced that effective Monday, October 4, 2021, all Ugandans will not require visas to...
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1.4KOdinga, Besigye discuss “Liberation Dream” ahead of Kenya 2022 Elections
NAIROBI, KENYA: Regional political bigwigs, Dr. Kizza Besigye the former FDC president, and Raila Odinga the leader of Orange Democratic Movement (ODM)...
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993Security Arrest Two Deadly Terror Suspects With Explosives
The two were reportedly coming from the Democratic Republic of Congo when about ten anti-terror Police cornered them.
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1.1KSouth Sudanese Bishop succumbs to Covid-19 at Arua hospital
Rt. Rev. Stanley Nelson Dada, the Bishop of Pentecostal Church under Yei Diocese in South Sudan has succumbed to COVID-19 at Arua...
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1.0KTanzania suspends state-owned paper over ‘false’ Suluhu story
DAR-ES-SALAM, TANZANIA: Tanzania on Wednesday suspended for two weeks the newspaper owned by the ruling party after it published a “false” story...
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1.1KUPDF on high alert over fresh South Sudan war
The Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) troops have been placed on high alert to defend the country from possible conflict spill-over following...
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909Three children killed by Lions near Tanzania wildlife reserve
TANZANIA: Three young children have been killed by lions near Tanzania’s world-renowned Ngorongoro wildlife reserve as they went to look for lost...
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1.2KEquity Named Best Regional Bank in East Africa
NAIROBI, KENYA: Equity has been named the Best Regional Bank in East Africa at the 2021 African Banker Awards. According to a...
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908Leader of Tanzania’s main opposition party arrested
DAR-ES-SALAM: The leader of Tanzania’s main opposition party Chadema and other members were arrested early Wednesday ahead of a planned conference to...
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1.6K13 killed, 11 injured after fuel tanker explodes in Kenya
NAIROBI, KENYA: Police said Sunday that 13 people were killed and many others seriously burned when an overturned petrol tanker exploded in...
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1.0KSHOCKING: 20 Year Old Man Admits To Killing & Sucking Blood from 10 Kids
A 20-year-old man described as a “bloodthirsty vampire” by Kenya’s Directorate of Criminal Investigations has been arrested in connection with the “cold-blooded murders”...
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1.3KRwanda jails 8 Kenyans, Ugandan in Equity Bank hacking case
By The East African | Eight Kenyans and a Ugandan arrested in Rwanda for hacking Equity Bank have been handed eight-year jail terms and...
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1.2KAs Uganda gets Covidex, Tanzania takes step to manufacture Covid-19 vaccine
The Citizen, Tanzania | As Uganda approved the use of Covidex Herbal Medicine for the treatment of Coronavirus and other viral infections,...
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972Covid-19: Govt reopens schools, revises guidelines
By The Citizen: As schools re-open across the country today, the government said on Sunday that Tanzania was revising its earlier guidelines on...
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437Govt urged to take action as Rwanda legalises medical use of Cannabis
As Uganda’s government remains undecided on its position to license individuals and companies to grow and produce Cannabis also known as marijuana,...
