BBC Russia is expanding its network of cultural and educational centres in Africa as it seeks to strengthen ties beyond its military and security co-operation on the continent. The centres will promote the Russian language, education, science and culture, while supporting various…
Hafidh Ameir, the spouse of Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu The husband of Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan, Hafidh Ameir Hassan, has died while receiving treatment at a hospital in Zanzibar. Vice-president Deogratius Ndejembi – who made the official announcement of Ameir’s death…
By Admin Yetbarek Dawit (Photo credit:BBC) Police in Ethiopia have arrested a man accused of being at the centre of a multi-million-dollar international human trafficking ring that since 2018 has lured thousands of people to Libya, where they hoped to travel on…
The exhumation was done after the police obtained a court order to retrieve 14 bodies that were initially believed to have been buried at the site. A post-mortem examination is expected to begin on Wednesday, amid calls to promptly identify the bodies…
AGENCY The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on the Blue Nile (Internet Photo) Kenya is navigating a familiar but increasingly delicate role in Nile Basin diplomacy: principle without partisanship. Nairobi has reaffirmed its long-held position that no riparian state should be left…
By Alexander Okori and Edward Eninu The election of Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, now known as Pope Leo XIV, has enlisted a sequence of rejoinders across the world, including in Kenya and Tanzania, with many recalling events of his recent visits. Moments…
By Prosper Gibolo The inaugural edition of Ateker Cup of Nations has attracted 24 teams from the four countries of Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia and South Sudan. Kenya has the highest number of teams, 12, followed by Uganda with 5 teams, Ethiopia 2…
Agencies Kenya and Korea are jointly undertaking the development of the Africa Rice Cultivation Complex, which will be based in Mwea, Kirinyaga County. The foreign government, through Korea Rural Community Cooperation, will oversee construction of a 65-ha scale Rice Seed Cultivation Complex…