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Kenya-Somalia quarrel threatens AU efforts to broker political deal Monday May 17 2021 Summary Officially, the African Union says it is consulting members to determine the next step, but the continental body has also expressed concerns about Somalia’s decision to defy a 55-member body’s decision to offer help, ironically, initially requested by Somalia President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo. Advertisement The African Union has hinted at sticking with former Ghanaian President John Mahama as special envoy to Somalia, even as a simmering diplomatic tiff between Mogadishu and Nairobi seems to ...

The East African Tuesday April 20 2021 In this file photo taken on April 11, 2021 Four Star General and head of the Republican Guard in Chad, Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno (C), 37, son of Chadian President Idriss Deby Itno is seen at a polling station in N'djamena. Advertisement Following the death of Chadian President Idriss Deby Itno earlier on Tuesday, the army has suspended the government, the Constitution and Parliament. The army has also installed Mahamat Deby, the son of the slain leader, as the country's President for 18 months.  Freshly re-elected for a sixth term, Deby succumbed to inj...

How Africa will administer Covid-19 vaccine following months of ‘apartheid’ Thursday March 04 2021 A healthcare worker receives a dose of Covid-19 vaccine in South Africa on February 18, 2021. PHOTO | AFP Summary Delivered through the Covax Facility, Africa expects to receive 90 million doses before the end of April, setting off mass vaccination campaigns beginning this week. Advertisement African countries are scheduled to start mass roll-out of Covid-19 vaccines, following months of complaints about modern-day ‘apartheid’ on accessing pandemic fighting tools. Delivered through the C...

The East African Tuesday February 23 2021 Summary The premier is a symbol of the break with the FCC-CACH govt, the coalition between Tshisekedi and his predecessor Kabila, which collapsed in December. Advertisement After his appointment by President Félix Tshisekedi on February 15, Prime Minister Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde began the fundamental work of constituting his government. He knows, however, he is now President Tshisekedi’s new sail to steer his boat out of the rocky waters of coalition politics. Lukonde will have to get down to finishing composition of the new government ahead of ap...

The East African Tuesday February 23 2021 Security forces retrieve bodies on the edge of the Virunga National Park near where Italy's ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo, his bodyguard and driver, were killed on February 22, 2021. PHOTO | AFP Summary Advertisement The DR Congo government has said that Italian Ambassador to Kinshasa, Luca Attanasio, was killed by Rwandan Hutu rebels. The Italian envoy was killed on Monday in an ambush near Goma, in the province of North Kivu. A statement from the Congolese Ministry of Interior and Security said it suspected “elements” of the De...