Somalia’s Ministry of Communications and Technology is ordering the country’s internet service providers to turn off access for social media companies TikTok, Telegram, and the gambling site 1xBet.
The Minister of Communications and Technology, Jama Hassan Khalif, gave the order...
Kenyan victims of the 1998 U.S. Embassy bombing in Nairobi on Monday renewed calls for compensation from Washington as the East African nation marked 25 years since its deadliest terror attack.
A powerful blast hit the U.S. Embassy in downtown...
Most East African countries are on a path to adopting digital IDs. While others express mixed reactions about the readiness for the documents, others have yet to start conversations about biometric identification.
KYC processes are crucial in preventing fraud, money...
Kenyan police Wednesday fired tear gas at protesters who took to the streets in defiance of a government warning after earlier demonstrations turned violent with more than a dozen people killed.
The opposition has vowed to stage three straight days...
The death toll in an investigation linked to a Kenyan cult that practised starvation to “meet Jesus Christ” has exceeded 400 after 12 more bodies were found on Monday, a senior official said.
“Total death Toll – 403,” Coast Regional...
The M23 rebels have warned the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) authorities regarding their announced intention to officially resume activities at the Bunagana border in the war-torn province of North Kivu.
The North Kivu authorities had closed activities at the...
US-based NGO, Human Rights Watch has urged the prospective and current financiers of the fossil fuel projects in Uganda to disengage and stay away from them over environmental and human rights concerns.
The 47-page document titled, “Our Trust is Broken”:...
Ethiopia says its forces in Somalia thwarted an al-Shabab attack on a base Wednesday in the Somali town of Doolow.
“The Ethiopian National Defense Forces (ENDF) stopped the attackers in their tracks before they could wreak havoc,” Ethiopia’s Ministry of...
Ugandan soldiers hid for six days before being rescued after al-Shabab militants overran their base, a spokesperson for the Uganda Peoples’ Defense Forces (UPDF) told VOA Somali.
Brigadier General Felix Kulaigye said the four soldiers, including a lieutenant, survived by...
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has officially confirmed the deaths of 54 soldiers, including a commander, in a recent attack carried out by al-Shabaab militants in Somalia.
The president shared this information through his official Twitter account, initially disclosing it during...
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