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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Egypt
Sudanese Minister Urges UN Security Council To Meet Over Nile Dam Dispute
Sudanese Foreign Minister Mariam Sadiq al-Mahdi on Tuesday called the United Nations Security Council to meet and discuss the ongoing…
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Rwanda
Rwandan President Says Africa Building Partnerships To Make Covid-19 Vaccine
Rwandan President Paul Kagame on Monday said African nations are trying to establish partnerships to enable the production of COVID-19…
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Ethiopia
Ethiopians All Ready To Vote On Monday In A Twice Delayed National Election
Ethiopians are set to vote on Monday in a crucial parliamentary election in which Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is widely…
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Uganda
Ugandan President Tightens Anti-Coronavirus Measures As Virus Cases Surge
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Friday announced new strict anti-coronavirus measures in a bid to curb a second wave of…
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Sudan
Sudanese Military Announces New Joint Force To Crack Down On Insecurity
Sudanese military has announced it is planning to form a joint force to keep a tab on growing insecurity in…
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Kenya
Kenyan Health Ministry Announces Strict COVID-19 Measures In Hotspot Areas
Kenyan Health Ministry on Thursday announced a slew of strict measures to help curb the spread of coronavirus in some…
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Ethiopia
AU To Launch Inquiry To Probe Human Rights Violations In Ethiopia’s Tigray
The African Union (AU) on Wednesday said it is going to launch an inquiry into allegations of abuses in Ethiopia’s…
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Egypt
Ethiopian Government Rejects Arab League’s Proposal On Controversial Nile Dam
The Ethiopian government has rejected an Arab League proposal that calls for the United Nations Security Council to intervene in…
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Egypt
Sudanese Irrigation Minister Says Open To Interim Deal On GERD Dam With Ethiopia
Sudanese Irrigation Minister Yasir Abbas on Monday said Sudan is open to a partial interim agreement on Ethiopia’s Grand Ethiopian…
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Kenya
Kenyan Government Ready To Reopen Embassy In Somalia As Soon As Possible
Kenyan authorities on Monday said it will reopen its embassy in Mogadishu as soon as possible, reported Africa News. The…
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Egypt
Sudanese Prime Minister Hamdok Stresses Need To Reach A Legal Deal On GERD
Sudanese Prime Minister Abdullah Hamdok on Sunday stressed the need to reach a binding legal agreement about the filling and…
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Kenya
Kenyan Government Reopens Airspace To Flights To And From Somalia
The Kenyan government on Thursday announced it has decided to reopen its airspace for flights to and from Somalia, reported…
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Ethiopia
UN Says More Than 350,000 Suffering From Famine Conditions In Ethiopia’s Tigray
The United Nations (UN) led agencies and aid groups have warned that more than 350,000 people in Ethiopia’s Tigray region…
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Egypt
Sudan, Egypt Calls Out Ethiopia To Negotiate, Finalize Deal On Controversial Nile Dam
Sudan and Egypt on Wednesday issued a joint statement that said that the countries would coordinate efforts to pressurize Ethiopia…
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Egypt
Egypt Warns Second Filing Of Mega Nile Dam Could Have Catastrophic Effects
Egypt on Tuesday warned the second filing of the controversial Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) without reaching a legal and…
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Eritrea
Eritrean Foreign Minister Blames US For Destabilisation In Ethiopia’s Tigray
Eritrean Foreign Minister Osman Saleh on Monday blamed the United States administration that has been supporting the Tigray People’s Liberation…
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Ethiopia
UN Says Over 90 Percent Of People In Ethiopia’s War-Hit Tigray Need Food Aid
The United Nations (UN) on Tuesday said more than 90 percent of people in Ethiopia’s troubled northern Tigray region are…
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Somalia
Somalian Political Leaders Sign Agreement To Hold Election Within Next 60 Days
Somalian political leaders on Thursday agreed on a framework to conduct long-delayed elections in the country, hoping to avert a…
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Sudan
Sudan’s Transitional Government, Main Rebel Group Resumes Negotiation Talks
Sudan’s ruling transitional government and the country’s main rebel group resumed a fresh round of peace talks on Wednesday in…
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Ethiopia
US President Biden Calls For Withdrawal Of Foreign Military Forces From Tigray
The United States (US) President Joe Biden on Wednesday called for the withdrawal of foreign military forces from Ethiopia’s Tigray…
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Kenya
Kenyan President Appeals African Countries To Unite Together Beyond Covid-19
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Tuesday made an appeal to African countries to continue working together in fighting the COVID-19…
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Ethiopia
US Imposes Economic, Security Assistance Restrictions On Ethiopia Over Tigray Crisis
The United States (US) government has announced it has imposed wide-ranging restrictions on economic and security assistance to Ethiopia over…
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Ethiopia
Ethiopia’s Electoral Commission Sets June 21 As New National Election Date
Ethiopia’s electoral commission on Thursday announced the twice-delayed general election has been postponed once again, reported Africa News. The electoral…
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Sudan
Sudanese Government Shuts Down Schools, Universities To Contain COVID-19
The Sudanese Higher Committee for Health Emergencies on Tuesday announced the closure of universities and schools for one month to…
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Ethiopia
Ethiopian Prime Minister Launches Campaign To Plant 6 Billion Trees This Year
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Tuesday announced the launch of a campaign to plant 6 billion trees across the…
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