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Ilhan Omar, a former refugee at Daadab camp in Kenya has become the first woman of Somali descent and second Muslim to be elected to the United States Congress to represent Minnesota's 5th congressional district. Ms Omar was brought up at the Kenyan refugee camp until the age of 12 when she moved…

Sahle-Work Zewde has been approved as the new Ethiopia President, becoming the first female President in the history of the Horn of Africa nation. Zewde, who has been working as United Nations under-secretary general and special representative of the secretary general to the African Union (AU), has…

The U.S. Secret Service says agents have intercepted packages containing “possible explosive devices” addressed to former President Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. The agency says neither Clinton nor Obama received the packages, and neither was at risk of receiving them because of screening…

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed claims that there was an attempt to kill him by soldiers who entered the grounds of his office last week. Ahmed says he thwarted the plan by ordering the military officers to do press-ups and joining in. The Prime Minister told Members of Parliament that although…

Uganda has unveiled one of Africa's longest bridges built across River Nile. The 525-metre long cable-stayed architectural masterpiece is the second of its kind in East Africa after 680m-long Kigamboni Bridge in Tanzania, which was commissioned recently. Dubbed The Source of Nile Bridge, it's the…

The United Kingdom has appointed a minister in charge of suicide prevention, becoming the first country in the world to have such a docket. British Prime Minister Theresa May has appointed Jackie Doyle-Price, a Conservative MP and current health minister to be in charge of the new ministry. …

United States First Lady Melania Trump has began her tour to Africa, marking her first solo international trip since assuming office in 2017. Melania will be in Ghana on Tuesday before proceeding to Malawi, Kenya and conclude her five-day tour in Egypt later in the week. Her tour on the continent…

More than 100 people have so far been confirmed dead after a Tanzanian ferry, MV Nyerere capsized in Lake Victoria on Thursday. Tanzania's State radio TBC Taifa on Friday reported that hundreds of others who were in the ill-fated ferry are still missing even as search and rescue operations continue…

South African schools are set to begin teaching Kiswahili following the country's government approval. South Africa's Basic Education minister Angie Motshekga on Monday announced that Kiswahili has been approved as the second language to be offered to students in public, private and independent…

United States First Lady Melania Trump has announced she will be touring Africa in October. Her trip to the continent was announced in a statement on Tuesday and is set to be her first major solo tour since becoming First Lady early last year. “This will be my first time traveling to Africa and I…