Uganda: MPs to get Sh150m (U.S.$44,500) each to buy new vehicles
This is a Africa Reports:-August 18, 2016 — Barely three weeks after it emerged that Uganda invested U.S.$88,000 in a “porn-detection machine”, news which riled many Ugandans, the country is making headline again for a controversial plan to pay members of parliament (MPs) Sh150m...
25 years on, Somaliland struggles for recognition
Twenty-five years after declaring its independence, Somaliland has everything a country would require: An elected government, an army, its own currency and a flag.
But it's still not recognized internationally.
"It's been a strategic decision by international actors and the African Union which is trying to...
KENYA’S RAILA ODINGA ON WHY 2017 WILL BE HIS YEAR
BY CONOR GAFFEY
Kenya’s establishment as an independent nation, free from British sovereignty, was dominated by two nascent political dynasties.
Jomo Kenyatta, affectionately remembered as the father of the East African nation, spearheaded a long campaign for independence, eventually becomingKenya’s first post-independence president in 1964. In...
For 3 Days, Books Replace Blasts in Somali Capital
The capital of Somalia is one of the most dangerous cities in the world, but this week fear of blasts has been overcome by a love for books.
Organizers say about 2,000 people turned out on the first day of the Mogadishu Book Fair to...
Rwanda: ‘Indoro’ Video Hits One Million Views Super Record
Charly & Nina are now smiling all the way to the bank and to various shows as their music video of 'Indoro' hits record views of over one million now. In history, it becomes the first local track to hit a million of views...
Zimbabwean Singer Soul Jah Love Injured in Car Accident
By Tawanda Marwizi
Dancehall musician Soul Musaka, popularly known as Soul Jah Love, was involved in a car accident in Gweru yesterday.
The musician was travelling with his band to Victoria Falls for a gig. Four people, including the "Hove Huru" hitmaker were seriously injured and...
Moving 500 elephants – Africa’s elephant population is under threat from poaching and habitat loss
Horndiplomt-(CNN)In the Liwonde Wildlife Reserve in Malawi, the elephant population is struggling to survive.
The growing local human population is edging ever closer to their reserve, sometimes entering it to poach bushmeat or fish, or using the land to grow crops.
On the elephants' side of...
PRAN honours Somaliland importer
Horndiplomat-PRAN, a leading food processor and exporter in Bangladesh, on Thursday awarded an importer of Somaliland for his outstanding contributions to popularise PRAN products in the African country.
Md Eleash Mridha, director of PRAN Group, handed over the award to Mohamed Omar Abdi, proprietor of...
MP wants Kenya-Somalia border opened for free trade, tracking of entrants
By ADOW MOHAMED
Horndiplomat-Wajir East MP Abass Sheikh Mohamed wants the Kenya-Somalia border opened for free movement of goods and services.
He said the “official but unpractical” closure of the border has led to inflow of contraband goods and illicit weapons.
Kenya shares more than 800km-long border...
Project Fame West Africa winner, Jeff, releases new single
Horndiplomat-Ahead of his forthcoming EP, the 2015 winner of Project Fame West Africa music competition, Jeff Akoh, has released a new single titled, ‘Never Let You Go’, a love song.
Jeff. Photo: Jeff Akoh/Facebook
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Jeff has a new love song
His talent...