CPJ calls on Ethiopia to drops case against Zone 9 blogger
Nairobi, February 16, 2018–The Committee to Protect Journalists today called on Ethiopian authorities to drop an incitement charge against Zone 9 blogger Atnafu Berhane. Prosecutors told a court on...
View ArticleDarren Walker of the Ford Foundation joins CPJ’s board of directors
Darren Walker of the Ford Foundation joins CPJ’s board of directors New York, February 26, 2018—Ford Foundation President Darren Walker has joined the Committee to Protect Journalists’ board of...
View ArticleSomaliland:SL hails Kenyan reconciliatory move by Uhuru and Odinga
By M.A. Egge The government of Somaliland has hailed the Kenyan gesture of reconciliation depicted by former bitter rivals President Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta and opposition Chief Rt. Hon. Raila Amollo...
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We’ve come up with a TB test that’s cheaper, quicker and more accurate
Tuberculosis (TB) is a disease that kills more people due to a bacterial infection than any other disease in the world. In 2016, the World Health Organisation reported over 10 million new infections...
View ArticleParadigm shift as African countries throw their weight behind ivory ban
Calls from conservation groups for a strong line and a near total ban on the sale of ivory were strengthened last week when 32 African nations stood as one to demand an end to trade in ivory in Britain...
View ArticleUnited Cities and Local Governments of Africa (UCLG Africa) Regional...
The meeting organized in collaboration with the Council of Governors (COG) of Kenya was attended by 10 countries representing 14 national associations of local government NAIROBI, Kenya, April 11,...
View ArticleHow artistic expression is being stifled in East Africa
In today’s world, bloggers, artists, designers, techies, hacktivists, writers, musicians, and citizen journalists all use modern tools of digital technology to speak truth to power. This digital savvy...
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Politics and poverty caused past conflicts in East Africa – not climate change
t seems obvious that climate change has – and will – cause human conflict and the mass movement of people. Look at the effects of the droughts in Syria, Darfur and Ethiopia. The former UN Secretary...
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The ‘Mohamed Salah Effect’ is real – my research shows how he inspires...
Mo Salah, Mo Salah, running down the wing … Salalalaah, the Egyptian king! This is how fans of Liverpool FC cheer Mohamed Salah; record breaking star striker, and winner of the Premier League’s Golden...
View ArticleEthiopia to Fully Implement Algiers Agreement: EPRDF Executive Committee
Addis Ababa June 05/2018 The Executive Committee of EPRDF announced that it will strive to restore peace between Ethiopia and Eritrea by ending hostilities. The Committee which began its regular...
View ArticleNew Age Africa Energy providing French Cameroon £ 1.5 Billion to fund...
It is time for Western governments to pass a Cameroon Divestment Act that will compel governments to cut investment ties with companies and individuals doing business with La Republique du Cameroon...
View ArticleMeet the five teams hoping to change Africa’s World Cup story
The 2018 FIFA World Cup tournament kicks off from June 14 in Russia. Africa has five representatives in this elite competition: Nigeria, Egypt, Senegal, Morocco, and Tunisia. The continent’s teams...
View ArticleBlast rocks Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s rally
President not injured and evacuated from stadium in city of Bulawayo where he addressed supporters, spokesman says. An explosion has struck a stadium in the city of Bulawayo where Zimbabwean President...
View ArticleCameroon’s Anglophone crisis threatens national unity. The time for change is...
Cameroon’s governance and security problems have historically attracted little outside attention. But this seems likely to change, for two reasons. The first is the growing political crisis in the...
View ArticleSomaliland Declaration on the Origin of African Borders
Partition of Africa (1884-1885) The Partition of Africa began with the Berlin Conference of 1884-1885, and was the cause of most of Africa’s borders today. All the major European States were...
View ArticleKofi Annan: a complicated legacy of impressive achievements, and some...
Kofi Annan (80) was an important historical figure who played a critical role in many key events of the 1990s and 2000s. His death is therefore an opportunity to both celebrate his life and to begin...
View ArticleUganda: who is Bobi Wine and why is he creating such a fuss?
Ugandan singer turned politician Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, known as Bobi Wine, is at the centre of a storm in the East African nation. Ssentamu has been arrested and charged with treason in a...
View ArticleBrexit, trade and security are all on the agenda during May’s Kenya visit
British Prime Minister Theresa May is visiting Kenya as part of a trip to Africathat also included stops in two of the continent’s largest economies – South Africa and Nigeria. The Conversation Africa...
View ArticleCOMMUNIQUÉ OF THE 46TH ORDINARY SESSION OF IGAD COUNCIL OF MINISTERS
The IGAD Council of Ministers held its 46th Ordinary Session on 27th February 2019 under the chairmanship of H.E. Dr Workneh Gebeyehu, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Federal Democratic Republic...
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The Praxis of Medemer in the Horn of Africa
By almariam Praxis is simply the practical application of theory. In praxis, one is not interested in trying to understand the world in the abstract but to act in the world in order to change it and...
View ArticleEast African court rules that Tanzania’s Media Services Act violates press...
A Tanzanian shoe-shiner conducts his business underneath an election poster for then ruling party presidential candidate, and later president, John Magufuli, in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on October 27,...
View ArticleOmar Al Bashir steps down- reports
Sudan army raid group close to Bashir’s party A team of Sudanese soldiers raided the offices of a group linked to President Omar Al Bashir’s ruling National Congress Party in Khartoum, witnesses said,...
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Omar al-Bashir: Sudan military says it has ousted ruler after protests
After nearly 30 years in power, Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir has been ousted and arrested, the defence minister says. Speaking on state TV, Awad Ibn Ouf said the army had decided to oversee a...
View ArticleNine Heads of State Confirmed to Attend the U.S-Africa Business Summit in June
Washington, DC, United States of America, April 19th, 2019,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- Corporate Council on Africa is honored to announce that the following Heads of State are confirmed to attend...
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