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The leader of Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) held talks with President William Ruto of Kenya on Wednesday amid regional diplomatic efforts to try to forge a ceasefire in the war at home. Kenya is the latest leg of […]

The dispute between Uganda and Kenya over petroleum imports boiled over in the past week, with an angry Kampala lodging a case at the East African Court of Justice (EACJ against Nairobi for blocking its use of its pipeline to […]

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) will be holding public hearings on 11-12 January at the Peace Palace in The Hague, the seat of the court, in a case brought by South Africa against Israel. South Africa has accused Israel of violating […]

Women and feminists in Kenya took to the streets on Saturday to march against the rising cases of femicide. The nationwide protest, dubbed ‘Feminists March Against Femicide’, is taking place in 11 counties: Nairobi, Mombasa, Kisumu, Nakuru, Eldoret, Homabay, Turkana, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Attacks, including a shooting that left a gang leader dead, flared in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, on Thursday as political groups appeared nearer to finalising a transition council to take over from an absent government. A police operation killed the head […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 West African regional bloc said on Saturday it would lift strict sanctions on Niger as it seeks a new strategy to dissuade three junta-led states from withdrawing from the political and economic union – a move that threatens regional […]

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 […]

SenegalPresident Macky Sall was this week assuring the public his country will emerge from a constitutional crisis and that he will retire on April 2 as the law says. But there are still unclear issues around elections, especially on who […]

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 […]

More than a year ago Haiti’s government formally requested a multinational force be deployed to help its police restore control of the capital Port-au-Prince, as powerful alliances of heavily armed gangs expanded their influence. Progress has lagged, but as Prime […]