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At least 5 special police officers are feared dead in a roadside bomb attack along the Mogadishu-Afgoye road in Somalia on Wednesday. Also referred to as “Haramcad,” the police officers...

Kenyan health workers under Kenya Medical Practitioners Pharmacists and Dentists' Union (KMPDU) has put government on notice of an impending strike following "inaction" towards issues concerning the safety of frontline...

The medical fraternity is holding a crisis meeting to deliberate on the welfare of the frontline medics as deaths of healthcare workers continue to be recorded. The Kenya Medical Practitioners...

A Sudanese taskforce into the missing persons says it has found new evidence of mass murder by the military junta that took power after toppling the Omar al-Bashir regime. The...

A Rwandan war crimes suspect charged with helping to orchestrate the country’s 1994 genocide and arming militias, was granted not guilty pleas during his first court appearance at the Hague...

Tanzania's opposition leader and presidential candidate Tundu Lissu has left the country for Belgium. After seeking protection in the German Embassy, Lissu has left for Brussels with the help of...

More than a dozen people have been killed in two attacks near Beni in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo that were blamed on the Islamist ADF group, local sources said...

Tanzanian opposition leader, Tundu Lissu has said he took refuge at the German ambassador's residence in the capital Dar es Salaam after receiving death threats following a disputed election. Lissu,...

Tanzania's two main opposition parties have demanded fresh elections, after denouncing Wednesday's presidential vote as fraudulent. The Chadema and ACT-Wazalendo parties, in a joint news conference, also called for mass...

Tanzanian President John Magufuli has won a resounding election victory with 84 percent of the votes in a poll his main rival said was riddled with irregularities such as ballot...