Geneva, Switzerland | AFP | The UN refugee agency said Thursday it was investigating new allegations of fraud in its resettlement programme in Kenya and Uganda after a report in German magazine Stern alleging graft. “We can confirm that we have received allegations related to resettlement fraud in Uganda and Kenya,” …
Read More »Al-Shabaab warns of more attacks against Kenya, US interests
Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | Somali Islamist group Al-Shabaab on Wednesday warned Kenya “will never be safe”, threatening tourists and calling for more attacks on US interests after they stormed an American base at the weekend. The Al-Qaeda linked group said its attack on Camp Simba, in which three Americans …
Read More »Al-Shabaab jihadists attack US-Kenya military base
Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | Jihadists from Somalia’s Al-Shabaab group on Sunday attacked a military base used by US and Kenyan forces in Kenya’s coastal Lamu region, the army spokesman said. The strike on the base known as Camp Simba in Manda Bay near the picturesque tourist drawcard of Lamu …
Read More »CECAFA: Minnows Eritrea stun Kenya, set up Uganda final
✳️ Eritrea 🇪🇷 4 Kenya 🇰🇪 1 ✳ Uganda 🇺🇬1 Tanzania 🇹🇿 0 Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | Unheralded Eritrea stunned holders Kenya 4-1 to reach their first Cecafa Challenge Cup final in Kampala on Tuesday. The Eritreans are competing at the Central and Eastern African eight-team tournament after years …
Read More »Who’s buying the biggest guns in East Africa?
Latest in Uganda, Rwanda, Kenya, Burundi firepower Kampala, Uganda | INDEPENDENT TEAM | Countries in the East African region continue to spend more on strengthening their armed forces, according to latest data. Although Kenya and Tanzania are the biggest spenders because of their relatively big budgets, most attention is on Uganda, …
Read More »UN: Kenya, Uganda fail to enforce South Sudan sanctions
Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | Ahead of a key IGAD Assembly of Heads of State and Government meeting due Friday in Addis Ababa, United Nations (UN) monitors have warned of the failure of Kenya and Uganda to enforce sanctions on war-stricken South Sudan The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) is today …
Read More »Kenya landslides kill a dozen people
Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | At least 12 people were killed in Kenya when their homes were swept away in a landslide during ferocious rainstorms, local government officials said Saturday. Their homes were hit overnight Friday amid torrential rains in Kenya’s West Pokot region, 350 kilometres (220 miles) northwest of …
Read More »UCC speaks out on data expiry
The recent announcement by Kenya’s leading telecom firm, Safaricom, to introduce ‘no expiry data’ tariff plans contrary to the global practice in the provision of mobile data services has given Uganda Communication Commission a new task. Kampala, Uganda | ISAAC KHISA | This task is about determining whether or not …
Read More »Kenya, Somalia agree to normalise ties after tensions
Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | Kenya and Somalia have agreed to “normalise” relations and start reissuing travel visas to each other’s citizens after a long-running dispute over marine borders strained ties between the neighbours. The agreement, announced by Kenya’s presidency late Thursday, followed a meeting in Nairobi between President Uhuru Kenyatta …
Read More »Jopadhola emboldened by Luo elders’ visit, says Adhola king
Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Jopadhola have been emboldened by this week’s visit to Uganda by the Luo Council of Elders from Kenya, and will reunite and work together from now on, Kwar Adhola Moses Stephen Owor has promised. Giving final remarks as the historic visit by the …
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