Tanzania rules to keep death penalty

High Court rules that there is not enough evidence to challenge the death penalty.

Lameck Mlacha

Protesters take to streets to declare new Ethiopian region

The unofficial green, blue and red flag of the

Move comes after security forces thwarted a meeting of activists to declare the new region.

Kenyan Esther Arunga freed on parole in Australia

Esther Arunga, a former TV presenter

Esther Arunga, a former TV journalist, lied to police about circumstances that led to her son’s

Kenyan athlete gets 8-year ban for doping

Kenya's long distance runner Salome Biwott.

She was handed the ban after failing to respond to the Disciplinary Tribunal over a doping

Grieving Kenyan dad slams Boeing over Ethiopia crash

Paul Njoroge.

Boeing should not be allowed to extract wealth at the expense of safety and quality, he says.

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