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Rwanda will temporarily close day schools in Kigalifor six days to ease congestion in the city during theCommonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM scheduled for the next week. “In order to ease traffic flow in the City of Kigali during […]

So far missing from the raging international controversy on the relocation of Maasai families from Loliondo, in Tanzania’s Ngorongoro area, is Msomera village, about 50 kilometres from Handeni township in Tanga region, 600 kilometres away from Loliondo. This vast and […]

China has gifted Zimbabwe with a new modern Parliament building to replace the current structure built during the colonial era as Beijing continues strengthening its influence on the southern African country. The imposing structure sits on 33,000 square metres and comprises […]

Sudan’s junta leader Lt-Gen Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Dr Abiy Ahmed reached consensus on Tuesday for peaceful resolution to disagreements. This came as the leaders met for the first time since the two countries’ tiff over outstanding […]

Somalia has allowed the resumption of miraa exports from Kenya and permitted Kenya Airways to start scheduled flights to Mogadishu in the latest sign of improving ties between the two neighbouring countries. The decision was made during the second meeting […]

Kenya has threatened to shut down Facebook over its failure to improve content moderation on hate speech in the run-up to the August 9 elections. The National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC has given the social media giant seven days […]

Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on Wednesday arrived in Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, completing a tour of his country’s neighbourhood since he was elected in May. Mohamud was received at the Addis Ababa Bole International Airport by Ethiopian Prime Minister […]

Somalia and Ethiopia say they will work together to protect each other’s territories, including requesting the UN Security Council to lift an age-old arms embargo on Mogadishu. At the end of his two-day state visit to Addis Ababa, Somali President […]

Partners in the Horn of Africa have been urged to unite to fight common challenges facing the region and impacting communities. This was said last week during a virtual meeting in Nairobi, Kenya by regional stakeholders. Currently, the region is […]

Zimbabwe’s prolonged electricity shortages could worsen after the body that manages southern Africa’s biggest dam ordered suspension of power generation at the country’s main hydro plant due to dwindling water levels. The Zambezi River Authority (ZRA, which manages Kariba Dam […]

The East African Court of Justice (EACJ has ended its rotational inter-state court session in Uganda, where it determined cases related to violations by member states of the East African Community (EAC Treaty. The president of the regional court,Nestor Kayobera, […]

The UN sexual and reproductive health agency, UNFPA, is raising the alarm after 20 girls underwent the proscribed female genital mutilation (FGM in Kismayu, Somalia’s Jubbaland state, indicating the tough road ahead to end the practice. The incident this week […]

Mr Joseph Ntakirutimana, Burundi’s ruling party deputy secretary-general, has been elected the Speaker of the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA. He won after 54 members out of the 63 voted for him, while one voted against him. Eight votes were […]

On Wednesday this week, two more prominent Kenyans had charges against them in court either withdrawn or dismissed. Former Nairobi governor Mike Sonko was acquitted by a magistrate for lack of evidence in a case where he was accused of […]

Algeria will allow foreign tourists heading to its vast desert south to obtain visas on arrival, part of efforts to “promote tourism in the Sahara”, the interior ministry announced Wednesday. In a statement, it said that “foreigners heading to the […]

Two children have died and six people been wounded in eastern DR Congo after a grenade they discovered during a bird-hunt exploded, local officials said on Tuesday. A group of youngsters had been hunting for birds Monday in a field […]

Leaders of the M23 rebel groupmet with regional peace facilitator, former Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, in Mombasa, where theyagreed to withdraw fighters from the Democratic Republic of Congo’s North Kivu province and follow a ceasefire. But the meeting came as […]

About 13.9 million Kenyans have no form of retirement savings scheme, and the majority of them are in the informal sector. According to data from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS, there were about 17.4 million people in the […]

The East Africa facilitator for the Nairobi Peace Process, former Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, has called for an urgent meeting with the EAC technical advisors to review the deteriorating security situation in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC. A statement […]

South Sudan’s government has suspended the use of the US dollar and instead directed all transactions be executed in the local currency, the South Sudanese pound (SSP, in a move feared to stifle economic activity in the war-ravaged economy. Most […]

Update: Roots Party presidential candidate Prof George Wajackoyah has finally managed to cast his ballot in the 2022 general elections.His initial attemptfailed(read story below after the elections technology kits failed to work at Indangalasia Primary School polling station in Kakamega […]

Kenya and Uganda have initiated talks for the opening of a one-stop border post in Lokiriama in northwest Kenya, that will seek to open up trade and fight livestock raids. Kenya’s Interior Principal Secretary Raymond Omollo said the border post […]

President Uhuru Kenyatta has committed to fostering peace in the transition period following his meeting with a delegation of US legislators led by Senator Chris Coons on Thursday. The delegation also met with President-elect William Ruto and his rival Raila […]

Rwandans are living at least nine years longer than the majority of East Africans, according to the latest figures released by the National Institute of Statistics on Monday. Rwanda’s life expectancy is now 69.6 years, up from 51.2 years in […]