Money talks: Kenya pushes for veto power in EAC
A Kenyan parliamentary committee has called for a review of East African Community (EAC Treaty in order to grant veto...
Month: September 2025
Kenya warns risk of ‘solidarity’ attacks over Israel-Hamas war
Kenya warned Thursday of the risk that groups such as Al Shabaab could carry out attacks in "solidarity" with Hamas...
Calls for King Charles III to apologise on Kenya visit
Britain's King Charles III faced calls Wednesday to apologise for colonial-era atrocities in Kenya when he visits the country later...
Kiir meets President Museveni, discusses security and trade
Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni and his South Sudan counterpart Salva Kiir on Thursday met and held discussions on mutual interests...
Uganda, Rwanda retire long serving military chiefs
Uganda and Rwanda this week retired long serving military generals, a move security analysts see as meant to allow internal...
UK Minister for Africa Mitchell in Kigali to launch development projects
Mr Andrew Mitchell, UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Minister for Africa, has arrived in Rwanda on a three-day as...
Shock clan coronation rattles Kagame’s party
The leadership of Rwanda Patriotic Front (RPF is fighting to maintain the face of Rwanda after a group of influential...
Biases subverting progress in women empowerment
Gender gaps and inequality persist as significant challenges in societies worldwide, despite the progress made towards equality in recent decades.While...
Regional blocs order immediate withdrawal of armed DRC groups
A quadripartite summit of four regional blocs has demanded an immediate and unconditional withdrawal of all armed groups in the...
EACRF struggles with a belligerent host already seeking Plan B
Countries contributing troops to the East African Community Regional Force (EACRF) have found themselves arguing for a need to have...
Eacop financing swings to China as its firms hog deals
The Chinese appear to be taking over the financing of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (Eacop) project, which has...
Kenya, Tanzania renew push to sell loss-making state firms
Kenya and Tanzania have renewed the push for sale of inefficient and loss-making parastatals, part of a plan to dodge...
DR Congo banks on past lessons in fresh disarmament crusade
After two weeks of killings that left nearly 150 dead in Ituri province, according to figures from the UN Office...
Uganda’s iconic economy guru Keith Muhakanizi dies of cancer
Keith Muhakanizi was either arrogant or a true patriot of Uganda. It really depended on whom you asked. When he...
New wave of political change blows through Eastern Africa
A wave of political change is blowing through East Africa, with the ruling parties battling to garner the support of...
EA’s struggle for shrinking funds choking higher education
Unpaid or delayed salaries and unremitted statutory dues continue to define the harsh financial times at public universities in East...
African countries expend civil liberties to deal with dissent
Fundamental rights and freedoms are continually getting restricted in almost 90 percent of sub-Saharan African countries, even as the rest...
Uganda’s Entebbe Expressway declared ‘safe’ after bomb scare
Ugandan police have declared the Entebbe Expressway safe after a bomb scare earlier Wednesday morning.“Update! Entebbe Expressway now open for...
South Sudan, Uganda nominees set to occupy EAC deputy SG positions
The East African Community Council of Ministers has endorsed the appointment of a Ugandan and a South Sudanese as deputy...
Women, feminists across Kenya hold march against femicide
Women and feminists in Kenya took to the streets on Saturday to march against the rising cases of femicide. The...
South Africa’s genocide case against Israel: What action can the court take?
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) will be holding public hearings on 11-12 January at the Peace Palace in The Hague, the...
Kenya-Uganda fallout over fuel may not last, as they’re joined at the hip
The dispute between Uganda and Kenya over petroleum imports boiled over in the past week, with an angry Kampala lodging...
President Ruto holds talks with RSF leader Hemedti in Nairobi
The leader of Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) held talks with President William Ruto of Kenya on Wednesday amid...
Sudan RSF chief Hemedti foreign trips end isolation
Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF commander Mohamed Hamdan Daglo ‘Hemedti’ this week emerged from isolation to make the first public...
US lawmakers blame Abu Dhabi over Sudan war
Sudan’s conflict could face the risk of being ‘forgotten’ by the international community, even as US lawmakers singled out the...