(SomaliNet) For the first time in months, fuel prices in Tanzania have fallen, raising hopes that consumer goods and services would respond accordingly, according to media reports.
Experts say the prices have over the last few months been skyrocketing, making those of foodstuffs, consumer goods
(SomaliNet) The European Commission (EC) has said development partners need to set a joint agenda to ensure that assistance provided to least developed countries, including Tanzania, is properly utilised.
Maciej Popowski, EC director in charge of Aid Effectiveness while speaking to journalists y
(SomaliNet) The death toll from an explosion that rocked a bar in the Ethiopian capital rose to six after two people died on Thursday of their injuries, police said.
Media reports said the explosion took place on Wednesday in Addis-Ababa. Four people were killed and dozens injured.
"No one has
(SomaliNet) After more than three years of work to re-erect the 150-ton stela plundered by Italy 70 years ago and returned only in 2005, Ethiopia on Thursday unveiled its famed Axum Obelisk.
Prime Minister Meles Zenawi and Italian undersecretary of state for foreign affairs Alfredo Mantica unveil
(SomaliNet) Food shortages in Ethiopia have reached alarming levels following widespread drought in the country, U.N. humanitarian office said Monday.
According to U.N. spokeswoman Michele Montas, relief organizations are grappling with a "considerable shortage of supplies," with the U.N. World F
(SomaliNet) The Sudanese government in Khartoum was on Tuesday accused by a United Nations human rights expert of indiscriminate bombing of civilians in Darfur and affording impunity to those who abuse human rights in the war-torn region.
"The human rights situation on the ground remains grim," s
(SomaliNet) The United Nations and the Democratic Republic of Congo have started a military operation directed against Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony and his Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), news reports said.
LRA chief Kony is refusing to sign a final peace deal after two years of negotiations an
(SomaliNet) During a visit to Sudanese capital Khartoum on Monday, The chairperson of the African Union affirmed support for deferring any war crimes indictment against Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir.
Meanwhile, the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has asked judges t
(SomaliNet) According to a poll published on Tuesday, Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga has upstaged President Mwai Kibaki in popularity ratings nearly nine months after the pair feuded over disputed elections.
According to a Gallup USA poll reported in the press, eighty-five percent of those su
(SomaliNet) Kenya police said on Tuesday that fifteen people were killed in northern Kenya during the weekend when cattle-rustling raids erupted into gunfights between rival clans near the Somali border.
Media reports said nine were killed on Saturday and six on Sunday in clashes between feuding
