East Africa

Ethiopia plans to close two camps in the northern state of Tigray that have been caught in the fighting between the state’s formers ruling party and the federal government, according to the country’s refugee agency. Speaking to journalists on Tuesday, head of the Ethiopian Agency for Refugees and Returnees Affairs …

In a British military training camp in Kenya, the number of positive Covid-19 cases has risen from 4 to 11, amid concerns from locals about its spread. The British army says all soldiers who arrived at Nanyuki base last month were still in isolation. An army spokesman says 320 military …

An American has been sentenced to more than 15 years in prison for abusing underage girls in a Kenyan orphanage. Christian missionary Gregory Dow set up the orphanage with his wife in 2008. “Gregory Dow was the proverbial wolf in sheep’s clothing,” said the FBI’s Michael Driscoll. Last year, Dow …

Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi has offered amnesty to citizens who joined the Islamist insurgency in the gas-rich northern province of Cabo Delgado. President Nyusi promised that there will be no retaliation against those who surrender and return to their families. He made the pledge on Wednesday as the country paid …

Rwanda’s capital city will remain locked down for seven more days, the government said on Tuesday. Businesses will now reopen on February 8 under strict guidelines as the government moves to ease the current measures. A ban on public transport will also be lifted. Kigali was shut down two weeks …

Ugandans in Gulu city watched the live stream of the trial of former rebel commander Dominic Ongwen. They gathered at three separate venues with the hall at St Monica Girls Technical School fully packed with mostly women following the proceedings translated to their local Acholi language. The ICC office in …

The International Criminal Court (ICC) is set to deliver its verdict in the trial of Dominic Ongwen, a former child soldier turned rebel commander; he is accused on 70 counts of crimes against humanity and war crimes. Mr Ongwen, a feared commander of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), is the …

According to media outlets in both countries, Ugandan activist Stella Nyanzi has fled to neighbouring Kenya to seek asylum citing political persecution. As reported by the Nation Africa website, the activist says her children had been trailed by the police and “abductions and detentions of political actors were getting closer” …

The former head of Malawi’s National Examinations Board has been arrested following the leak of school exam papers last year, police have said. Police did not say if Gerald Chiunda was suspected of being involved in the leak but said he would be taken to court “soon after the paperwork …

Yoweri Museveni, the Ugandan president has ordered the suspension of a multi-million dollar fund set up by donor countries, after complaining that it is run by foreigners and undermines Uganda’s sovereignty. Mr Museveni in a letter, ordered the police to investigate how the finance ministry had allowed foreign donors to …