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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South Sudan
South Sudan: Government Planning To Change Currency To Revive Ailing Economy
South Sudan’s cabinet has decided to change the country’s currency in a bid to improve the country’s ailing economy, the…
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South Sudan
South Sudan: Activist Group Drags Ruling Party To Court For Locking Out Women From Top Posts
South Sudan’s ruling party, the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM), has been dragged to the Supreme Court by a group…
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Kenya
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta Announces National Weekend Of Prayer
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has announced a national weekend of prayer from October 9 to October 11, during which Kenyans…
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Kenya
Kenyan Government Announces Reopening Of Schools As Coronavirus Cases Drop
Kenyan education ministry on Tuesday announced that select classes would resume soon. Schools are set to reopen on Monday, October…
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Ethiopia
Ethiopia Bans All Flights Over Giant New Hydropower GERD Dam On Blue Nile
Ethiopia has reportedly banned all flights over its giant new hydropower Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) being built on a…
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Sudan
Sudan: Transitional Authorities Sign A Peace Deal With Rebel Group Alliance
Sudan’s transitional authorities signed a peace deal with rebel groups on Saturday that aims to put an end to the…
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Tanzania
Tanzania: Electoral Body Sets Over 80,000 Polling Centers Ahead Of General Elections
Tanzania’s National Electoral Commission (NEC) on Tuesday announced it has set a total of 80,155 polling centers ahead of the…
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South Sudan
South Sudan To Reopen Learning Institutions In October Amid Declining COVID-19 Cases
South Sudan is set to partial reopen learning institutions in October amid declining COVID-19 positive cases in the country, reported…
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Kenya
Kenyan President Announces Re-Opening Of Bars & Pubs, Schools To Still Remain Shut
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Monday announced pubs will reopen in the country on Tuesday, six months after they were…
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Egypt
Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed Says No Intention Of Using GERD To Harm Egypt, Sudan
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Friday told the United Nations that his country does not intend to harm Sudan…
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South Sudan
South Sudan: UN Commission Report Says Senior Government Figures Embezzled $36m
The United Nations Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan has published a report that claims that high-ranking politicians and…
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Ethiopia
Ethiopia: UN Agency Says Over 200,000 Refugee Children Out Of School Due To COVID-19
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Tuesday said over 200,000 refugee children are currently out of school…
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Kenya
Kenya: President Uhuru Kenyatta Extends COVID-19 Containment Measures To Month End
Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta on Monday extended containment measures in the country aimed at stopping the spread of COVID-19, including…
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Sudan
Sudan: Ruling Council Officials To Hold Talks On Removal From US Terror List
Sudan’s ruling council on Sunday said a high-level delegation of officials will discuss the removal of the country’s name from…
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Uganda
Ugandan President Announces Reopening Of International Airport, Land Borders
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Sunday the reopening of the country’s international airport and land borders and resumption of operations…
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Somalia
Somalia: President Names New Prime Minister, Announces Plan For National Elections
Somalia President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed appointed political newcomer Mohamed Hussein Roble as the country’s prime minister on Thursday, reported CGTN…
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South Sudan
South Sudan: Information Minister Michael Makuei Says Schools To Reopen Soon
South Sudan schools are set to reopen almost seven months after they were made to shut down as part of…
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Ethiopia
Ethiopia’s Election Commission Announces TPLF As Winner In Tigray’s Election
Ethiopia’s election commission on Friday announced the governing party, Tigray People’s Liberation Front, has won all contested seats in elections…
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Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Tigray Region Holds Elections, Defying PM Abiy Ahmed’s Federal Gov’t
Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region held elections on Wednesday, defying a government ban on a parliamentary vote, building up tensions with…
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Sudan
Sudan: Government Signs Declaration Ending 30 Years Of Islamic Law By Separating Religion, State
Sudan’s ruling transitional government on Thursday agreed on a deal with major rebel groups that puts an end to 30…
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Rwanda
Rwandan President Paul Kagame Says ‘Hotel Rwanda’ Hero Was Not Kidnapped
Rwandan President Paul Kagame on Sunday denies that Paul Rusesabagina, a detained opposition figure who inspired the Hollywood film Hotel…
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Sudan
Sudanese Government, Major Rebel Group Agree To Hold New Round Of Peace Of Talks
The Sudanese power-sharing government has agreed to hold new peace talks with a major rebel group active in the country’s…
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Egypt
Ethiopia: U.S. Government Suspends Millions In Aid Over Disputed Nile Dam Issue
The United States government has decided to suspend some aid to Ethiopia over the delay in progress in the country’s…
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Kenya
Kenyan President Orders Health Ministry To Publish Details Of Covid-19 Deals
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Monday ordered the country’s health ministry to publish details of all purchases made during the…
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Sudan
Sudan: Government Officially Signs Peace Deal With Five Key Rebel Groups
Sudan’s government officially signed a peace agreement with the country’s five main rebel groups on Monday, reported Reuters. The deal…
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