East Africa

The US presidency condemned on Wednesday the reported violence in Kenya where at least 23 people had died this week after violent clashes between police and protesters. “The United States is deeply concerned about and we condemn the reported violence in all its forms,” White House national security spokesman John …

Somalia’s ambassador to the United Nations on Monday accused Ethiopian troops of making illegal incursions across their shared border, leading to confrontations with local security forces. At least 3,000 Ethiopian soldiers are stationed in the Horn of Africa country as part of an African Union peacekeeping mission (ATMIS) fighting al …

The United Nations children’s fund (UNICEF) has issued an alert saying millions of children are going hungry in Sudan. Unicef boss, Catherine Russell says Sudan is one of the worst places in the world for children. She said the country has now the largest displacement of children anywhere, with millions …

The EU announced on Monday that it had sanctioned six officials in Sudan over the war between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), Reuters reported. These lists include a commanding general of the RSF, the financial advisor of RSF, as well as a prominent tribal leader …

A protester was shot and killed Thursday evening, June 20, in Nairobi, Kenya, on the sidelines of demonstrations against a proposed new tax, while a call for a general strike and to demonstrate again across the country was launched for Tuesday June 25. Led largely by young Kenyans, the rallies …

A police officer shot a magistrate, hitting her in the chest and hip, after she refused to release his wife on bail in Nairobi, Kenya, according to reports. The policeman, whose wife had pleaded guilty to fraudulently obtaining 2.9 million Kenyan shillings (around $22,700), entered the court through the entrance …

A senior police officer has been shot dead in Kenya after opening fire on a magistrate during a public trial in the capital Nairobi, local media reported. The chief inspector opened fire on Makadara Principal Magistrate Monica Kivuti shortly after she made a ruling in a case reportedly involving his …

Three Ugandan lawmakers, members of the ruling party have been charged with corruption for trying to influence a rights body to inflate its budget, Reuters reported. The three legislators – Mutembuli, Paul Akamba and Cissy Namujju Dionizia – were charged with corruption late on Wednesday at the High Court in …

ICC chief prosecutor Karim Khan is urgently investigating allegations of war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Darfur city of al-Fashir. Al Fashir has become a new front between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). In a video statement released on Tuesday, prosecutor Karim Khan …

At least 55 people died and 155 others were injured after a violent clash between two clans in central Somalia, Reuters reported, citing residents and medical officials. Somalia’s federal government is not only struggling to contain violence unleashed by the Al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab group, but is also facing clan-based …