Tales of boats sinking with migrants across the Gulf of Aden are common but Ethiopian youth would rather that than the poverty at home
Boats carrying migrants across the Gulf of Aden regularly sink. In March, the IOM reported that four boats had capsized off the coast of Yemen, with more than 180 migrants feared dead. Even for those who survive the crossing, traversing war-ravaged Yemen is itself fraught with danger.
‘I’m going to Saudi Arabia or to my grave: How hope became frustration, then despair among Ethiopia’s Oromo youth under PM Abiy
The government or its militias “can accuse anyone of being OLA and try to get money from them. If you don’t pay, you’ll be put in prison, and unless you pay you won’t get out,” Østebø says. “There is so much discontent and hopelessness.”
UNICEF: Donor funding cuts leave 13 million children in Eastern and Southern Africa at risk of severe malnutrition
In South Sudan, malnutrition among children under five as well as pregnant and breastfeeding women, remains a critical concern. This year, over two million children under five are at risk of acute malnutrition (both moderate and severe acute malnutrition), a 26 per cent increase from 2024.
Kenya and Uganda to streamline land use along border in the north to curb resource-based conflicts
Governor Lomorukai described the process as crucial and emphasised that it will aid in resource mapping, enhance cross-border trade and establish systems to prevent conflicts linked to livestock and human movement across the border.
Kenya’s trade minister warns unbridled utterances on conflict in Sudan will further hurt tea, fruit exports
Cabinet Secretary Lee Kinyanjui expressed concern over recent public utterances by political figures on regional conflicts, stressing the importance of maintaining Kenya’s non-partisan foreign policy in the region.
Kenya, Ethiopia sign free-trade deal to hasten implementation of African Continental Free Trade Area
Ethiopian Minister of Trade and Regional Integration Kassahun Gofe underscored the importance of concluding negotiations to kick start the implementation of the simplified trade regime to accelerate trade between the border communities of the two countries.
Blue economy: Stakeholder petition Kenyan parliament to rescinded ‘flawed’ draft law for not treating fisheries as a distinct economic sector
On April 7, he said, LVA formally wrote to the clerk of the national assembly, to petition parliament to suspend the bill and launch a comprehensive and inclusive legislative review. The bill, he said, was a replication of the outdated 2016 provisions that were developed without a guiding national aquaculture policy and failed to recognise aquaculture as a distinct economic sector.
President Ruto says Kenya keen to learn from ‘China’s remarkable journey of transformation’ day after blistering attacks on US President Trump, UN
President William Ruto, an evangelical Christian from a modest background, was elected on promises to help Kenya’s poor in a country struggling with debt. Earlier in his presidency, Ruto favoured the West and the United States over China. But as US President Donald Trump pulls back from engagement with Africa and slaps tariffs on trade partners, Ruto is making overtures to Beijing.
Nairobi: Great Lakes Region meeting wants illicit minerals trafficking curbed to spur local economies
The conferences which have been organised in collaboration with GIZ (German Society for International Cooperation) will provide an arena for policymakers, technical experts and regional stakeholders to assess progress, share best practices and agree on next steps in implementing the Six Tools against the Illegal Exploitation of Natural Resources (RINR).
European teenage thieves arrested in Kenya with haul of queen ants in major shift in wildlife trafficking
The Kenya Wildlife Service, however, said the case signals a landmark shift in biopiracy trends from iconic large mammals to lesser-known species that are no less ecologically critical.
