Haacaaluu Hundeessaa, a prominent Oromo singer, songwriter, was shot dead today in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa around Galan Condominium site.The artist who was rushed to Tirunesh Beijing General Hospital after the attack succumbed to the injuries he sustained shortly...
Nigerian-Liberian lawyer, Councillor, Ndubuisi A. Nwabudike is in a fight of his life to save his career after his expulsion by the Liberian Bar Association over Liberian citizenship status.Cllr. Nwabudike had recently been confirmated by the Liberian Senate as...
After a prolonged deadlock, South Sudan's President Salva Kiir on Monday night appointed governors for eight states, after a long deadlock, leaving out Jonglei and Upper Nile reports The EastAfrican.Few weeks ago, South Sudan Opposition Alliance - a party...
The branches on trees around Kenya’s northern town of Lodwar have been stripped bare of leaves, bending downwards under the weight of voracious young locusts.Numbers of locusts exploded in East Africa and the Red Sea region in late 2019,...
Egypt’s foreign minister urged the U.N. Security Council on Monday to adopt a resolution giving international clout to efforts to resolve a dispute over the Ethiopia’s new hydroelectric dam on the Blue Nile which he said endangers the lives...
King Philippe of Belgium has for the first time admitted and expressed "deepest regrets" for the harm his country had done during colonial rule in the DR Congo.Philippe, who has reigned since 2013, made his remarks in a letter...
The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Monday to extend the mandate of the U.N. peacekeeping force in Mali for a year and called for a long-term and detailed plan for it to hand over security responsibilities and leave the...
Lesotho’s former first lady, charged with the murder of her love rival, was granted bail on Monday, despite objections from the police that she might use it to escape.Maesaiah Thabane, wife of former prime minister Thomas Thabane, was arrested...
A day after taking office, new president of Malawi, Mr. Lazarus Chakwera has named former insurance company director Felix Mlusu as the new finance minister, a government statement said,Malawi's opposition leader Lazarus Chakwera was sworn in Sunday as the...
South African government has denied rumours claiming that weapons and military hardware were shipped to Turkey, which could possibly end up in the hands of militia groups fighting in the Libyan civil war.According to News24, this happened after questions...
