US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is set to meet Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Wednesday in a visit aimed at reviving ties and bolstering a fragile peace process after a two-year civil war in the country. He is […]

Tropical Cyclone Freddy — one of the strongest cyclones ever recorded in the Southern Hemisphere — on Monday hit southern Africa for the second time, killing 99 people in Malawi and 10 in Mozambique. “In total, 99 deaths have been […]

Somalia’s Puntland State is once again on a collision path with the country’s government in Mogadishu over a blue economy strategy seen as contradictory to their laws. This week, Somalia ordered all foreign vessels to leave its waters in the […]

Another failed ceasefire, a UN call for talks nobody seems to want, and a new influx of foreign soldiers: despite a flurry of diplomatic efforts, there appears little chance a fresh insurgency in eastern DR Congo will stop any time […]

Mukondi Residents of Mukondi village in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo inspected the burnt-out remains of their homes on Friday and narrated how they fled for their lives as rebels cut the throats of people around them. Members of the […]

Rwandan President Paul Kagame on Monday said there were discussions about “resolving” the fate of Paul Rusesabagina, who was portrayed as a hero in the Hollywood film “Hotel Rwanda” and is serving a 25-year sentence in Rwanda on terrorism charges. Mr […]

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed landed in Juba on Monday for talks with President Salva Kiir on bilateral issues amid tensions within South Sudan over the 2018 peace agreement. Dr Abiy also held discussions with First Vice President Riek Machar […]

The United States Vice President Kamala Harris will visit Tanzania, Zambia and Ghana later this month on her first trip to the continent. The trip is part of continuing visits by senior US government officials to enhance ties with Africa […]

South Sudan was on Friday night waiting for a spinning coin to settle from a meeting between President Salva Kiir and First Vice-President Riek Machar, part of efforts to ease tensions stemming from the controversial sacking of some government officials. […]

The emerging rivalry between two top military leaders in Sudan could play into the plan of pro-democracy forces who want a return to civilian rule. Deputy Head of the Sovereign Council, General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo alias Hemedti appears to have […]

On March 1, the General Court Martial in Kampala jailed two soldiers of Uganda Peoples Defence Forces for spreading harmful propaganda. In January, the two had recorded and released a video to the mainstream and social media, in which L/Cpl […]

Mass protests called by Kenya’s opposition pose a new national security threat for President William Ruto, whose administration is already under mounting pressure to tackle a high cost of living and impact of a prolonged drought that has left about […]

The East African Community Council of Ministers have again failed to agree on the host of the proposed monetary union headquarters and other key organs. During the last meeting held in Bujumbura, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Burundi, who have bid […]

The UN Refugee agency said on Friday it was “greatly alarmed” by clashes between government forces and armed groups in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC that had caused hundreds of thousands to flee. Speaking to reporters in […]

Fighting erupted Friday between M23 militiamen and government troops near the eastern DR Congo city of Goma, sources said, hours before the expected arrival of a European mercy flight. The aid mission is the first in an airlift announced last […]

UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman, currently under fire for the Illegal Immigration Bill introduced in the UK parliament Tuesday, is expected in Rwanda in the coming days. While details of her trip are yet to be made public, The EastAfrican […]

A shooting at a Jehovah’s Witness centre in the German city of Hamburg has left eight people dead, including the suspected gunman, police said Friday, as the motive for the attack remained unclear. Several more people were wounded in the […]

A delegation of the United Nations Security Council on Thursday evening arrived in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) capital Kinshasa ahead of a visit to Goma in North Kivu Province, a city currently plagued by rebel attacks. The main […]

Ugandan lawmakers on Thursday introduced legislation to parliament that proposes tough new penalties for same-sex relations in a country where homosexuality is already illegal, defying criticism from human rights groups. Annet Anita Among, the speaker of parliament, referred the bill […]

Amnesty International has urged the Ethiopian government to immediately lift a one-month-old blockade imposed on selected social media platforms. Ethiopian authorities shut down access to popular social media platforms on February 9, 2023 after tensions between the country’s authorities and […]

After a prominent Senegalese journalist was arrested last year on charges of spreading false news, activist Beya Gueye mounted a small protest, demanding the journalist’s release following a meeting with Senegal’s prime minister.  He was arrested on the spot and […]

Kampala Uganda said on Thursday it expects to start generating at least 1,000 megawatts (MW from nuclear power by 2031 as it moves to diversify its sources of electricity and accelerate its energy transition, a key part of its climate […]

Kigonze Camp Marie Dzedza has lost hope of leaving a displaced people’s camp and returning to her village in the eastern Congolese province of Ituri, where rebel violence is surging while regional attention focuses on a conflict in a neighbouring […]

A new book claims John Paul II knew about cases of child abuse by Catholic priests in Poland and helped cover them up before becoming pope in 1978. Dutch journalist Ekke Overbeek spent more than a decade combing through Polish […]