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A Catholic doctors lobby group in Kenya has advised church members not to accept the Covid-19 vaccine but instead practice steam therapy if they are sick. According to local media,...

The Kinshasaha government of the Democratic Republic of Congo has said the Democratic Forces for Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR), a rebel outfit operating in DRC are behind attack in which...

Italy's ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo, Luca Attanasio, was killed in a brutal attack by gunmen on Monday the foreign ministry said. Attanasio was reportedly travelling with a...

Rwanda's ministry of Health on Sunday announced it had kicked off the National Vaccination Program targeting high-risk groups starting with frontline healthcare staff. The initial phase according to Rwandan authorities...

Authorities in Tanzania have suspended a health expert for issuing a statement about claims of a disease outbreak in the country. On Wednesday, Tanzania's health minister, Dorothy Gwajima, instructed authorities...

A new Ebola case has been detected in Butembo DRC, one of the epicenters of the previous outbreak in eastern DRC. The patient according to the World Health Organization (WHO)...

Monique Nsanzabaganwa of Rwanda has been elected Deputy Chairperson of the African Union Commission beating Uganda's Pamela Kasabiiti Mbabazi and Djibouti's Hasna Barkat. Ms Nsanzabaganwa polled 42 votes from 55...

Tanzanian president John Pombe Magufuli has lashed at critics who despise him for his recent dis...speaking English claiming he intentionally shunned the English language because it is less important. Magufuli,...

Authorities in Tanzania have finally admitted that COVID-19 is serious in the country ending months-long speculation over the COVID situation in Tanzania. In June 2020, Tanzania's president John Magufuli, declared...

South Sudan is the most corrupt country in the East African region according to the 2020 report by Transparency International. The report ranked South Sudan as the second most corrupt...