Action needed as hunger looms in Horn of Africa
Report says almost 50 million people in the region require urgent food and water assistance.
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Report says almost 50 million people in the region require urgent food and water assistance.
Khartoum has settled $335 million to the US, as part of a deal to pay American victims of terror attacks.
Third wave of Covid-19 hits a battered Kenyan economy Saturday March 13 2021 Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta gives his address to the nation on the health guidelines for the year on March 12, 2021. PHOTO | PSCU Summary The country’s economy had grown 10 times slower than planned. Advertisement Kenya is accepting that the cost of reducing loss of lives from the Covid-19 pandemic is woeful economic performance. In his first address to the nation on the health guidelines for 2021, President Uhuru Kenyatta said that the country’s economy had grown 10 times slower than planned. President Ke...
The East African Tuesday March 09 2021 Women mourn victims of a massacre allegedly perpetrated by Eritrean soldiers in Dengolat village, North of Mekele, the capital of Tigray on February 26. PHOTO | AFP Summary What started as a law enforcement operation, according to PM Abiy Ahmed, to tame remnants of former ruling party has become a humanitarian crisis. Advertisement And historians and political analysts who spoke to The EastAfrican this week say the crisis in Ethiopia’s northern region is very much a result of a mismanaged ethnic diversity in the country, rather than revenge attacks on...
The East African Monday March 08 2021 Police officers of the African Union's peacekeeping mission in Somalia (Amisom) gather before their night patrol on September 17, 2019. In December 2016, Amisom may have lost more than $24,000 in payments made to excess troops for every contingent. PHOTO | FILE | NMG Summary Amisom which has been in Somalia for the past 13 years includes troops from Kenya, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Uganda and Burundi. Soldiers serve for one year which may be extended by a few months or cut short depending on the situation and the financial operations. Advertisement The internal...