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Song highlights need for police-public partnerships in Somalia
In Somalia, a new song aimed at encouraging security consciousness in neighbourhoods has been launched. The Somali Police Force hopes the initiative will help increase security responsibility in neighborhoods.The lyrics include messages that support police-public partnerships.
Kenya Central Bank orders lenders to disclose top shareholders
Kenya’s banking sector regulator has ordered all lenders to disclose their top shareholders in fresh efforts to improve corporate governance. A majority of Kenyan banks – which typically keep their shareholding secretly guarded – are now racing to beat the August the first compliance deadline. The directive is expected to lift the corporate veil on…
RIO 2016 Kenyan rugby sevens confident of causing Olympic upset
Kenya’s first title win at a rugby sevens World Series leg in Singapore this year has given the team a much needed boost. Now they’re eyeing a medal at the Rio Olympics.
UN Security Council been debating the situation facing Somalia and Libya
The UN Security Council has been debating the situation facing Somalia and Libya, two countries on the front lines of Africa’s war on terror. Elections are just weeks away in Somalia but the African Union mission AMISOM seems to be running out of steam in its fight against al-Shabaab. In Libya, ISIL may be losing…
1,900 Burundian troops finish year-long tour in Somalia
Almost 19 hundred Burundian troops who’ve been fighting militants in Somalia are heading home. Burundi was among the first countries to join the African Union force, AMISOM.
Nairobi Hotel occupancy Rates Soar
Hotels in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, are raking in the big bucks, thanks to increased occupancy numbers during the UNCTAD conference. Thousands of delegates descended on the city for the trade and development meetings.
Somalia: AMISOM Security Sector Reform Talks with the Deputy Prime Minister
Mogadishu (HAN) April 29, 2016 Public Diplomacy & Regional Security News. AMISOM Public Information.
First batch of British troops arrive in South Sudan
A first batch of British troops has arrived in South Sudan to join the UN’s peacekeeping mission. They’re to be stationed in Bentiu and Malakal, the northern towns that suffered heavily during the recent civil war. CCTV’s Patrick Oyet has this update
Families still reeling from the effects of conflict in the Gambella region
It has been almost two months since more than 140 children were kidnapped by gunmen and taken over the border to South Sudan. CCTV’s Girum Chala spoke to one women whose husband was killed in that raid – and her children taken from her.
Humanitarian situation still dire for the displaced in South Sudan
The humanitarian situation in South Sudan is worsening, more than a month after a transitional government of national unity was formed. While fighting has stopped in several parts of the country, thousands of South Sudanese face starvation amid a humanitarian aid cut. CCTV’s Patrick Oyet reports from Juba.