East Africa News

[Capital FM] Nairobi -The woes in FORD Kenya party continued to escalate on Friday after the faction that staged Moses Wetangula's ouster as the Party Leader re-filed the contested leadership changes at the Office of the Registrar of Political Parties in Nairobi on Friday.

[East African] South Sudan has rubbished reports that it has agreed to Egyptian request to build military base in Pagak, a town bordering Ethiopia.

[Nation] Two Covid-19 patients in Meru County were discharged from hospital on Wednesday.

[Nation] Chama Cha Mashinani (CCM) party leader Isaac Ruto has described the Jubilee purge in the Senate and National Assembly leadership as a normal party disciplinary process.

[New Times] During the budget presentation of the Ministry of Trade and Industry in parliament, it was heard that the National Employment Programme that operates under the ministry has a one-billion financing gap.

[New Times] The Rwanda Mines, Petroleum and Gas Board (RMB) has announced guidelines to contain the possible spread of Covid-19 amongst employees in the mining sector and any other person they may contact.

[Nairobi News] Award-winning group Sauti Sol on Friday released their fifth studio album, Midnight Train, under their first major label, Universal Music Africa.

[Nairobi News] Marathon world record-holder Eliud Kipchoge has landed a deal with England Football Club Tottenham Hotspurs.

[Nation] Kirinyaga Governor Anne Waiguru Friday denied that Sh90 million has been allocated in the supplementary budget for her residence and to purchase furniture.

[Nation] Nyeri Governor Mutahi Kahiga has declined to assent the County Covid-19 and Highly Infectious Diseases Response Bill, 2020.

[Daily News] THE African Court of Human and Peoples' Right (AfCHPR) has spelled out its dedication to continue with its activities, including dispensing justice in wake of Covid-19 pandemic.

[Independent (Kampala)] President Yoweri Museveni has said the COVID-19 pandemic has helped the country realize its untapped potential, with its reputation set to grow."By correctly managing the pandemic, the reputation of Uganda will grow in the World.  After the pandemic, people will flock here.  The diaspora are now sure of a secure and respectable base, their homeland.," Museveni said.

[Daily News] TWO weeks after Tanzanian and Kenyan leaders agreed on modalities for enabling truck drivers cross at border posts, Kenyan authorities have started blocking Tanzanian truckers from crossing Namanga frontier on grounds of lacking valid Covid-19 clearance certificates.

[Daily News] BAGAMOYO District Commissioner, Ms Zainab Kawawa, has urged businesspersons to continue using Bagamoyo Port in a bid to contribute to the country's economic growth.

[Daily News] THE Minister for Education, Science and Technology Prof Joyce Ndalichako has handed over four vehicles worth 703m/- to the National Institute of Transport (NIT) to support its centre in aviation and transport operations.

[The Exchange] In Somalia, the challenge to contain COVID-19 is staggering. The country's health infrastructure has been gutted by decades of conflict and instability.

[New Times] The National Bank of Rwanda has issued guidelines on disbursement of bailout funding meant for businesses hit hardest by the novel coronavirus pandemic. Government has put in place the Economic Recovery Fund aimed at shoring up business as the country emerges from months of tough Covid-19 restrictions.

[Nation] A sense of normality is wafting through downtown Nairobi. It's 11am but there's still a four-lane traffic snarl-up as you get to the last roundabout into the city centre through Thika Road.

[Nation] Eric Munene, James Maina, Patricia Mativo and Philip Mwasela are student entrepreneurs from Multimedia University of Kenya.

[East African] Eritrea says two people have tested positive for Covid-19, three weeks after the nation announced all its confirmed patients had recovered from the virus, and made it the first country in the region to bring number of infections down to zero.

[UNEP] Plastic pollution is one of the most serious threats to the planet's health. Single-use plastics are polluting the majority of ecosystems from rainforests to the world's deepest ocean trench. When consumed by fish and livestock, plastic waste ends up in our food chain.

[Radio Dabanga] New York / Khartoum -On Wednesday, the UN Security Council decided to set up a United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (Unitams). The mandate of the hybrid United Nations-African Union mission in Darfur (Unamid) was extended until December 31. According to Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok, the new mission will help rebuild the country in a way similar to the Marshall Plan.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -Anti-Counterfeit Authority together with the Multi-agency enforcement team on counterfeit goods has destroyed counterfeit goods with Sh27 million at Athi River.

[Nation] At the Harambee Annex building in Nairobi, visitors are welcomed by a large red-and-white outdoor signage - Office of the Deputy President - on both the ground floor and fifth floor.

[VOA] A senior South Sudanese army officer implicated in the shooting deaths of four civilians has succumbed to his injuries and died at a hospital in Juba.

[VOA] Kenya's Independent Policing Oversight Authority (or IPOA) on Thursday announced a police officer was being charged with murder in the shooting death of Yassin Hussein Moyo.

[Nation] At least one million Kenyans have lost their jobs or have been put on indefinite unpaid leave as the Covid-19 pandemic morphs into a major jobs crisis.

[VOA] Public transport and taxi service resumed Thursday in Uganda, nearly three months after they were halted to control the spread of COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus. New restrictions and regulations, mainly on taxis, however, have left many Kampala residents without a ride.

[New Times] President Paul Kagame has said that the world cannot accept the new coronavirus pandemic to cause double damage, calling on leaders from different sectors to support efforts aimed at developing needed vaccines.

[Monitor] President Museveni has said Uganda's agriculture and ICT sector will not be affected by the current COVID-19 pandemic ravaging both people's lives and the real economy.