East Africa general news
13
Apr
(Al Jazeera) Somalia executes al-Shabab journalist
11 Apr 2016 09:09 GMT | Politics, Africa
Somalia has executed a journalist accused of helping members of al-Shabab kill at least fiv...
27
Feb
(Vox) 3 young Muslim Americans killed in mysterious ‘execution-style’ murders
Updated by Max Fisher on February 27, 2016, 11:30 a.m. ET @Max_Fisher max@vox.com
A broadcast from the local Fort Wayne AB...
24
Feb
(Yahoo! News) Comoros VP wins first round of presidential vote
Moroni (Comoros) (AFP) - The vice president of the Indian Ocean archipelago of the Comoros, Mohamed Ali Soilihi, won the first round of...
23
Feb
(Yahoo! News) Crowded field competes for Comoros president
By Béatrice Debut, Aboubacar M'Changama
February 21, 2016 1:32 PM
Moroni (Comoros) (AFP) - Voters in the Indian Ocean archipelago o...
23
Feb
(LA Times) Why a congresswoman from Los Angeles is talking about Africa
By Sarah D. Wire Contact Reporter
It’s 8 a.m., Congress isn't in session and Washington’s roads are icy, but more than 100 ambas...
03
Feb
(The Guardian) Secret aid worker: ‘I was the obscure African girl in a room full of white faces’
27 January 2016
By Face2Face Africa Staff
It was sitting in a conflict resolution lecture – an inter...
03
Feb
(Rising Africa) Uganda Manufactures First Solar-Powered Bus in Africa
By Admin - Feb 1, 2016
Kiira Motors Corporation is set to launch the first solar-powered bus ‘Kayoola’ in Africa in the co...
03
Feb
(AFK Insider) Gates Foundation Pays For Contraceptive Delivery By Drone To African Women
By Dana Sanchez
Published: January 29, 2016, 3:26 pm
Drones are delivering contraceptives to hard-to-reach Ghanaian villages in...
03
Feb
(HuffPost Black Voices) African Women Who Deserve Movies
01/08/2016 01:59 pm ET
By Dwayne Wong (Omowale)
Dwayne Wong (Omowale) is an author who has written a number of books on the history...
30
Jan
(Nature) Error found in study of first ancient African genome
Finding that much of Africa has Eurasian ancestry was mistaken.
Ewen Callaway | 29 January 2016
An error ...