[ad_1] Khartoum – The president of the Transitional Sovereignty Council, Lieutenant General Abdul-Fattah Al-Burhan, received a phone call from US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday evening. In the phone call, Al-Burhan and Pompeo discussed bilateral relations between Sudan and the United States and ways to strengthen them, as …
Read More »East Africa: Concerns over the resurgence of desert locusts in the Horn of Africa, reports the United Nations Agency
[ad_1] The desert locust crisis, which hit the greater Horn of Africa region earlier this year, may escalate again as recent strong winds have carried small, ripe yellow swarms from southern Somalia to eastern and northern Kenya. eastern, said the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). . Although some …
Read More »Ethiopia expels Crisis Group senior analyst
[ad_1] On November 21, the Ethiopian government deported William Davison, senior analyst for Ethiopia at Crisis Group. No formal reason was immediately provided, but his expulsion is undoubtedly linked to the severe conflict in Tigray and the growing sensitivity to unofficial views. On November 20, immigration officials in Addis Ababa …
Read More »The world needs peace for health, says WHO director general – AllAfrica.com
[ad_1] The world needs peace for health, says the WHO director-generalAllAfrica.com . [ad_2] Source link
Read More »Kenya: A massive African DNA project aims to bridge the knowledge gap on mental illness
[ad_1] In July 2009, a woman took her husband to the hospital where our colleagues in western Kenya work. He reported that for several years he had been behaving abnormally, sleeping poorly, hearing voices that no one else could hear, and believing that people were talking about him and plotting …
Read More »Kenya: Tanzania dethrones the United States as Kenya’s main tourism market
[ad_1] Tanzania overtook the United States as Kenya’s main tourist source market in September, buoyed by its minor Covid-19 blocking measures, new data show. Rising cases of the virus hindered arrivals from the world’s largest economy after many countries, including Kenya, classified US travelers as high-risk Covid-19. This has forced …
Read More »Uganda: fitness concerns for hippos ahead of U-20 qualifiers
[ad_1] The Under 20 national team, the Hippos, have less than two weeks to start the next zonal qualifiers of the African Cup of Nations in Tanzania from 22 November to 6 December. Manager Morley Byekwaso fears his team will have an uphill task even before kicking a ball due …
Read More »Ethiopia: Urgent appeal to prevent a looming humanitarian crisis in the Tigrai region of Ethiopia
[ad_1] In the early hours of November 4, 2020, the federal government, led by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, declared war on Tigray and its people for conducting its regional elections in accordance with the national constitution in defiance of the federal government which postponed the election. indefinitely under the pretext …
Read More »Somalia: a Kenyan official offers visa on arrival for Somalis
[ad_1] Chief Foreign Secretary Macharia Kamau said there are major untapped business opportunities between Kenya and Somalia. He cited tourism, which he said remains heavily untapped, noting that Kenya currently receives 32,268 tourists from Somalia each year. He said the number can be tripled if visa protocols are enforced and …
Read More »Kenya: PS Kamau leads the Kenyan delegation to Mogadishu for bilateral talks
[ad_1] Nairobi – Ambassador Macharia Kamau, Chief Secretary for Foreign Affairs, was on Saturday in Mogadishu, Somalia, where he led a delegation for talks on bilateral relations. The ministry of foreign affairs said the three-day visit was intended to strengthen ties between the two countries, including on trade, investment and …
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