East Africa News

[Daily News] THE Minister for Livestock and Fisheries, Mr Luhanga Mpina, yesterday applauded the Tanzania Agricultural Development Bank (TADB) for promoting efficient production in livestock and fisheries sectors by giving smallholders timely loans.

[Daily News] THE Minister of Industry and Trade, Innocent Bashungwa, has hailed NMB bank for its continuous free education on financial matters to different entrepreneurs including farmers, fishermen and herders at the ongoing Nanenane Agricultural Trade Fair at Nyakabindi grounds in Simiyu Region.

[Nation] Mogadishu -- Renowned Somali medical doctor, philanthropist and humanitarian Dr Hawa Abdi is dead.

[Nation] Lawmakers Wednesday approved lavish lifestyles for their predecessors who served between 1984 and 2001 when they approved changes to the pension law.

[Nation] Health officials in Migori have denied reports that 48 family members tested positive for Covid-19.

[Nation] Nyandarua small-scale farmers will soon have easy access to soft loans under the county government department of agriculture, following approval of agriculture and livestock revolving fund by the cabinet.

[Nation] A Nairobi court has nullified the recent appointment of Edward Gichana as the new Nairobi County Assembly Clerk.

[Nation] Two people were on Tuesday evening killed while four others were seriously injured following a clash between two groups of herders from Isiolo and Garissa in Garbatulla on the border of the two counties.

[Nation] Nurses in Mandera have suspended their strike after agreeing with the county executive on how to settle their grievances.

[Nation] Family man from Nakuru wins Mozzart Daily Jackpot

[Nairobi News] Health CS Mutahi Kagwe has renewed his warning to Kenyans against travelling upcountry so as not to transmit coronavirus to their vulnerable relatives.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Telkom Kenya has announced that it is no longer pursuing to merge with Airtel Kenya Networks Limited.

[Citizen] Dar es Salaam -- The government reviewed its advisory on international travel on Wednesday, August 05, 2020 in a deliberate move to accommodate additional measures aimed at curbing the spread of the novel coronavirus from other countries.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The government says plans to plant 2 billion trees by 2022 are still on course.

[USIP] Gunmen killed our children. We seek peaceful justice but cannot be sure it will happen.

[Nation] Maternal mortality gains in limbo as mothers opt for traditional birth attendants fearing to contract virus in hospitals

[Brookings] Washington, DC -- Despite the coronavirus pandemic, the Trump administration and Kenyan government launched trade negotiations in early July. Depending on the outcome of the negotiations, which were held virtually, the trade agreement could be the most significant development in U.S-Africa trade relations since the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) passed Congress in 2000. Indeed, according to the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), Ambassador Robert Lighthizer, the U.S.-Kenya agreement will become a model for future

[Seychelles News Agency] The Seychelles Ports Authority is now tendering out the main aspects of the Port Victoria expansion project and civil works which covers the south half of the port, said a top officer of the Ports Authority.

[Nation] Hotels and restaurants have received a lifeline after the government eased the recent presidential directive on the sale of alcohol at their premises.

[Nairobi News] Africa's largest supermarket chain Shoprite Holdings will lay off 115 workers and close its second branch in Kenya in less than five months, citing reduced flow of shoppers.

[Nairobi News] A 62-year-old woman will spend the next 35 years behind bars after being convicted of robbery with violence by the Loitoktok Law Courts.

[Nation] Terror threats on Kenya and the region remain as they were before the Covid-19 pandemic, the US Africa Command (Africom) has said.Violent extremist organisations like Al-Shabaab are still looking for opportunities that will emerge with the pandemic to accomplish their missions."We cannot underestimate the threat the organisations pose. They are resilient, patient and willing to look for chances that emerge...and recruit members," Africom's Special Operations head Dagvin R.M. Anderson said during a virtual

[Daily News] THE government is finalising the process to employ 12,000 teachers in continued efforts to strengthen the education sector.

[East African] I liked Tanzania's former President Benjamin William Mkapa. In his early years in office, my liberal-democratic sensibilities didn't take too well to his ham-fisted handling of the media and the opposition.

[Ethiopian Herald] ADDIS ABABA - Ministry of Water, Irrigation and Energy disclosed that Ethiopia is committed to reach a speedy and win-win deal on the outstanding issues of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD).

[Daily News] PLANS are afoot to launch the first ever Braille dictionary that would help people who are blind or have low vision to boost their learning capabilities.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Qatar Airways has resumed 14 weekly flights to Kenya's capital Nairobi.

[Ethiopian Herald] Billions of hungry insects are threatening to cause famine amidst the coronavirus pandemic, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said.

[New Times] Former Amavubi goalkeeper Marcel Nzarora has retired from football at the age of 27.

[New Times] Qatar Airways has announced a resumption of services from the Kigali International Airport.