Ethiopia

Maids dumped outside embassy as Covid-19 pandemic bites

By BBC | 2 weeks ago

Scores of maids have been dumped outside a Beirut embassy amid an ongoing economic crisis in Lebanon, heightened by the coronavirus pandemic. Lebanon�...

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. [PHOTO | COURTESY]

Ethiopia freeing 4,000 prisoners in coronavirus battle

By BBC | 3 months ago

Foreigners charged with involvement in with smuggling and drug trafficking would also be released and deported to their countries of origin....

Ministry of Agriculture Principal Secretary (PS) Prof. Hamadi Boga now says by end of June or July, Kenya will be locust-free. [PHOTO | FILE]

Why locust invasion threatens cows: MP

By Paul Mwaniki | 5 months ago

This is the worst locust invasion to hit Kenya in 70 years, with hundreds of millions of the insects swarming from Somalia and Ethiopia. ...

US President Donald Trump. PHOTO: COURTESY

Trump says someone else got his Nobel peace prize

By BBC | 6 months ago

Although he did not name the Nobel Peace Prize winner or the country, it is clear that Mr Trump was referring to Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed....

The horrifying dark side of Kiamaiko slaughterhouse

By Rebecca Mutiso | 11 months ago

It is 4.30am. As the rest of the city drags itself from sleep, Kiamaiko Market in Nairobi is abuzz with activity. At an open field, business is boomin...