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...
The United Nations Secretary–General António Guterres has welcomed the “loss and damage” fund aimed at helping vulnerable countries to cope with climate disasters.
The establishment of the fund is part of a landmark deal out of the two-week-long UN Climate...
Nearly 840,000 coronavirus vaccines have expired in Kenya before they could be administered, the country’s Health Minister Mutahi Kagwe has said.
The AstraZeneca jabs were part of 2.2 million doses donated to the country through the global Covax scheme in...
Sudan’s military government has lifted a state of emergency which it imposed after seizing power in a coup six months ago.
The country’s ruling security and defence council said the decision was made at a meeting headed by the military...
A tooth belonging to murdered Congolese independence leader Patrice Lumumba has arrived back in the Democratic Republic of Congo and is being taken on a tour of his homeland.
It is all that remains of the country’s first prime minister,...
More than 37,000 people have been forced from their homes in the Democratic Republic of Congo over the last four days of fighting, according to aid agencies.
Local media report that the national army has retaken some areas that had...
South Sudan rivals have signed an agreement on the formation of a unified armed forces command, a key pillar of a peace agreement signed in 2018.
The deal was signed on Sunday in the capital, Juba, following mediation by neighboring...
The United Nations Air Humanitarian Aid Service-UNHAS has suspended flights to the North Kivu province in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) over insecurity.
UNHAS is managed by the World Food Program (WFP), which helps humanitarian actors quickly access...
A second Ebola patient has died in the Democratic Republic of Congo days after a fresh outbreak emerged in the city of Mbandaka, in Equatorial province.
The World Health Organization (WHO) said the second fatality was a female relative of...
A new economic projection for Eastern Africa shows that the economies of the 13-countries will grow by around 4 percent this year and faster in 2023 at 4.7 percent.
The African Development Bank’s East Africa Regional Economic Outlook 2022 however...





