Tags GENERAL AU launches fund to foster peace and security The African Union (AU) on Saturday launched a peace fund aimed to promote peace and security in Africa. Speaking at
Tags GENERAL Mobile phones help detect counterfeit seeds in Kenya Besides more unpredictable weather and changing crop diseases, Kenyan farmers face another worry: counterfeit seeds. Seed sold as something other
Tags GENERAL CAR ex-militia leader extradited to ICC for trial Central African Republic (CAR) lawmaker and former militia leader Alfred Yekatom was extradited to The Hague on Saturday to stand
Tags GENERAL Tencent culls WeChat accounts in China’s latest content clean-up Tencent plans to rein in content on WeChat by culling the number of public accounts on the platform, responding to
Tags GENERAL UN chief reports significant results against rebels in DRC A joint military operation by UN and Congolese troops to rout rebel forces from their strongholds in the Ebola-hit northeast
Tags GENERAL Rescued South American circus lions still unsettled in South Africa The rescue of 33 lions from South American circuses and their 2016 transfer to a South African refuge was billed
Tags GENERAL Kenya central bank upholds fines against lenders for suspect transactions Kenya’s central bank has upheld the fines it imposed in September against five top commercial lenders for a failure to
Tags GENERAL Kenya loses appeal to be reinstated in Women’s African Cup The Kenyan soccer federation has lost its appeal to be reinstated into the African Women’s Cup of Nations ahead of
Tags GENERAL Mortar bombs fired at UN peacekeeping base in eastern Congo Mortar bombs were fired at a U.N. peacekeeping base and gunfire could be heard on Friday in the Democratic Republic
Tags GENERAL In Uganda, special court offers justice for rape Courts across Uganda have begun trying hundreds of stalled sexual violence cases, including many of child rape, in an effort