Fred Oluoch
Wednesday, November 2, 2016 - 06:51
President Barack Obama has renewed sanctions against Sudan for another year, dashing Khartoum's hope of relieve. A statement released by the State Department on Tuesday quoted President Obama saying that Khartoum's policies remained an "extraordinary threat" to the national security of the United States.
Monday, October 31, 2016 - 07:07
A former top financial manager in the Somali government has released a report detailing how over $1 billion was diverted from the national budget between 2013 and 2015. The whistleblower says the government receives and spends more money from donors and domestic revenue than they account for.
Monday, October 24, 2016 - 06:41
Ethiopia could be headed for largescale ethnic strife that would have negative repercussions to the region despite the state of emergency. The biggest concern is that Ethiopia’s instability will kill counter terrorism programmes against al-Shabaab.
Monday, October 24, 2016 - 06:38
President al-Bashir and his ruling National Congress Party (NCP) have the challenge of implementing the recommendations of the National Document signed on October 10 after two years of negotiations.There is optimism within the NCP elite that the US will soon ease more economic sanctions after Washington in early October lifted restrictions on making certain non-commercial bank transactions with Sudan, mainly on humanitarian funding.
Monday, September 19, 2016 - 09:02
The EastAfrican has learned that Juba is seeking troops from Egypt and Tanzania, whom the leaders believe will be neutral as compared with frontline states like Ethiopia and Kenya that were supposed to provide the regional protection force.
Wednesday, September 14, 2016 - 09:47
Regional leaders met in Mogadishu Tuesday for an extraordinary Igad summit to discuss the security situation in Somalia ahead of the election and the South Sudan crisis
Wednesday, September 7, 2016 - 07:52
Somalia has legitimised the operations of political parties for the first time in nearly five decades, ahead of this month’s election.
Monday, August 1, 2016 - 15:06
Rwanda is threatening to go it alone and fight the Hutu rebels in eastern Congo, outside a United Nations-backed Great Lakes initiative.
Monday, February 8, 2016 - 06:36
A common position by African countries on mass withdrawal from the International Criminal Court will not be reached until June when a committee tasked to engage the UN Security Council reports back. Contrary to reports that 34 African countries resolved during the 26th African Union Summit in Addis Ababa in January to withdraw from the Rome Statute that established The Hague-based court, a report of the meeting indicates that the leaders only mandated the Open-Ended Committee of Foreign Affairs Ministers to discuss the intention with the UNSC.
Monday, September 21, 2015 - 06:39
Partners in the South Sudan peace agreement meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, agreed on Thursday on the withdrawal of all foreign forces in South Sudan by October 10, but disagreed on the nature of the Joint Integrated Police Unit and the number of presidential guards.