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Grace Mugabe absent from S.Africa summit as assault claim lingers

The East African 20 August 2017 Grace Mugabe, Zimbabwe’s first lady. PHOTO | FILE By AFP Zimbabwe’s first lady Grace Mugabe failed to appear Saturday at a summit in South Africa attended by her husband, an event overshadowed by her effort to obtain diplomatic immunity over assault allegations. The...

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Go west for democracy, stay east for the economy

NTV 14 August 2017 Since the July 2015 vote in Burundi, all the East African Community countries except South Sudan have had elections. The latest were...

Anti-Zuma vote will be done in secret, says SA Speaker

The East African 7 August 2017 South Africa’s Speaker of the National Assembly, Baleka Mbete. PHOTO | AFRICA REVIEW In Summary President Zuma...

US delivers last choppers to Kenya Air Force

The East African 20 July 2017 The last two of eight Bell Huey II helicopters that were delivered by the US on July 19, 2017 to the Kenya Air Force....

Zambian President Edgar Lungu invokes state of emergency

The East African 6 July 2017 President Edgar Lungu. FILE PHOTO | PHILIPPE WOJAZER | AFP In Summary Zambian President Edgar Lungu invoked a state of emergency...

Lack of funds caused botched measles vaccination in S. Sudan

Sudan Tribune 28 June 2017 June 27, 2017 (JUBA) – Lack of funds needed to train vaccinators caused the death of 16 children during the botched measles...

Kenyan bishop killed in Juba

The East African 23 June 2017 A map showing Juba, the capital of South Sudan. GOOGLE MAPS GOOGLE MAPS In Summary Brigadier Daniel Justin, the...

Editor of suspended Tanzanian newspaper threatened

The East African 20 June 2017 Journalists at work. Mr Simon Mkina, editor-in-chief of the suspended Mawio Weekly, told AFP he has received threatening,...

Tanzania orders reallocation of undeveloped farms

The East African 14 June 2017 Tanzania’s President John Magufuli. FILE | NATION MEDIA GROUP By THE CITIZEN Tanzanian President John Magufuli has...

Will India’s hedge-and-engage approach against China’s work?

Hindustan Times 12 June 2017 a Shin Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the SCO Summit in Astana,...