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Africa remains vague on Iran-Israel dispute

Nairobi, April 18 -- Africa is steering clear of the debate on whether Israel should retaliate, de-escalate or if Iran was wrong or right in attacking Israel on Saturday last week. Iran sent drones a... Read More


Why solving Sudan war may require calming sesame tensions

Nairobi, April 17 -- Sudan, at war since April 2023, has not considered Ethiopia an enemy. However, the conflict within Sudan may require calming the ongoing sesame "wars" with Ethiopia before more f... Read More


Coastal states see opportunity as the landlocked pay the price

Nairobi, April 14 -- Sometime in August 2021, Senga, a start-up logistics firm, analysed the troubles for landlocked countries doing export-import business in the region. Among the problems it found ... Read More


Rwandan battle with genocide narratives, 30 years on; closure, re-imagining society

Nairobi, April 13 -- Rwanda has been marking 30 years since the end of genocide, one of the bleakest moments in the country's history. But it seems the war on the battle field only transited to narrat... Read More


Kenya lays into Russia over North Korea sanctions

Nairobi, April 13 -- Kenya is one again laying into Russia, and other powers at the UN Security Council, for what Nairobi argues is the abuse of veto, threatening world peace. The Council's inability... Read More


Genocide was product of ignored intolerance, Rwandan Diplomat Martin Ngoga says

Nairobi, April 10 -- Rwanda says societies should watch out for 'ignored' intolerance between people of different backgrounds, if at all the world can prevent future genocides. And as part of lessons... Read More


Kenya in tricky balancing act on Algeria amid Moroccan onslaught

Nairobi, April 9 -- Algerian Foreign Minister Ahmed Attaf was in Nairobi on Monday for a one-day visit in what officials said was to strengthen a historic partnership. But besides the fact that they h... Read More


Ethiopia repatriates 70,000 nationals from Saudi Arabia

Nairobi, March 30 -- Ethiopia has opted to take back thousands of its nationals who had been living in squalid conditions in Saudi Arabia. The decision was announced last week in Addis Ababa but will ... Read More


Sudan crisis deepens as human rights watchdogs cite armies for war crimes

Nairobi, March 30 -- Sudan's warring factions will, on April 15, clock a year of fighting and killing civilians, in spite of widespread warnings that war crimes were being committed in the country. A... Read More


President Ruto appoints Lazarus Sumbeiywo mediator for South Sudan peace process

Nairobi, March 29 -- Kenya's President William Ruto has named former Army Commander Lazarus Sumbeiywo the chief mediator in the conflict in South Sudan between hold-out groups and the government in Ju... Read More