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The Eritrean Civil Aviation Authority cited numerous complaints such as theft of luggage, frequent flight and baggage delays. It said despite repeated quests to address these issues, Ethiopian Airlines failed to do so.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/business/eritrea-bans-ethiopian-airlines-as-tensions-simmer-4702478
The Tanzanian brewer approved the sale of Darbrew Ltd in August 2019, due to the non-performance of the subsidiary, but the conclusion of the deal has been delayed for years.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/business/hop-at-last-tanzania-breweries-sells-dormant-darbrew-4702206
The Cameroon government is under pressure to repeal an unpopular new decree, which they say unjustifiably censors free speech in the country.
The Djikdent Decree threatens to expel anyone from the capital Yaounde who insults the President.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/rest-of-africa/rights-lobby-revocation-of-cameroon-s-anti-free-speech-decree-4700902
World Bank said it debarred the EY Kenya after investigations revealed it was guilty of conflict of interest and corruption in two public programmes in Somalia.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/business/ey-kenya-reputation-at-risk-after-world-bank-sanction-4676426
Countries backing the Northern Corridor are seeking to woo Tanzania to allow cargo headed to Burundi, Rwanda, and the Democratic Republic of Congo to pass through its borders.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/business/northern-corridor-push-for-shorter-tanzania-freights-route-4676448
Uganda Airlines plans to spend $95 million on procurement during 2024/25 fiscal year and is exploring ways of supporting local suppliers to earn a bigger slice of that spend. The money will be split among supplies, services and works.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/business/uganda-airlines-allocates-95m-to-promote-local-purchases-4673728
The African Union is launching another bid to save Sudan from war, even as it fights what it calls a proliferation of mediation channels competing with one another, amid a mounting humanitarian crisis.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/rest-of-africa/au-attempts-new-mediation-as-hunger-ravages-sudan-4673820
The $738 million financial agreement designates South Sudan as the borrower and Ethiopia as the financier, and the repayment involves crude oil from South Sudan to Ethiopia.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/business/ethiopia-south-sudan-to-build-220-km-cross-border-road-4673872
Many urban refugees in Nairobi rely on proxies to be able to access any semblance of a financial service, and most are completely cut off from the conventional banking services.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/magazine/the-nightmare-of-kenyan-refugees-4673738
Somalia President Mohamud: We will not compromise Somalia’s territorial integrity and its unity https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/east-africa/we-will-not-compromise-somalia-s-territorial-integrity-4673590
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EYAKUZE: Kenyan youth might be a lot of things, but armed they are not. They have nothing but the power of their convictions to wield. https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/oped/comment/who-d-have-thought-children-would-be-given-bullets-not-bread-4673616
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A groundbreaking album titled Mapolomoko, from Ketebul Music captures the unique traditional music of marginalised indigenous pastoral communities in Kenya. https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/magazine/new-album-shines-light-on-kenya-s-marginalised-communities-4673542
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A Kenyan, Ms Edith Murogo, has earned recognition from the US following her work against human trafficking. https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/magazine/kenyan-feted-for-work-on-domestic-labour-4673010
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The UN humanitarian agency is struggling to secure funding to combat severe food insecurity in Nigeria's insurgency-hit northeast, raising fears of mass hunger and deaths. https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/rest-of-africa/nigeria-s-northeast-risks-mass-hunger-as-un-funding-dwindles-4672960
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Amnesty details how foreign weapons are being transferred into and around Sudan, in flagrant violation of the existing arms embargo on Darfur.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/rest-of-africa/new-weapons-from-china-turkey-russia-uae-fuelling-sudan-war-4703180
Kenya's President William Ruto has nominated four senior ranking members of the opposition ODM party as part of his new broad-based government.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/east-africa/ruto-nominates-opposition-members-to-cabinet-4701178
Tanzania has taken a major leap forward in its railway modernisation efforts with the arrival of two more new electric multiple-unit (EMU) trains.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/business/tanzania-zooms-ahead-with-new-electric-trains-express-service-4677516
Kenyan riot police fired tear gas at protesters in Nairobi on Tuesday and demonstrations erupted in other cities across the country demanding the resignation of President William Ruto, following a week of deadly clashes in anti-tax protests.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/east-africa/riot-police-patrol-nairobi-activists-call-for-more-protests-4676432
Uganda has reinstated a 25 percent import duty on fully electric vehicles, hybrid vehicles, and electric motorcycles.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/business/uganda-reinstates-tax-on-e-vehicles-4673578
Turkey has begun mediating talks between Somalia and Ethiopia over a port deal Addis Ababa signed with the breakaway region of Somaliland earlier this year, according to four officials familiar with the matter.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/east-africa/turkey-mediating-somalia-ethiopia-talks-on-port-deal-4675588
ONYANGO-OBBO: Slow-burner Tanzania represents a distinct tradition in the East African narrative of development; being shy to proclaim small, medium, and big achievements from the top of Mountain Kilimanjaro. They're wasting the highest mountain in Africa.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/oped/comment/-slow-burner-tanzania-is-at-it-again-but-she-needs-to-learn-4673798
The African Union has backed the creation of a new force to replace the more than 10,000 troops of its peacekeeping mission due to leave Somalia by end of December. This comes amid signs and alarm that Shabaab extremists have grown stronger.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/east-africa/al-shabaab-creates-deadly-pan-east-african-force-4673664
Gen Michael Langley: How Somali can avoid Al Shabaab takeover https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/east-africa/how-somali-can-avoid-an-al-shabaab-takeover-4673648
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Tax fallout wave blows in East Africa as Kenya's President Ruto buckles under public pressure https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/east-africa/tax-fallout-wave-blows-in-region-4673636
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Nigerian Afropop superstar Yemi Alade releases new single ahead of the 'Rebel Queen' album https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/magazine/yemi-alade-releases-new-single-ahead-of-rebel-queen-album-4673554
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The introduction of Nile perch into Lake Victoria has had devastating and long-lasting effects on the genetic diversity of its native cichlid species, according to a new study. https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/science-health/devastating-effects-of-exotic-nile-perch-invasion-in-l-victoria-4673564
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DRC sends first minister to East African Legislative Assembly (Eala) two years after joining bloc https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/east-africa/drc-sends-first-minister-to-eala-two-years-after-joining-bloc-4673082
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Kenya protests expose jet-setting Ruto's neglect of discontent at home https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/east-africa/kenya-protests-expose-jet-setting-ruto-s-neglect-of-discontent-at-home-4672986
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South Sudan emerges as the country with the largest land mammal migration in the world, new study shows. https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/science-health/survey-reveals-south-sudan-s-mammoth-animal-migration-4672796
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