#AfricaWillBeBetterIf trending in Nairobi, Kenya
Kenyans have taken to social media using the hashtag #AfricaWillBeBetterIf, to express their wish for a better Africa if several
AU to provide its own funding for the standby force
Recently the African Union said the continental stand by force will soon be operational. The force’s logistics headquarters are set
More Burundians fleeing to neighboring Tanzania
Thousands have fled Burundi in recent months – desperate to escape what they say is violence and intimidation. The UN
Harare, Zimbabwe to be twinned with Guangzhou, China
Zimbabwe’s capital Harare is set to be twinned with the Chinese city of Guangzhou. The move comes at a time,
US to send 300 troops to Cameroon to fight Boko Haram
US President Barack Obama has announced that US armed forces have been deployed to Cameroon to help fight against the
World Bank trims Kenya’s 2015 – 2016 growth forecast
The World Bank has trimmed Kenya’s growth forecast for this year and 2016 to 5.4% from the previous estimate of
Guinea’s opposition leader Celloun Diallo pulls out of presidential race
Guinea’s main opposition leader Celloun Dalein Diallo withdrew on Wednesday from a presidential election, citing fraud, and he will not
Eritrean footballers refuse to go back home
Ten players from the Eritrean football team have refused to return home after playing a World Cup qualifying match in
South Africa’s M1 bridge collapse death toll rises
Three people were killed and around 20 others injured when scaffolding for a bridge under construction collapsed over Johannesburg’s main
Ebola survivors can harbour virus in semen for 9 months
Scientists on Wednesday said that Ebola virus can exist in the semen of male survivors of the disease for at