EAST AFRICA
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Kenya fires 174 judicial staff over misconduct
Kenya’s Judicial Service Commission has sacked 174 court staff since 2018 over gross misconduct, a top official of the judiciary said on Monday. Chief ... -
Burundi refugees: UNHCR appeals for over $220m in ‘crucial’ support
An urgent appeal for US$222.6 million was made on Tuesday by the UN refugee agency and partners to assist more than 315,000 Burundian refugees ... -
Tanzanian police seize 160 firearms, arrest 68 poachers in forest reserve
Tanzanian Police, on Monday, said they have seized 160 firearms and arrested 68 suspected poachers in the last two months in a forest reserve ... -
American missionary gets 15-year jail term for sexually abusing orphaned children in Kenya
An American missionary and philanthropist who set up an orphanage in Kenya has been sent to 15 years in prison and a lifetime of ... -
Kenya’s public debt surges by $11.8bn in 2020
Kenya’s public debt rose by 1.3 trillion shillings ($11.8 billion) in 2020. This is as the east African nation stepped up borrowing in response ... -
Kenya promises to fully implement global climate change adaptation agenda
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has expressed his government’s commitment to implementing global climate change adaptation initiatives. Kenyatta said this in Nairobi during a virtual ... -
Funding shortfalls threaten East African locust operations – FAO
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, FAO, has warned partners that without additional financial resources for fuel, flight time and pilot ... -
Boat capsize leaves 26 dead in Uganda
At least 26 people died when their boat sank on Lake Albert, which marks the border between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, ... -
KENYA: Coping with challenges in biofuel project: First flooding, then COVID-19
2020 has been a tough year for the project partners and local employees in the project Biofuel4Kenya. From October 2019 till March 2020, local ...
