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May 10, 2022 at 9:38 am

Facebook sued in Kenya over work conditions for moderators

Attorneys for a man who once worked as a content moderator for Facebook have filed a lawsuit accusing the company of exploitative and unsafe working...

Business

May 8, 2022 at 9:39 am

Rise of Ugandan leader’s son draws excitement and concern VIEW

Public fetes celebrating the son of Uganda's leader are raising concern that he is aiming for the presidency after years of apparently being groomed to...

April 28, 2022 at 3:52 am

Kenya mediates Congo peace talks, but breakthrough elusive

Kenyan authorities say that some Congolese armed groups participating in peace talks in Kenya have asked for more time before laying down their weapons, signaling...

April 14, 2022 at 3:33 am

Activists urge release of ‘Hotel Rwanda’ hero Rusesabagina

Rights activists and others urged Rwandan authorities to free the man who inspired the film “Hotel Rwanda,” saying his health is failing after an appeals...

April 6, 2022 at 9:56 am

Rights groups charge ‘ethnic cleansing’ in Ethiopia’s Tigray

Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International charge in a new report that widespread abuses against civilians in the western part of Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region...

Nation & World

March 24, 2022 at 4:50 pm

Ethiopia declares humanitarian truce in war-ravaged Tigray

The Ethiopian government on Thursday announced what it called an “indefinite humanitarian truce” in its war-ravaged Tigray region, saying the action was necessary to allow...

March 22, 2022 at 9:24 am

East Africa’s hunger crisis needs global action, says Oxfam

The aid agency Oxfam International warns that widespread hunger across East Africa could become “a catastrophe” without an injection of funds to the region’s most...

March 19, 2022 at 1:24 am

Africa mostly quiet amid widespread condemnation of Russia VIEW

Amid a worldwide chorus of condemnation against Russia’s war on Ukraine, Africa has remained mostly quiet — a reminder of the Kremlin’s considerable influence over...

Business

March 18, 2022 at 3:32 am

US sanctions Uganda gold dealer, citing illicit Congo origin

A Belgian businessman sanctioned by the U.S. over allegations of illicit gold trade in Congo said Friday the action undermines efforts to improve transparency in...

March 14, 2022 at 9:56 am

Somaliland’s leader makes pitch for autonomy in Washington VIEW

The leader of Somalia's semi-autonomous region of Somaliland urged the international community to recognize his territory’s quest for independence, saying negotiations with Somalia had failed.