Your Preferred Source of Breaking News
The head of the UN peacekeeping mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), David Shearer, has praised efforts made by peacekeepers involved in a rescue operation following the crash-landing of a commercial plane at Wau airport in the north-west of the country. The plane, an Antonov 26 belonging to South Sudan Supreme Company,
Read More
A new study carried out by the Government of Uganda and its partners has found a new weather pattern that threatens to worsen food insecurity in the Karamoja region if no action is taken. The study found that the average monthly rainfall in the region increased over the last 35 years
Read More
South Sudan and Equatorial Guinea have announced an historic partnership, setting out the terms for a strong bilateral relationship between the African oil and gas producers. The Memorandum of Cooperation was signed by Equatorial Guinea’s Minister of Mines and Hydrocarbons H.E. Gabriel Mbaga Obiang Lima and South Sudan’s Minister of Petroleum
Read More
An Antonov AN-26 commercial aircraft on Monday crashed in South Sudan’s Wau town, primarily reports indicate there are no human causalities only several people injured. The actual cause of the crash remains unclear. The South Supreme Airlines was carrying more than 50 people when it hit the runway while trying to land
Read More
Kenyan First Lady Margaret Kenyatta this afternoon landed in the port City of Cape Town where she is scheduled to receive an Honorary Fellowship Award in recognition of her unflinching commitment towards maternal and Children’s Health in Kenya. She will receive the prestigious Fellow of Honoris Causa Award from the globally
Read More
Pope Francis begged forgiveness Monday for the "sins and failings of the church and its members" during Rwanda's 1994 genocide and told Rwanda's president that he hoped his apology would help the country heal. In an extraordinary statement after Francis' meeting with Rwandan President Paul Kagame, the Vatican acknowledged that some
Read More
President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed will make his first State visit to Kenya on Thursday ahead of a special summit on the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD). In his weekly press briefing, State House Spokesperson Manoah Esipisu said Kenya and Somalia enjoy warm and cordial relations founded on trust, cooperation and mutual
Read More
At a genocide memorial site in eastern Rwanda, remains of more than 40,000 Tutsi victims could soon be no more if urgent action is not taken. The location, Nyamata genocide memorial site, was a catholic church prior to May of 1994. But from April 11 for the entire week in 1994,
Read More
Rwandan High Commission to Kenya on Wednesday hosted Kenyan business leaders in Nairobi with an aim of presenting to them investment opportunities available in Rwanda. Speaking at the forum, Rwanda’s High Commissioner to Kenya, James Kimonyo, said that the event is an opportunity to showcase what Rwanda has done to create
Read More
A Sudanese court on Wednesday has charged a college student with premeditated murder for allegedly killing a police officer during protests at University of Khartoum (UofK) in April 2016. Asim Omer Khalifa, a member of the student chapter of the opposition Sudanese Congress Party (SCoP), was detained on 5 May 2016
Read More