By BAMUTURAKI MUSINGUZI
Maskarm Haile was born in Ethiopia in 1974 during one of the most devastating famines in the country’s history.
“There was nothing extraordinary about my family or me. Education was important; there was no other way,” she writes...
In our first OkayAfrica 100 Women event of 2019, we are bringing 100 women honorees NYT-best selling author, Clemantine Wamariya, and celebrated phototgrapher Laylah Barrayn for an evening of storytelling.
Develop a deeper connection to your history through the lens of lineage and...
Nigeria has postponed its 2019 presidential elections. The presidential and parliamentary votes have been rescheduled for February 23rd and the gubernatorial, state assembly and federal area council elections have been rescheduled for March 9th.
The Independent National Electoral Commission made the announcement hours before...
Nairobi, August 31, 2016 - Tanzanian authorities should immediately lift a ban on two privately owned radio stations and allow them to resume broadcasts without further harassment or censorship, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.
Tanzanian Information Minister Nape...
HARGEISA, (Somalilandpress) -- Officials in Somalia's self-declared independent state of Somaliland are concerned over a rise in human trafficking in the region. Children are mainly trafficked from south-central Somalia, because of the lack of government there,...
Gashamo, 23 June 2009 - A group of ONLF rebels killed two and seriously wounded several others when they ambushed a civilian convey carrying khaat from the town of Danod to Gashamo in Ethiopia's Somali region.
Both victims are...
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Eritrea marks 25 years of independence from Ethiopia this month. It is now one of the most underdeveloped countries in the world and is run by a repressive government. The Conversation Africa’s politics and society editor, Thabo Leshilo, asked...
Twenty years ago when someone acquired HIV, they would, on average, not live more than 12 years. Today, a young person who becomes infected in the developed world can expect to have a near-normal lifespan with access to lifelong,...
Four million pastoralists to benefit in the first five years
NAIROBI, Kenya, February 27, 2013/ -- The African Development Bank (http://www.afdb.org) today signed a US $57.66-million loan agreement for the multinational Drought Resilience and Sustainable Livelihoods Program (DRSLP) in the...