East Africa
East Africa is a region of Africa. It generally designates the countries of the Great African Rift Valley.
She understands : the countries of the Horn of Africa: Eritrea; Ethiopia; Djibouti; Somalia. South Sudan (border Sudan is sometimes added). the Great Lakes countries also part of the Great Rift: Kenya; Uganda; Tanzania; Rwanda; Burundi. the islands of the Indian Ocean (for some authors): Seychelles ; the Comoros ; Mayotte. The Mascarenes (Mauritius, Reunion). Madagascar, Malawi and Mozambique are sometimes also included in this area. Rwanda and Burundi, which border two regions, and former German colonies within German East Africa that have become French-speaking (historically for Rwanda, and for Burundi even today), are often attached to the Central Africa.
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Sudan
Sudanese Warring Factions Agree To Seven Day Humanitarian Ceasefire Deal
Sudanese warring factions have agreed to abide by a seven-day humanitarian ceasefire, the United States and Saudi Arabia said in…
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Kenya
Kenyan President William Ruto Appeals Sudan’s Warring Military Generals To Stop Fighting
Kenyan President William Ruto on Wednesday urged the two warring Sudanese military generals to stop the fighting that has entered…
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Sudan
UN Makes An Appeal For $3 Billion To Provide Humanitarian Assistance In Sudan
The United Nations (UN) and its partner organizations on Wednesday made an appeal for about $3 billion to help those…
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Sudan
UN Refugee Agency: Nearly 200,000 Fled Sudan Since Fighting Erupted In Mid-April
The United Nations (UN) refugee agency on Friday said some 200,000 people have now fled from Sudan to neighboring countries…
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Sudan
UN Human Rights Council To Hold Special Session To Discuss Sudan Fighting
The United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council is scheduled to hold a special session on Thursday to discuss the ongoing…
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Sudan
WHO Says Over 600 People Killed,5000 Injured In Fighting In Sudan So Far
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday said over 600 people have lost their lives since fighting began between the…
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Sudan
Sudanese Military Leader Al-Burhan Says No Benefit In Talks Without Ceasefire
Sudanese military leader General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan on Monday said the pre-negotiation talks with the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF)…
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Sudan
UN Refugee Agency & Partners Appeal To Raise $445 Million To Ease Sudan Crisis
The United Nations (UN) refugee agency and partner organizations on Thursday made an appeal to raise $445 million to assist…
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Ethiopia
USAID Pauses Food Aid To Ethiopia’s Tigray Amid Claims Aid Is Being Diverted
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) on Wednesday announced that it has decided to cease food aid to…
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South Sudan
South Sudanese Ministry Confirms Warring Sides In Sudan Agree To Seven-Day Ceasefire
South Sudanese Foreign Affairs Ministry on Tuesday confirmed Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and head of the…
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Uganda
Ugandan Parliament Passes Revised Version Of Controversial Anti-LGBTQ Bill
The Ugandan parliament on Tuesday passed a revised version of the controversial anti-LGBTQ bill after President Yoweri Museveni asked that…
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Kenya
Kenyan Police Use Teargas To Disperse Protesters As Protests Resume
The Kenyan police on Tuesday used teargas to disperse protestors who resumed their anti-government protests against skyrocketing prices of essential…
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Sudan
UNHCR Warns Over 800,000 People May Flee Sudan Due To Ongoing Fighting
The United Nations refugee agency, UNHCR, on Monday, warned that more than 800,000 people including Sudanese citizens and thousands of…
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Sudan
UN Chief Says Emergency Relief Chief Heading To Sudan Over Unprecedented Situation
The United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday said the organization’s Emergency Relief chief has departed for Sudan amid…
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Sudan
Sudanese RSF Leader Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo Says No Talks Until Fighting Ends
Sudanese paramilitary force leader Gen Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo on Friday said there will not be any negotiation until the fighting…
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South Sudan
South Sudanese Minister Hopes To Push For Direct Talks Between Sudanese Factions
A South Sudanese minister on Friday said he is hopeful that the recently extended ceasefire agreement in Sudan can be…
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Ethiopia
Drought In The Horn Of Africa Made Worse By Climate Change- WWA Study
The drought in the Horn of Africa has been made worse by human-induced climate change, according to a new report…
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Egypt
Ethiopian Foreign Ministry Ready To Resume Nile Dam Tripartite Negotiations
The Ethiopian Foreign Ministry has said that it is willing to resume tripartite negotiations with Egypt and Sudan to resolve…
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Uganda
Ugandan President Calls On Lawmakers To Reconsider Anti-Gay Legislation
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Wednesday called on legislators to reconsider the anti-gay legislation passed by parliament last month, reported…
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Sudan
UN Envoy To Sudan Says No Sign Warring Sides Ready To Seriously Negotiate
The United Nations (UN) envoy to Sudan on Tuesday said a US-brokered ceasefire in Khartoum appears to be partially holding,…
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Tanzania
IMF Board Approves Immediate Disbursement Of About $153 Million To Tanzania
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Monday announced it has approved the first review of Tanzania’s three-year extended credit facility,…
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Kenya
Kenya’s Main Opposition Party To Resume Anti-Government Protests As Talks Fail
Kenya’s main opposition party on Monday announced that it has decided to resume anti-government protests from May 2, nearly three…
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Sudan
US Deploys Disaster Response Team In Sudan As Fighting Between Rival Forces Continues
The United States (US) has deployed a disaster response team to coordinate a humanitarian response in Sudan where fighting between…
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Ethiopia
Ethiopian PM Says Government To Begin Negotiations With OLA Rebel Group
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Sunday said the government would begin talks with the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) in…
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Sudan
WHO: Over 400 Killed, 3,500 Injured In Fighting Between Military & RSF In Sudan
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday said over 400 people have been killed and more than 3,500 others have…
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