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Worst drought since Live Aid devastating East Africa with children dying of hunger

The Mirror spoke to families desperately trying to survive the sixth year without a rainy season - watching beloved children, siblings and parents die of starvation

Daily Mirror

Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda launch joint bid to host African Cup of Nations

Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda have launched a joint bid for the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations, which would bring the continental showpiece to East Africa for the first time.

Radio France Internationale

Peace in the DRC: East Africa has deployed troops to combat M23 rebels – who's who in the regional force

The East Africa Community (EAC) has completed the deployment of its regional force in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to oversee the withdrawal of the rebel group, M23, from the eastern part of the country.

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How Ugandan superstar Jose Chameleone was enticed to perform in Tasmania by Hobart mum

In just six days and with "next to no budget", Eris Gino organised all aspects of a concert tour stop in 2017 to fulfil her daughter's dreams of seeing a Ugandan musician — "East Africa's Beyonce" — perform.

ABC News

Ugandan forces take over east Congo town as M23 rebels leave

A spokesman for the East African regional force says that Ugandan troops took control of Bunagana, a strategic town in eastern Congo that had been in the hands of M23 rebels for more than nine months

The Independent UK

Medieval Swahilis and Persians paired up 1,000 years ago in East Africa, ancient DNA reveals

A new ancient DNA study help confirm, but also "contradict and complicate" the historical narrative that Swahilis paired up with Persians 1,000 years ago in East Africa.

LiveScience

Ancient DNA is restoring the origin story of the Swahili people of the East African coast

The legacy of the medieval Swahili civilization is a source of extraordinary pride in East Africa, as reflected in its language being the official tongue of Kenya, Tanzania and even inland countries like Uganda and Rwanda, far from the Indian Ocean shore where the culture developed nearly two millennia ago.

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Corporate giants say anti-LGBT law would hurt Uganda's economy

A coalition of international companies, including Google and Microsoft, on Wednesday denounced anti-LGBTQ legislation passed by Uganda's parliament last week, warning it would damage the East Africa country's economy.

Reuters

MPs hear fears Ukraine war disruption could cause higher deaths in East Africa

Humanitarian and aid organisations have warned parts of East Africa are on the brink of famine.

The Independent UK

Jill Biden sees East Africa drought up close, seeks more aid

U.S. first lady Jill Biden has gotten an up-close look at the historic East Africa drought

The Independent UK

Meet Brit who visited Tanzania as a teen and never left

Claire Upshall lives in the East African country and says her family survive on sponsorship and help from friends

Wales Online

South Sudan's oil and water give it bargaining power – but will it benefit the people?

South Sudan has long been one of east Africa’s most unstable states. But surging external interest in its resources and the diplomatic agility of its rulers are again underlining how pivotal the country remains to regional energy and water politics.

The Conversation

2.9-million-year-old butchery site in Kenya suggests humans perhaps weren't first to use crafted stone tools

The discovery of fossils of 2.9-million-year-old butchered hippopotamus surrounded by crafted stone tools in Kenya suggests early humans may not have been the first species to use tools.

ABC News

Kampala, Kigali and Addis Ababa are changing fast: new book follows their distinct paths

Kampala, the Ugandan capital where I live, is naturally the city I have studied and worked on the most as an urban economist. Yet even with this background, reading Tom Goodfellow’s recently published book, Politics and the Urban Frontier: Transformation and Divergence in Late Urbanizing East Africa, I learned astonishing…

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A major new exhibition in Nairobi reveals the history of east African art traditions

Mwili, Akili na Roho (Body, Mind and Spirit) – on in Nairobi, Kenya – is a major international exhibition presenting east African painters who are key players in the modernist art of the region. Modernism in the fine arts refers to a period of experimentation from the late 1800s to…

Radio France Internationale

Germany offers to return 1,000 human skulls to former east African colonies

Berlin's museum authority announced this week that it was ready to return hundreds of human skulls from the former colony of German East Africa, after studying the remains to establish to which present-day countries they belong.

Evening Standard

Prince William pays tribute to friend Mark Jenkins after plane tragedy in Kenya

Mark Jenkins and his son Peter die in crash in East Africa

Al Jazeera

Marine mammals, corals pushed to extinction: Conservation group

IUCN sounds alarm over growing extinction threat to large marine mammals, abalone species and Caribbean corals.

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The Independent UK

Dugong, coral, abalone face extinction threat, IUCN says

An international conservation organization says populations of a vulnerable species of marine mammal, numerous species of abalone and a type of Caribbean coral are now threatened with extinction

The Guardian - UK

Former development secretaries urge Sunak to increase east Africa aid amid drought

‘Famine in all but name’ ravaging Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya, yet British aid is one-fifth of 2017 amount

Radio France Internationale

Inter-Congolese dialogue opens as East Africa Community seeks to end DRC rebel activity

A fresh round of EAC-led talks between the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda and armed militia operational in the eastern DRC has opened in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi without, however, the presence of the M23 Tutsi rebel group that Kinshasa says is being supported by Kigali.

The Independent UK

Talks begin on disarmament of rebel groups in eastern Congo

The third round of Congo peace talks facilitated by the East Africa regional bloc has begun in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, with a plan to discuss reforms that will facilitate disarmament of rebel groups

The Conversation

East African Court of Justice – what it is and what its powers are

Martha Karua, the running mate of Raila Odinga, the losing candidate in Kenya’s 2022 presidential election, continues to dispute William Ruto’s slim victory over him. According to the politician and lawyer, the Kenyan electoral commission and the country’s supreme court

Reuters

Donors must act now to save East Africa from famine, IRC says

Donors need to provide cash now to save lives and not wait for famine to be declared in parts of East Africa where tens of millions of people are going hungry, the head of the International Rescue Committee said on Tuesday.

The Independent UK

In brutal drought, Kenyan herders look for hope underground

Generations of East Africans have tapped groundwater in the desert to survive in parched lands

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