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Deaths in rural Ethiopia spark outcry

Violence is unfolding ahead of elections next year.

Members of the

Kenya to launch railway to ‘nowhere’

Standard Gauge Railway

Phase two of Standard Gauge Railway line ends in the wilderness, kilometres away from any major

Equity’s growth plan on course with BanABC takeover

Equity CENTRE

Atlas Mara deal saw bank gain entry into Zambia and Mozambique.

Sudan peace talks going well despite boycott by rebel

Sudan peace talks

Sudan Liberation Movement’s Abdel Wahed Mohamed Nour fails to honour his invitation.

IMF warns global outlook 'precarious'

Gita Gopinath, IMF Chief Economist and Director of the Research Department,

The world economy is slowing to its weakest pace since the global financial crisis.

East Africa
Tanzanian President Magufuli relocates to Dodoma

Business
Life business hands East Africa insurers lifeline

Rest of Africa
Polls open in tense Mozambique election

East Africa
Uganda denies plans to impose death penalty for gay sex

Business
Work on poverty in Africa wins Nobel Economics prize

Rest of Africa
World Bank asks Sudan to pay $16bn debt arrears

News

Zimbabwe public workers join doctors in strike

Zimbabwe public workers join doctors in strike

Civil servants say they are incapacitated by soaring cost of living

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Gita Gopinath, IMF Chief Economist and Director of the Research Department,

Africa at a glance

News making headlines across the continent.

Wreckage of missing DRC plane found

Zuma files last-minute appeal at corruption trial

Africa at a glance

Gas riches take centerstage in Mozambique polls

Africa at a glance

Mozambique hopes for stability despite threat from militants

Juba parties must join hands to avert a return to war

Business

Competition pushes down price of cement in Uganda

Competition pushes down price of cement in Uganda

The entry of Simba Cement and Kampala Cement has increased competition in Uganda.

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An electronic cargo tacking control room.

Kenya pushes for a regional cargo tracking system

Having all EAC countries using Rects is crucial in avoiding dumping of goods.

Angola to increase daily oil output by 35,000 barrels

Rwandan firms reel from insufficient materials

Mara in talks to sell its phones in Kenya, Angola, DRC

Air Tanzania suspend flights to Jo’burg

Uganda’s ‘inadequate’ agriculture

Death of the East Africa shilling dream?

Qatar banks on RwandAir deal to expand in Africa

Opinion

BUWEMBO: Money’s with the doc; Out! Leave!

BUWEMBO: Money’s with the doc; Out! Leave!

The convergence of traditional and modern medicine is at risk of being disrupted.

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American fast fashion retailer Forever 21,

AKINYEMI: Hidden inside ‘big’ success are many blind spots

Don’t companies learn from each other?

OBBO: The stories Kenyans tell, that others don’t

EDITORIAL: Monetary Union: We’re ambitious but all is not lost

NDERITU: None but ourselves can free minds from mental slavery

NGUGI: Does ageism mean elderly people’s rights are no longer human

ULIMWENGU: Fascism is in town, and riding it are two men in power

OBBO: Imagine a no red beret Wine or People Power...

EDITORIAL: Ebola: A few lessons for Tanzania on openness

The Magazine

FOOD: Dining with the stars at Legends

FOOD: Dining with the stars at Legends

Down memory lane: The walls are adorned with posters from a bygone era

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Kenneth Mugabi (left) and Aloysius Migadde

Authentic Ugandan Afro soul unpacked

Multi-talented composer Kenneth Mugabi wows across genres.

Kenya ‘spiderman’ conquers ancient hills of Lukenya

Via Via Kigali hotel brings town to life

Duo to build orphanage

FOOD: Fabulous Thai food, ambience and service

BOOKS: Who tells Africa’s story, and how do they do it?

GALLERIES: What happens when means are the end…

The less travelled road of wildlife photography

Science & Health

In Nairobi, recycling poo is cleaning up the slums

In Nairobi, recycling poo is cleaning up the slums

In Kenya public spending on sanitation lags far behind need.

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Patients with HIV and tuberculosis

MSF campaigns for cheaper TB drug from manufacturer

MSF wants bedaquiline to cost no more than $1 per day for people who need it.

As climate shifts, Addis Ababa shores up its water supply

Ebola virus now in a 'corner' of DR Congo: WHO

Trio win Nobel Chemistry Prize for lithium-ion battery

Nobel Physics Prize honours outer planet discoveries

Trio win medicine Nobel for work on how cells adapt to oxygen

Dar angered by Ebola ‘conspiracy’ and mistrust

Ebola survivor milestone passed in DR Congo

Sports

Eliud Kipchoge breaks two-hour marathon barrier

Eliud Kipchoge breaks two-hour marathon barrier

It was his second attempt after falling short by 26 seconds during the "Breaking2" in Monza.

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Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge

Eliud Kipchoge the monastic marathon history-maker

The Kenyan superstar is the first man to run the 42 kilometres in under two hours.

Kipchoge's INEOS 1:59 Challenge time confirmed

Eliud Kipchoge ready to bust 2-hour marathon barrier

World holds its breath as Kipchoge goes for record - PHOTOS

Conseslus Kipruto: How I won gold in Doha

Five Eritrean footballers missing in Uganda

Another Kenyan runner suspended for doping

Ethiopian Bekele wins Berlin Marathon