The ruling emir of oil-rich Kuwait, Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, died on Saturday aged 86, the royal court said, after three years in power marked by repeated political disputes. “With great sadness and sorrow, we mourn… the death of Sheikh […]

The East African Community peacekeeping force will leave eastern Democratic Republic of Congo after December 8, but the bloc will remain involved in the quest for peace in troubled region, the heads of state have said. A dispatch after the […]

South Sudan’s programme to unify forces from various militia is sorely late, an assessment by the Reconstituted Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission (RJMEC shows. Maj-Gen Charles Tai Gituai told a meeting in Juba on Thursday the delays could eat into […]

A group of civil society organisations on Saturday asked the African Union (AU to reject Israel’s application for observer status at the continental bloc, reviving a two-year debate that remains unresolved. And ahead of the AUSummit in Addis Ababa, some […]

Summary For the DRC, its mineral wealth has often been seen as a curse. Burundi and the DRC have recently warned of possible war against Rwanda if the M23 support doesn’t stop. Regional and international organisations have been urging the […]

Senegal’s Communications Ministry told mobile operators to suspend internet access on Tuesday, ahead of a planned silent march by activist groups, which was banned by authorities, over the abruptpostponementof a presidential election. The announcement just weeks ahead of the planned […]

Regional bodies – the African Union and the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) – have come under increasing pressure to take responsibility and deal with the escalating situation in Senegal. Protests continued to worsen in the West African […]

Rwanda says the ongoing war in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is becoming a national security threat in Kigali, confirming its fears of a possible regional conflict. Rwanda’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Sunday the war means Kinshasa […]

Somalia’s government has requested the termination of a UNpolitical mission that has advised it on peacebuilding, security reforms and democracy for over a decade, according to a letter the Foreign minister wrote to the Security Council. The request for the […]

Polls opened in Chad on Monday as the country votes in a presidential election, which analysts say incumbent military leader, General Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno, who seized power after the death of his father three years ago, is likely to […]

Africa is coming across as the home of human rights violations with Amnesty International fingering several countries for atrocities. The human rights abuse include extra-judicial killings, forced disappearances, arbitrary arrests and detentions, torture and other ill-treatments, restrictions on freedom of […]

Ugandan authorities have confirmed that the country’s forces will remain in Somalia after the expiry, at the end of this year, of the current mandate of the African Union mission, but the other troop-contributing countries from the region, Kenya and […]

Somalia has emerged as a new source of remittances for Kenya and Uganda, accounting for $180 million and $21.9 million respectively per year, diplomatic sources say. According to data at the diplomatic missions in Mogadishu, there are more than 35,000 […]

The African Union peacekeepers in Somalia say they will not cede the security of the strategic commercial infrastructure yet, even as they hand over more responsibilities to the Somali National Army. The Mogadishu seaport remains key to securing the capital […]

In the Karamoja region of north-eastern Uganda, a four-year outbreak of violent raids for livestock is finally subsiding – the result of a ruthless, informer-driven disarmament campaign by the army. But even as stability returns, divisions arising from class tensions, […]

The past two weeks have been disastrous in East Africa as heavy rains caused floods leading to the loss of hundreds of lives, displacement of thousands and damage to property. A spot check by The EastAfrican shows that Kenya, Uganda, […]

A decision by Washington to ban the Chinese-owned TikTok, unless it is sold within a year, is about national security, US Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo said in Nairobi on Thursday. “The USA trades a lot with China and we […]

Kenya’s government has advised lawmakers against banning TikTok over concerns about content shared on the platform, and instead recommended stricter oversight by regulators. A panel in parliament has been considering a petition from a Kenyan citizen to ban the Chinese-owned […]

The USHouse of Representatives passed a bill on Saturday that would give TikTok’s Chinese owner ByteDance about a year to divest the USassets of the short-video app or face a nationwide ban. It now moves to the Senate where it […]

Senegal’s new President Bassirou Diomaye Faye on Tuesday appointed firebrand politician and key backer Ousmane Sonko as prime minister in his first act as president. Sonko, an opponent of former president Macky Sall, is popular among thecountry’s youth but was […]

In his first speech after his landslide victory, Senegal’s incoming President, Bassirou Diomaye Faye promised to stay the course of his party’s pre-election campaign promises. On top of the list of these promises contained in his campaign manifesto, christened Project […]

Twelve people drowned trying to reach aid dropped by plane off a Gaza beach, Palestinian health authorities said on Tuesday, amid growing fears of famine nearly six months into Israel’s military campaign. Video of the airdrop obtained by Reuters showed […]

Just a few months ago, the man set to be Senegal’s next president, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, was sitting in a prison cell, a relatively unknown figure outside his opposition party Pastef. Everything changed for him when the party’s firebrand leader, […]