Tag: East Africa
Group reports health facilities looted in Ethiopia’s Tigray
<p>KAMPALA, Uganda — The humanitarian group Doctors Without Borders said Monday that health facilities in Ethiopia’s embattled region of Tigray have been “looted, vandalized...
Somalia starts first inoculations with AstraZeneca vaccines
<p>MOGADISHU, Somalia — Somalia launched COVID-19 vaccinations Tuesday with the inoculation of the health minister, who received the jab publicly to reassure the nation...
McLaughlin, nun who exposed abuses in Rhodesia, dies at 79
<p>JOHANNESBURG — Sister Janice McLaughlin, a Maryknoll Sisters nun who was jailed and later deported by white minority-ruled Rhodesia for exposing human rights abuses,...
Group reports health facilities looted in Ethiopia’s Tigray
KAMPALA, Uganda — The humanitarian group Doctors Without Borders said Monday that health facilities in Ethiopia’s embattled region of Tigray have been “looted, vandalized...
Uganda’s Bobi Wine arrested while protesting in the capital
KAMPALA, Uganda — Ugandan opposition figure Bobi Wine has been arrested while leading a protest in the capital, Kampala.
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Vice President urges calm as Tanzania’s leader still unseen
NAIROBI, Kenya — As Tanzania's president has not been seen in public for more than two weeks, the East African country's vice president on...
Tanzania cops arrest man for reporting that president is ill
<p>NAIROBI, Kenya — Tanzanian police have arrested a man for circulating posts saying that President John Magufuli is in ill health.</p>
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Africans rethink big, bountiful weddings as pandemic bites
KAMPALA, Uganda — The moment of truth for Ivan Arinaitwe came when he had to choose among many relatives and friends whom to invite...
Tanzania cops arrest man for reporting that president is ill
NAIROBI, Kenya — Tanzanian police have arrested a man for circulating posts saying that President John Magufuli is in ill health.
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UN urges Somalia to organize elections without delay
<p>UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. Security Council urged Somalia’s government on Friday to organize elections “without delay” in a resolution that stressed the pressing...