Akinyi Maina Lolla

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Based in Nairobi, Kenya-Akinyi is The African Exponent's East African Correspondent-bringing to you all important stories from the Eastern part of Africa right on your computer.

  Jun 14, 2024

UN Demands Halt to RSF Siege on North Darfur Capital

he U.N. Security Council demanded Thursday that the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) halt their siege on the North Darfur capital, El Fasher, as they are poised to take the last remaining city in Sudan’s Darfur region from the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF)....

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  Jun 14, 2024

Senior Kenyan Police Officer Shot Dead After Attacking Magistrate in Court

A senior Kenyan police officer was shot dead after he opened fire at a magistrate in court in the capital, Nairobi. The chief inspector, identified as Samson Kipchirchir Kipruto, was angered by the court's decision to cancel his wife's bail after she had absconded....

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  Jun 13, 2024

Kigali Accuses a UN Agency of Dishonesty in British Asylum Policy Case

Rwanda has accused the United Nations refugee agency of lying after the body told a British court this week that asylum seekers sent to the East African country could be moved on to states where they risked torture or death....

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  Jun 11, 2024

Malawi Mourns the Tragic Death of Vice-President Saulos Chilima

Vice-President Saulos Chilima and nine others died in a plane crash in northern Malawi. Chilima was vice-president for 10 years and formed his own party, the United Transformation Movement (UTM)....

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  Jun 11, 2024

Mystery Surrounds Missing Plane Carrying Malawi's Vice President

The president vowed that search operations would continue through the night and said authorities, using telecommunications towers, tracked the last known position of the plane to a 10-kilometer (6-mile) radius in one of the plantations....

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  Jun 10, 2024

Hospital in Besieged Sudanese City Closes After Attack by RSF Forces

For several days, there had been reports of shells hitting the city's South Hospital, causing injuries and deaths....

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