East Africa
Last 19 missing after deadly Nairobi hotel attack now accounted for -Red Cross
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- Published on Friday, 18 January 2019 09:03
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Nineteen people still missing two days after a Somali militant attack on a Nairobi hotel and office complex that killed 21 people are now accounted for, the Kenyan Red Cross said on Thursday.
Ethiopia protesters block main highway to the sea
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- Published on Tuesday, 15 January 2019 09:54
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Protesters in Ethiopia’s northeastern Afar region have blocked the landlocked country’s main route to the sea to demonstrate against surging ethnic violence, organisers said on Monday.
The demonstrators started a five-day blockade of the highway to neighbouring Djibouti on Sunday, Mahi Bule, a member of an organising committee said.
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Al-Shabaab extremists claim deadly attack on Nairobi hotel
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- Published on Wednesday, 16 January 2019 10:00
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Extremists stormed a luxury hotel in Kenya's capital on Tuesday, setting off thunderous explosions and gunning down people at cafe tables in an attack claimed by Africa's deadliest Islamic militant group. A police officer said at least 15 people had died.
"It is terrible. What I have seen is terrible," said Charles Njenga, who ran from a scene of…
Somali region once riddled with pirates sees peaceful power transfer
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- Published on Wednesday, 09 January 2019 09:36
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A region of war-ravaged Somalia elected a new president on Tuesday, a peaceful transfer of power in a part of the country notorious for piracy and Islamist militias.
Said Abdullahi Deni, who is likely to continue Puntland’s close cooperation with the United States, defeated his closest rival, Asad Osman Abdullahi. He was sworn in for a new…