East Africa
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Burundi
Burundi, officially the Republic of Burundi, is a landlocked nation in East Africa, situated within the Great Rift Valley where…
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University of Rwanda Reverts to Four-Year Degree Programs
The University of Rwanda (UR) has reverted to a four-year structure for its undergraduate degree programs after a five-year trial…
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Tanzania
Tanzania, officially the United Republic of Tanzania (Swahili: Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within…
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Rwanda
Rwanda, officially the Republic of Rwanda, is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley, where the African Great Lakes…
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Starvation Used As Weapon of War in South Sudan Conflict
Starvation is being intentionally used as a war tactic in South Sudan’s brutal conflict, an UN-backed human rights panel said…
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3 Men Suspected of Involvement in Rwandan Genocide Arrested
Three men suspected of involvement in the 1994 Rwanda genocide were arrested in Belgium this week, according to the Belgian…
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Ethiopia bans flights above Grand Renaissance Dam
Ethiopia’s civil aviation authority has banned all flights over a controversial mega-dam being built on a tributary of the River…
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East African herders drank milk 5,000 years ago
Milk was essential to east African herders at least 5,000 years ago, according to a new study about what’s now…
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Fast-Growing Locust Plague Could Crush East Africa by June as Numbers Set to Surge 400-Fold
Swarms of desert locusts have been flooding parts of East Africa since last summer, threatening a fragile food security situation…
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Spencon: Inside the collapse of an African construction giant
Spencon was once one of the largest construction firms in East Africa. After years of financial trouble, two highly-paid British…
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Safaricom, Vodacom finalise M-Pesa acquisition from Britain’s Vodafone
FILE PHOTO: A customer conducts a mobile money transfer, known as M-Pesa, at a Safaricom agent stall in Nairobi, Kenya…
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Mau Mau Uprising
The Mau Mau Uprising (1952–1960), also known as the Mau Mau Rebellion, the Kenya Emergency, and the Mau Mau Revolt,…
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Kenya
Kenya (/ˈkɛnjə), officially the Republic of Kenya (Swahili: Jamhuri ya Kenya), is a country in Africa with 47 semiautonomous counties…
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Somalia telecoms employee killed by U.S. air strike -company
NAIROBI (Reuters) - A U.S. air strike in a town held by Somali Islamist insurgents killed a telecommunications worker, his…
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Sea of Zanj
The Sea of Zanj (Arabic: بحر زنج) is a former name for that portion of the western Indian Ocean adjacent…
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