Sudan said on Wednesday it had cut all defence ties with North Korea, in a rare admission that it used to have such ties in the first place. The announcement came as Washington is locked in a standoff over Pyongyang’s missile and nuclear weapons programmes, and as Sudan, which is
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Japan has expressed her willingness to support Uganda's vision 2040. This was conveyed by the Asian country's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Tara Kono during a joint press conference with his Ugandan counterpart, Sam Kutesa in Tokyo on Tuesday. In 2007, Cabinet approved the National Vision Statement, “A Transformed Ugandan
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In March, Kenya agreed to accelerate a health agreement it signed with Cuba last year to bring in 100 doctors. The doctors, who have started arriving in Kenya, are meant to fill what the government has termed "gaps" in county hospitals. The Kenyan doctors' union thinks those gaps should be
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Former Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga said he thinks he can make a difference in the stalemate between South Sudan President Salva Kiir and rebel leader Riek Machar. Odinga is offering to mediate talks between the president and his former deputy to end the nearly 4½-year civil war in South
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A group of activists marched on the Ugandan police headquarters Tuesday, protesting what they see as a lack of police response to recent kidnappings and killings. Donning black T-shirts, the participants chanted, carried banners reading "Women's Lives Matter," and used saucepans and small drums to call attention to their demonstration.
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Ethiopia’s prime minister said on Wednesday that ending war and expanding economic ties with neighbouring Eritrea is critical for stability and development in the impoverished Horn of Africa region. Abiy Ahmed’s remarks followed the announcement on Tuesday by his ruling coalition that Ethiopia would fully implement a peace deal signed
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A delegation from the International Committee of the Red Cross today 5th June 2018 today met with Hon. Henry Okello Oryem, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs in charge of International Cooperation at Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The delegation of three consisted of Mr Zoran Jovanovic, head of delegation, Mr.
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A two-year undercover investigation into football in Africa has revealed footage of over 100 referees and officials taking cash before games. Watch the BBC video here.
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The wreckage of a FlySax plane that went missing on Tuesday evening has been located in the Aberdares, reports the Daily Nation. Aerial search teams on Thursday morning sighted the wreck at the peak of the ranges, according to Nyandarua County Commissioner Boaz Cherutich. "It’s a major breakthrough. Our search
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Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has said ADF rebels would be no more, but they are being ‘preserved’ by United Nations (UN) and Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). He made the remarks on Wednesday while delivering the State of the Nation Address for 2018 at the Uganda International Conference Centre, Serena, Kampala. He
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