Striking teachers in Kenya have been ordered to return to the classroom “immediately” following a court ruling in Nairobi. Employment and Labour Relations Court Judge Nelson Abuodha told teachers to suspend the strike for 90 days, so proper negotiations could
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Kenya security agents have confirmed weapons and drugs have been found on a ship they intercepted last week. The narcotics were found inside the tyres of trucks which were to be delivered as part of a UN peacekeeping mission; while the
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Ugandan troops who have been fighting against rebel forces in South Sudan will start to withdraw from the country next week. The Ugandan People’s Defense Force (UPDF) has been fighting alongside the South Sudanese army (SPLA), against the opposition forces
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The European Union has urged Sudan’s government to probe the killing of protesters in the deadly clash of September 2013. Almost two years since the country’s most violent clash between protesters and the existing regime, no findings have been made
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Tanzania’s 2015 General Election has been hyped as the most competitive in the nation’s history, but recent poll figures suggest the race is far from close. The poll shows John Magufuli of the ruling CCM party has more than 60% support, leading his closest challenger,
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A car bomb killed at least seven people in Somalia on Monday in an attack aimed at the Presidential Palace. A police officer has confirmed five fatalities and further injuries to Reuters, although other reports say as many as seven deaths
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South Sudan President Salva Kiir will shun a UN meeting later this month to address the continuing violence in war-stricken South Sudan. The president had been invited to the meeting in New York by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, following
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Thousands of Ugandans gathered in the ancestral home town of General Aronda Nyakairima yesterday to pay tribute to the fallen military officer. Among the attendants was President Yoweri Museveni, the chief mourner at the funeral service held in Nyakiju Village,
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As the teacher strikes in Kenya run into their third week data reveals teachers in the country are among the best paid in Africa. A study by Kenyan publication Nation Newsplex and the Institute of Economic Affairs compared data with Uganda and South
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UN diplomats have announced they will decide today whether to impose sanctions on a South Sudan army chief and for army general, turned rebel, for “continuing to fuel conflict in the world’s newest nation.” Sanctions have been proposed by the
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