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JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN | Xinhua | The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) have committed to deepening their collaboration for displaced people and host communities in South Sudan. The UNHCR’s Assistant High Commissioner for Operations, Raouf Mazou, and the AfDB’s Vice President for …

KHARTOUM, SUDAN | Xinhua | Sudan’s Foreign Ministry on Tuesday denounced as “unjust” the sanctions imposed by the European Union on Sudanese economic institutions. “The sanction operation, which is especially directed against (Sudan’s) national institutions, will not help achieve peace,” the ministry said in a statement. The ministry further said …

DAR ES SALAAM, TAZANIA | Xinhua | Tanzanian aviation authorities on Tuesday lifted a ban on Kenya Airways flights to the country’s commercial hub of Dar es Salaam effective from Jan. 22 after Kenya had heeded its demands. The Tanzania Civil Aviation Authority (TCAA) has withdrawn its decision of Jan. …

KHARTOUM, SUDAN | Xinhua | Sudan on Saturday voiced its objection to an upcoming summit of the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD), scheduled on Jan. 18 in the Ugandan capital of Kampala, to discuss the situation in Sudan. “The government of Sudan believes that there is no need to hold …

KIGALI, RWANDA | Xinhua | Rwandan authorities have assured Burundians living in the country that it will not adopt retaliatory measures after Burundi closed its border with Rwanda. “Burundians in Rwanda, continue to go about your daily activities. Do not worry in any way. Nothing will happen to you following …

NAIROBI, KENYA | Xinhua | Kenya has more than doubled its power imports from neighboring countries amid increased demand, the national bureau said in a new economic report released on Friday. The Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) said the country imported 706.9 million kWh of electricity from Ethiopia and …

  KHARTOUM, SUDAN | Xinhua | As the Sudanese people expected to see an end to the years-long instability in 2023 to avoid an economic collapse in the country, Sudan slid into a deadly military conflict in April that has been ongoing till now. HEAVY TOLL ON CIVILIANS On April …

  NAIROBI, KENYA | Xinhua | Interest rates on Kenya’s government securities have closed 2023 at a historic high, putting the country in a tough position as it seeks to ramp up borrowing to fund a budget deficit. The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) said in its data released Friday …

Kampala, Uganda | INDEPENDENT REPORTER  | Absa Bank Uganda has continued its commitment to support the resourcing of the Police Training School in Kabalye by handing over additional 17 computers and a projector worth Shs 44 million. The equipment was received by the Commandant of the School, the Assistant Commissioner of …

How the annual events fan the flame of ethnicity | GRETCHEN BALDWIN | Each year, Rwandans at home and in the diaspora remember those killed in the 1994 genocide. In just 100 days in 1994, about 800,000 people were slaughtered in Rwanda by ethnic Hutu extremists. They were targeting members …