Messenger AfricaHIV treatment ‘nearly impossible’ to get in many parts of South SudanThe HIV epidemic is spreading unchecked in many parts of South Sudan in spite of huge investments by international aid donors, according to…Dec 1, 2017Dec 1, 2017
Messenger AfricaRebels kill dozens in Puntland battle, raid airbase in Middle ShabelleSomali rebel group Al-Shabaab assaulted a military base Thursday in the northern region of Puntland and separately ambushed an airbase in…Jun 9, 2017Jun 9, 2017
Messenger AfricaSudan posts big growth in broadband internet use; Kenya still fastestA new report by tech giant Akamai says that more users are adopting 4 Mpbs broadband Internet in Sudan over the last year, up 13 times the…Jun 8, 2017Jun 8, 2017
Messenger AfricaNurses strike in Kenya — reports of patients dyingNurses have gone on strike in Kenya demanding for the implementation of a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) that they struck previously…Jun 8, 2017Jun 8, 2017
Messenger AfricaWorld Bank says Somali mobile money use ‘far higher than previously thought’Somalia’s mobile money industry is on a growth trajectory that is likely to continue, bringing with it “staggering risks,” according to the…May 29, 2017May 29, 2017
Messenger AfricaThe Messenger’s 3-year planLaunched at the beginning of 2017, The Messenger is among the most journalistically promising startups to enter the East African media…May 26, 2017May 26, 2017
Messenger AfricaKenya government moves to stem public anger over high cost of maize flourBy Moses WasamuMay 26, 2017May 26, 2017
Messenger AfricaGerman scholar criticizes Berlin’s Africa policy for inconsistencyA new report published by the German Institute of African Affairs questions the German federal government’s foreign policy toward Africa…May 19, 2017May 19, 2017
Messenger AfricaSudan’s Bashir makes moral case for intervention in South SudanSudan’s President Omar Al-Bashir has claimed the moral right and responsibility to intervene in South Sudan’s ongoing civil war, without…May 2, 2017May 2, 2017