November 03, 2022
East Africa: Climate-Related Disease Outbreaks Surge in Greater Horn of Africa
The United Nations reports that up to 222 million people globally are facing acute hunger -- and that 47 million of them in the Greater Horn of Africa. Read more »
Tanzania: Report - Tanzania's Elephant Population Recovering
Tanzania's Ministry of Tourism released a census this week showing the country's elephant population has stabilized. Read more »
Kenya: Education of Herders' Children Disrupted As Drought Forces Dropouts
Kenyan authorities say the ongoing drought that has left millions of people in need of food aid is also forcing tens of thousands of children in herder communities to drop out of… Read more »
Ethiopia: Ethiopian Government, Tigrayan Forces Agree to End Fighting
November 4 marks two years since war broke out in Ethiopia's Tigray region between Tigrayan forces and the federal government and its regional allies, including neighboring… Read more »
Africa: Ethiopia Peace Deal Hailed As First Step to End Africa's Deadliest Conflict
World leaders are reacting with cautious optimism after the announcement of a peace deal and a cease-fire between warring parties in northern Ethiopia's Tigray region. Read more »
November 02, 2022
East Africa: Militants Carjack Ambulance, Abduct Patient, Paramedics On Kenya-Somalia Border
A Kenyan official says suspected al-Shabab militants have carjacked an ambulance in the country's northeast and abducted four people - the driver, two paramedics, and a patient -… Read more »
Somalia: Somalia Scrambles to Avert Famine
Somali authorities are scrambling to avert famine from a record drought that has affected nearly eight million Somalis, or half the population. The largest city in Somalia's South… Read more »
Tanzania: Army Deploys Troops to Fight Fire On Mount Kilimanjaro
Tanzania's army has deployed hundreds of troops to help firefighters who have been battling a blaze on Africa's highest peak, Mount Kilimanjaro, for almost two weeks. Read more »
November 01, 2022
Somalia: U.S. Targets Smugglers Supplying Islamic State in Somalia
The United States is trying to curb the flow of weapons to the Islamic State terror group's affiliate in Somalia, taking aim at a smuggling operation that is also helping to arm… Read more »
Somalia: Death Toll Rises to 121 in Al-Shabaab Attacks
The death toll from two al-Shabab bombings in Mogadishu has risen to 121, Somalia's Health Minister Dr. Ali Haji Adam, said Tuesday. Read more »
Somalia: Govt Promises U.S.$1 Million to Support Victims of Saturday's Bombings
Somalia's government has promised support for victims of the twin bombings in the capital Saturday that killed at least 100 people and injured close to 300 others. Saturday's… Read more »
October 28, 2022
South Sudan: Infighting Brings New Split in South Sudan's Ruling Party
The search for sustainable peace in South Sudan hit another obstacle this week as infighting erupted within the ruling SPLM party. Riek Machar, the country's first vice president,… Read more »
October 29, 2022
Somalia: First Responders Injured in Somalia Double-Bombing
A journalist was among those killed, and media workers and first responders were injured in a double car bombing Saturday in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu. Read more »
October 30, 2022
Somalia: At Least 100 Killed in Mogadishu Bombing, President Says
There has been huge increase in death toll from the two successive car bombings in Somalia Saturday. Read more »
October 28, 2022
Ethiopia: UN Rights Experts Warn Atrocities Will Grow in Ethiopia's Tigray Without Peace
A commission of independent U.N. experts examining rights violations and atrocities in the war in Ethiopia's Tigray region says that without an end to the fighting, the risk of… Read more »
Tanzania: Drought Weighs On Tanzania's Dar es Salaam
Residents in Tanzania's commercial capital, Dar es Salaam, are struggling with water shortages after authorities announced rationing because of a drop in the level of the city's… Read more »
October 26, 2022
Somalia: Two ISIS Militants Executed in Mogadishu
Somali officials on Wednesday executed two ISIS militants convicted for carrying out assassinations on behalf of the al-Shabab terrorist group, marking the second execution of… Read more »
October 25, 2022
Uganda: 11 Children Killed in Fire At Ugandan School for Blind
Police in Uganda are investigating the cause of a fire at a boarding school for visually impaired students that killed 11 girls, ages four to 13. Read more »
Somalia: U.S. Targets Al-Shabaab in Somalia Airstrike, Killing 2
A U.S. military airstrike has targeted al-Shabab terrorists who were attacking Somali National Army forces, killing two, according to U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM). Read more »
Kenya: Kenyan Police Under Scrutiny Over Shooting Death of Pakistani Journalist
The shooting death of Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif in Kenya has once again raised concern about the behavior of the East African country's police. Sharif was killed at a… Read more »
South Africa: Ethiopia-Tigray Peace Talks Underway in South Africa
South Africa's presidential spokesman said Tuesday that the first round of peace talks on Ethiopia's Tigray region have begun. Few other details have been released, and so far… Read more »
Somalia: Death Toll Climbs to 11 Following Al-Shabaab Hotel Attack
The siege at the Tawakal hotel marked al-Shabab's second major attack in Somalia this month amid an offensive against the group by the Somali National Army and allied militia in… Read more »
October 24, 2022
Kenya: Officers in Disbanded Unit Tried for Murder, Abuse, Conspiracy
The trial of four former Kenyan police officers charged with murdering two Indian nationals and their Kenyan driver began Monday in Nairobi. Read more »
October 23, 2022
South Sudan: UN Agencies Say Rains Have Flooded Two-Thirds of South Sudan
The United Nations refugee agency says that South Sudanese flood victims are in desperate need of international support. Read more »
October 21, 2022
Ethiopia: African Union Peace and Security Council Meets On Tigray War
The African Union's Peace and Security Council is meeting Friday to discuss the escalating war in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region. Read more »