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...
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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...
Liberia heads to second round in tight elections
Liberia's President George Weah may have to wait for a second round of voting to find out if he will...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
South Sudan’s 2018 force unification ‘sorely late’
South Sudan’s programme to unify forces from various militia is sorely late, an assessment by the Reconstituted Joint Monitoring and...
Hundreds displaced as heavy rains pound Kenya’s Coast region
One person has been confirmed dead in Kilifi County, as hundreds have been displaced and roads cut off in different...
It’s official: The EAC troops are leaving eastern DR Congo
The East African Community peacekeeping force will leave eastern Democratic Republic of Congo after December 8, but the bloc will...
Kuwait emir Sheikh Nawaf dies aged 86
The ruling emir of oil-rich Kuwait, Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, died on Saturday aged 86, the royal court said, after...
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...
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...