Kenya stands alone in the region as far as the importation and growing of genetically modified organisms (GMO is concerned. Tanzania, Uganda and Burundi have all said they are not open to GMOs, and the wider East African Community concurs. […]

Mali once had it good. Mansa Musa, the great ninth mansa of the Mali Empire, and considered the world’s richest man ever, has roots there. It was West Africa’s second largest exporter of gold after Ghana. The good times look […]

Kenya’s President William Ruto doesn’t like debt. He just wants the government to have enough money. Earlier in November 11, he told a stakeholder’s workshop on pensions in Nairobi that the government will not be borrowing any money at a […]

The Tanzanian government on Thursday dismissed a preliminary report on the recent Precision Air crash in Bukoba, saying it had been published prematurely. The report, by the state agency Air Accident Investigation Branch (AAIB, gave weight to widespread criticism of […]

The next three weeks are crucial in Uganda’s containment of Ebola following a drop in new infections for the first time in 10 days. If the trend persists, the country could enjoy “freer” Christmas holidays after nearly two-months of partial […]

Kenya’s Parliament has started hearing petitions seeking the removal of four electoral commissioners who refused to endorse the declaration of President William Ruto as the winner of the August election, describing the vote tallying as opaque. Four petitions are before […]

The rebel group M23 on Friday defied calls for a ceasefire, citing continual attacks from the Congolese army, FARDC, but asked to meet East African Community mediator Uhuru Kenyatta and Angolan President Joao Lorenco, to plead their case. The demand […]

Malawi’s Vice President Saulos Klaus Chilima was Friday arrested on allegations that he received money in exchange for awarding government contracts. The vice president is facing six charges relating to corruption after he allegedly received $280,000 and “other items” from […]

The Kenyan government has said it will need Ksh17 billion ($140 million between now and January to respond to the worsening drought situation in the country, estimated to affect 4.3 million people. On Friday, Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua launched the […]

Congolese and security experts reacted cautiously Thursday to the announcement of an impending truce in an escalating conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. A militia called the M23 has been gaining ground since mounting an offensive in North Kivu […]

The Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF will next week deploy its contingent in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo under the new East African Regional Force, joining regional peers in the ongoing efforts to pacify the war-torn area. The East African […]

A coup attempt has failed in Sao Tome and Principe, the prime minister of the island nation off the western coast of Africa said in a video message confirmed by AFP on Friday. Patrice Trovoada, the prime minister, said that […]

Jihadists aligned with the Islamic State group are advancing in north eastern Mali, prompting terrified citizens to flee their homes, sources there say. The Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISGS launched an offensive in the Gao and Menaka regions […]

Parts of Kenya have been hit with a blackout attributed to a system disturbance, barely three weeks after a similar blackout left businesses counting losses. “We have lost bulk power supply to various parts of the country due to a […]

DR Congo’s army once absorbed rebels into its ranks as a way to end conflict, but as the country struggles with an offensive by the M23 militia in the east, experts caution against reviving the policy. A mostly Congolese Tutsi […]

The African Union says it will delay withdrawal of its sanctioned military forces in Somalia, citing resurgence of Al-Shabaab attacks. The decision was reached on Wednesday by the African Union Peace and Security Council, the 15-member body that decides policy […]

Abuja Nigeria, with crude oil reserves of more than 37 billion barrels and the 6th largest world producer, has discovered and launched the first oil drilling project in the north after decades of exploration. The Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation Limited […]

Kenya’s President William Ruto and his Ugandan counterpart Yoweri Museveni are pitching business and technology relations in their separate trips to east Asian countries. President Ruto touched down in Seoul, South Korea on Tuesday afternoon, indicating his trip will focus […]

Abuja Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday unveiled the redesigned Naira notes as proposed by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN. The launch and release of the banknotes came earlier than the December 15, 2022 date that had earlier been […]

A Walmart employee shot dead six people at a US store bustling with Thanksgiving holiday shoppers — in the country’s second mass shooting in four days — before turning the pistol on himself, police said Wednesday. Four other people remained […]

Karou Modou lived a happy life tilling her garden and rearing animals in her native Cherif-Moussari village at the foot of Mandara Mountains along the Cameroon-Nigeria border. The 42-year-old mother of eight says her garden was all she had to […]

Mogadishu The Somali National Army (SNA on Monday said it killed two leaders of the militant group, Al-Shabaab, in Dhurshen, 35 km north of Hudur town, the capital of Bakol region, and 420km southwest of Mogadishu. The mission was accomplished […]

From her hospital bed in east Democratic Republic of Congo’s city of Goma, Furaha Twizere recounted how artillery rounds killed her husband instantly. They came under fire several dozen kilometres north of the city and he died on the spot […]

An appeal court in South Africa said on Monday that former president Jacob Zuma was unlawfully given medical parole from a jail term last year and should return to prison to complete his sentence. Zuma, 80, had been handed a […]