East Africa

Scientists identified more than 40 new species of cichlid fish in Lake Mweru, East

Kenyan police have been given orders to guard "colleges, churches, hotels, beaches and supermarkets" after receiving intelligence that several terrorist attacks were to be carried out around the city of Mombasa.

"A new era of peace and friendship has been opened," an agreement read.

A suicide bomber drove a car into Posh Hotel, the Somali capital's only venue with a disco.

The climate phenomenon is often called the Indian Niño due to its similarity with El Niño.

The militants were reportedly targeting non-Muslims in a residential block in the border region.

The government said a stampede and suffocation caused the deaths at Kilinto prison.

East Africa is already the hungriest place on Earth, and climate change threatens to compound its problems by raising temperatures and disrupting the seasonal rains.

Al-Shabab says its fighters killed five soldiers in the clashes, a claim Nairobi denies.

Abdul Nadir Mumin defected from Al-Shabab to recruit fighters for ISIS in the failed state.

Helen Mirren, Aaron Paul and Alan Rickman star in new drone-centric film.

Parts of the population in East Africa, including Uganda and Kenya, could already be immune to the virus,

The UN is preparing for a "massive influx" of refugees to Djibouti and Somalia as fighting in Yemen escalates.

A Belgian NGO is training rats to deal with deadly disease which is prominent in east African countries.