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Zanzibar commemorates abolition of slavery for first time

Since a fragile 2022 peace deal ended Ethiopia's two-year war between Tigrayan fighters and federal forces, there are signs of recovery in the capital of Tigray. Also, Zanzibar commemorates the abolition of slavery. The island was a key stopping-off point for Arab slavers across East Africa for hundreds of years.

France 24

Kenya To Present Budget With New Tax Hikes

Kenya's finance minister is due to present Thursday the East African economic powerhouse's biggest ever budget, alongside a contentious finance bill that contains a raft of new or increased taxes.

International Business Times

All options considered for South Africa coalition talks

In tonight's edition: South Africa's MK Party says it will engage with the ANC as coalition talks continue. Also, for the first time, Zanzibar commemorates the abolition of slavery. The island is part of Tanzania and was a key stopping off point for Arab slave traders across East Africa. Plus…

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Microsoft and G42 are building a $1 billion data center in Africa powered by geothermal energy

Kenya and other East African regions will benefit from Microsoft and G42’s $1 billion data center investment.

TechRadar

Climate change and rapid urbanization worsened the impact of East African rains, scientists say

The impact of the calamitous rains that struck East Africa from March to May was intensified by a mix of human-caused climate change and rapid growth of urban areas, an international team of climate scientists said in a study published Friday

The Independent UK

Biden is honoring Kenya with state visit as the East African nation prepares to send police to Haiti

President Joe Biden is welcoming Kenyan President William Ruto to the White House to kick off a three-day state visit

The Independent UK

Kenya Floods Death Toll Tops 200 As Cyclone Approaches

Torrential rains have lashed much of East Africa, triggering flooding and landslides that has destroyed crops, swallowed homes, and displaced hundreds of thousands of people.

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More than 150 killed in flooding and landslides in Tanzania

At least 155 people have died in floods and landslides in Tanzania following weeks of heavy rain that has pounded East Africa. Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa said the El Nino climate pattern had worsened the ongoing rainy season.

Radio France Internationale

At least 155 killed in Tanzania as heavy rains pound East Africa

More than 200,000 people and 51,000 households have been affected by the rains, Tanzania’s prime minister said.

Al Jazeera

Weeks after namaz row, Gujarat varsity asks seven foreign students to vacate hostel for overstaying

Six students from Afghanistan and one from East Africa have been asked to vacate the Gujarat University’s hostel rooms for overstaying, in a move coming weeks after some foreign students were attacked for offering namaz on the premises

The Hindu

The Guardian appoints new correspondents in the Caribbean, South America, Africa and the UK, boosting its coverage of underreported communities

The new editorial roles form part of the Scott Trust Legacies of Enslavement programme, marking one year since the publication of its report into the Guardian’s historical links with transatlantic slavery

The Guardian - UK

Column | Inside the coastal Muslim kitchen

Coastal Muslim kitchen: From kuzhi paniyarams with Dutch ties to the local cousin of the East African injera, TN’s coastal food shows us that history is preserved not just in our museums but also in our kitchens

The Hindu

Heavier Rains In East Africa Due To Human Activity: Study

Climate change caused by human activity made torrential rains that have lashed East Africa since October and killed more than 300 people up to twice as intense, a scientific study said Thursday.

International Business Times

Hundreds Dead, Thousands Displaced As Torrential Rain Hits Parts Of East Africa

The extreme weather has been attributed to the El Niño weather phenomenon.

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Drone strike error kills dozens of civilians in Nigeria

In tonight's edition: At least 85 civilians are killed in a drone strike on a village in north-western Nigeria in a miscalculation by the army. President Bola Tinubu has ordered an investigation. Also, Kigali hosts the signing of a new treaty between the UK and Rwanda as Britain scrambles to…

The Guardian - UK

UK taxpayers to bear extra cost over Rwanda treaty

Ministers have given more than £140m to Rwandan government in hope of sending asylum seekers to east Africa

France 24

Tanzania flood deaths rise to at least 60 after torrential rain

In tonight's edition: Hundreds of lives have been lost across East Africa as the region is battered by torrential rain and flooding. Also, the drive for more green infrastructure across Africa gets a $175 million boost at the COP28 summit. Finally, we see how Uganda is planning on cracking down…

Al Jazeera

Floods, landslides kill dozens in northern Tanzania

East Africa has been hit for weeks by torrential rain and flooding linked to the El Nino weather phenomenon.

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Kenya raises alarm as flooding death toll rises to 76, with thousands marooned by worsening rains

Kenya's government is urging people living in flood-prone areas to relocate to higher ground as heavy rains and flash floods continued to wreak havoc across East Africa

International Business Times

Somalia Joins East Africa Trade Bloc In 'Milestone'

Conflict-weary Somalia on Friday became the eighth member of the East African Community (EAC) in a move hailed as a milestone for the troubled Horn of Africa country.

Radio France Internationale

Somalia joins the East African Community, but questions remain over security

The 23rd Summit of East African Community leaders is opening this Friday with the integration of Somalia into the group dominating the agenda.

Radio France Internationale

'Crisis upon crisis' as Kenya and Somalia go from drought to floods

Around 80 people in Kenya and Somalia have lost their lives in less than a month as a result of floods caused by heavy rains, which come on the heels of East Africa's worst drought in decades.

Radio France Internationale

Somalia swamped by once-in-a-century flooding after historic drought: UN

The United Nations has described floods that uprooted hundreds of thousands of people in Somalia and neighbouring countries in East Africa following a historic drought as a once-in-a-century event.

The Independent UK

United Nations suspends pullout of African Union troops from Somalia as battles with militants rage

The United Nations Security Council has suspended for three months the pullout of African Union troop from Somalia, where fighting rages with al-Qaida's affiliate in East Africa

The Independent UK

A TotalEnergies pipeline project in East Africa is disturbing community graves, watchdog says

A New York-based climate watchdog says the French oil company TotalEnergies is failing to protect the sanctity of hundreds of graves in a controversial project that aims to build a heated pipeline from oil fields in Uganda to a port in Tanzania

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