Twenty-eight people have died in new attacks by suspected insurgents in Burkina Faso, including 15 who had been abducted at the weekend, the authorities said Tuesday. Fifteen bodies bearing bullet impacts were found on Monday near Linguekoro, a village in […]
Pope Francis landed in the Democratic Republic of Congo Tuesday, hailing his “beautiful trip” to Africa as he comes bearing a message of peace to the conflict-torn nation and its troubled neighbour South Sudan. “We’ve been waiting for a year, […]
Gunmen opened fire on a group of people celebrating a birthday at the weekend in a township in South Africa, killing eight and wounding three others, police said Monday. The birthday celebrant was among those gunned down in the mass […]
President Joe Biden said Monday the United States would not provide F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine, as Kyiv expands the list of weaponry it needs to be better able to drive Russia forces from occupied territories. Fighting continued at key […]
Nairobi, A senior US official says Eritrean troops have not yet withdrawn from Ethiopia contrary to Ethiopian authorities’ claim that they have already left. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the USrepresentative to the United Nations, saysEritrean forces only moved back to the […]
The presence of oil in Somaliland has been confirmed by a recent exploration. The discovery has raised the stakes in Somaliland’s claim for independence from Somalia as it holds the potential for a new stream of revenue for the semi-autonomous state. But […]
Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary for East African Community, Arid and Semi-Arid Lands and Regional Development Rebecca Miano says a bigger East African Community spells opportunity for the region as long as the members are ready to deal with the attendant challenges. […]
Pope Francis begins his tour of the Democratic Republic of Congo on January 31 with a message of peace and reconciliation, a trip that is hoped to bring the much-needed balm in the conflict-scarred nation. The Catholic Church in Kinshasa […]
Uganda is in the midst of what seems to be a new wave of re-nationalisation, which could see companies that are cross-listed across East African exchanges, swallowed back by the state. Read: Umeme, grain and coffee: Why Kenya should fear […]
President Yoweri Museveni on Thursday painted a bright future for Uganda’s economy, which he projected to grow to billions of dollars in “a short time” riding on the newly launched oil drilling in the western part of the country, value […]
Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary for East African Community, Arid and Semi-Arid Lands and Regional Development Rebecca Miano spoke to Aggrey Mutambo and Luke Anami on why Nairobi is pushing for an integrated neighbourhood **** What is Kenya’s agenda for the East […]
Kenya’s opposition has renewed quest for what it calls electoral justice, vowing it has not recognised President William Ruto’s regime. The opposition under Azimio La Umoja One Kenya Coalition has called for a public rally this Sunday in Nairobi during […]
The International Labour Organisation is asking East African countries to adopt global labour standards and harmonise laws on migrant labour. This week, the ILO’s East African office gathered government and labour rights experts in Zanzibar to push for a common […]
Kenya’s President William Ruto on Thursday pledged to open an embassy in Morocco before the end of the year, signalling a continued focus on strengthening ties with one of North Africa’s biggest players. He announced the plan after launching the […]
The US on Wednesday said it will impose a visa ban on spoilers of Nigeria’s upcoming elections, showing intent to prevent chaos in Africa’s most populous nation. The warning came amid fears of plans to either swing or scuttle the […]
Governance patterns in African countries have improved in the past decade, albeit with teething challenges. The Ibrahim Index of African Governance (IIAG released on January 25 says that African governance has mostly remained static since 2019, despite having made forward […]
A Tanzanian who trafficked minors from his country to Kenya has been jailed for 30 years. While appearing before Principal Magistrate Agnes Mwangi at the Makadara Law Courts in Nairobi, James Sengo Nestroy was ordered to pay a Ksh30 million […]
A US military raid in Somalia ordered by President Joe Biden killed a key regional leader of the Islamic State group, Bilal al-Sudani, US officials said Thursday. Sudani was killed during a gunfight after US troops descended on a mountainous […]
Germany’s social media ridicule of visiting Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to Africa seemed to backfire on Wednesday after the continental bloc, the African Union, was incensed by the use of ‘animal’ emoji. Germany, an ally of Ukraine, has been […]
A court has ordered a woman in Kanungu, Uganda to pay her former fiance more than Ush10 million ($2,700 as compensation for breach of a promise to marry him. Court records show that Richard Tumwine and Fortunate Kyarikunda, both teachers, […]
Self-exiled Tanzanian opposition leader Tundu Lissu has finally returned to the country after repeated cancellations of his homecoming. Lissu, a leader of the opposition Chadema party, arrived aboard an Ethiopian Airlines flight which landed at the Julius Nyerere International Airport […]
Kenya’s former president Uhuru Kenyatta Wednesday appealed for an end to violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, whose mounting problems have sparked diplomatic tensions between the DRC and Rwanda. Kenyatta is mediating in the conflict in the volatile region […]
The East African Community (EAC on Wednesday officially launched the verification mission to assess the Federal Republic of Somalia’s readiness to join the regional bloc. The verification team of experts from the EAC Partner States will be in Somalia from […]
Berlin/Kyiv The United States and Germany are poised to boost Ukraine’s war effort with the delivery of heavy tanks, sources said, support Russia condemned as a “blatant provocation”. The expected tank deliveries come as Ukraine dismissed several senior officials as […]
By Alan Hirsch The end of January 2023 will mark five years since the African Union Free Movement of Persons protocol was signed by the African Union. A parallel initiative to the African Continental Free Trade Agreement, it was designed […]
