INTERNATIONAL

Authorities in India have ordered their billion-plus population to stay inside for three weeks, in an attempt to slow the spread of the coronavirus. India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi imposed...

The government in Kigali has suspended all arriving and departing commercial passenger flights effective today March 20 at midnight for at least 30 days. The last flight will be Turkish Airways...

Mogadishu: AMISOM troops in a joint military offensive with Somali National Army, SNA, on Monday, March 16, 2020, liberated the bridge town of Jannale, a stronghold of Al-Shabaab, in Somalia. Jannale,...

Rwanda authorities have installed hand-washing facilities at a bus station in the capital, Kigali, as a preventive measure against the deadly coronavirus. A pro-government newspaper The New Times reported on...

Pope Francis, who is suffering from a cold, has tested negative for the coronavirus, an Italian newspaper reported on Tuesday, as Italy battles Europe's worst outbreak. Vatican spokesperson Matteo Bruni...

Kenya has banned export of respirator masks in the latest measures against the novel coronavirus disease, Kenyan media reported on Tuesday. The deadly disease broke out in China at the...

TRIPOLI: Libya’s unity government last week suspended its participation in UN brokered talks aimed at finding a last ceasefire agreement after forces loyal to warlord Khalifa Haftar bombarded a key...

Kenya's opposition leader Raila Odinga today joined other Kenyans and African leaders in a state memorial service for Kenya's former leader Daniel Arap Moi held at Nyayo National Stadium on...

Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta has paid glowing tribute to former president Toroitich Arap Moi as official state funeral ceremonies kick off the official state burial of Kenya’s second president. President...

Rwanda president Paul Kagame has told diplomats in Kigali that he is not going to tell his citizens to return to Uganda because he has no control over their safety...