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Kenya: Ban on plastic bags takes effect

August 28, 2017 Steven Addamah 0

A ban on plastic bags used for commercial and household packaging has come into force in Kenya on Monday (August 28) as the government of […]

Kenya: incumbent Kenyatta takes lead in tightly contested polls

August 9, 2017 Steven Addamah 0

Kenya’s incumbent President Uhuru Kenyatta has taken a significant lead as votes are counted after Tuesday’s polls in the East African nation. With results from […]

Kenyans vote in tight, hotly elections to elect President, MPs

August 8, 2017 Steven Addamah 0

More than 19 million Kenyan voters are heading this Tuesday to 40,883 polling stations across the East African nation to elect a president and a […]

Rwanda: Diaspora casts votes in presidential poll

August 3, 2017 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

Rwandan expatriates have started casting ballots in presidential elections as polling stations in Kenya, Uganda, Djibouti and South Africa, opened on Thursday. More than 44,000 […]

Kenyans demand rapid inquiry into murder of expert

August 2, 2017 Geraldine Boechat 0

Protesters in Kenyan on Tuesday marched on the offices of Kenya’s election commission, demanding a speedy investigation after an IT chief overseeing the country’s general […]

The Ethiopia-Djibouti railway line to start commercial operations in October

July 25, 2017 Geraldine Boechat 0

Chinese-built electric rail line built in Ethiopia will start commercial operations in October this year, it was officially announced. The 756-km stretch linking Addis Ababa […]

CAF-Morocco: CAF meeting to move AFCON to summer

July 18, 2017 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

As part of the highly expected decisions to be made during Rabat gathering of the African Football Governing body CAF, the continent’s flagship football competition; […]

South Sudan seeks assistance to adopt Swahili as official language

July 6, 2017 Steven Addamah 0

The South Sudanese government on Wednesday announced plans to introduce Swahili language in school curriculum ahead of its adoption as an official language. In a […]

AU secures $150 mln to boost Africa’s geothermal energy

July 4, 2017 Geraldine Boechat 0

The African Union has mobilized about $150 million in geothermal energy development in East Africa, Chinese News Agency Xinhua reported. According to Rashid Ali Abdallah, […]