Kenya threatens ban on Facebook over hate speech
Kenya has threatened to shut down Facebook over its failure to improve content moderation on hate speech in the run-up...
Somalia reopens market for miraa, allows in Kenya Airways
Somalia has allowed the resumption of miraa exports from Kenya and permitted Kenya Airways to start scheduled flights to Mogadishu...
Sudan, Ethiopia leaders meet in Nairobi and agree to resolve dispute
Sudan’s junta leader Lt-Gen Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Dr Abiy Ahmed reached consensus on Tuesday for peaceful...
China gifts Zimbabwe a modern Parliament
China has gifted Zimbabwe with a new modern Parliament building to replace the current structure built during the colonial era as...
Tanzania spends millions to move, build new life in Tanga for Loliondo Maasai
So far missing from the raging international controversy on the relocation of Maasai families from Loliondo, in Tanzania’s Ngorongoro area,...
Kigali day schools to close for six days during CHOGM to ease traffic
Rwanda will temporarily close day schools in Kigalifor six days to ease congestion in the city during theCommonwealth Heads of...
Rwandans living nine years longer than other East Africans
Rwandans are living at least nine years longer than the majority of East Africans, according to the latest figures released...
Kenya and Uganda opt for border post to stop bandits
Kenya and Uganda have initiated talks for the opening of a one-stop border post in Lokiriama in northwest Kenya, that...
South Sudan abandons US dollar for local currency
South Sudan’s government has suspended the use of the US dollar and instead directed all transactions be executed in the...
Uhuru meets EAC team to review security situation in east DRC
The East Africa facilitator for the Nairobi Peace Process, former Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, has called for an urgent meeting...
Concern as millions with no savings in Kenya face old age poverty
About 13.9 million Kenyans have no form of retirement savings scheme, and the majority of them are in the informal...
M23 rebels meet Uhuru Kenyatta, agree to cede occupied areas
Leaders of the M23 rebel groupmet with regional peace facilitator, former Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, in Mombasa, where theyagreed to...
Grenade kills two children who mistook it for a toy in eastern DRC
Two children have died and six people been wounded in eastern DR Congo after a grenade they discovered during a...
Algeria offers visas on arrival for Sahara tourists
Algeria will allow foreign tourists heading to its vast desert south to obtain visas on arrival, part of efforts to...
Score of prominent Kenyans being acquitted by courts growing
On Wednesday this week, two more prominent Kenyans had charges against them in court either withdrawn or dismissed.Former Nairobi governor...
Burundi takes EALA Speaker seat as South Sudan bows out
Mr Joseph Ntakirutimana, Burundi’s ruling party deputy secretary-general, has been elected the Speaker of the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA.He...
Alarm as 20 Somali girls subjected to FGM in Somalia’s Kismayu
The UN sexual and reproductive health agency, UNFPA, is raising the alarm after 20 girls underwent the proscribed female genital...
40 cases in 40 days: Regional court settles EAC treaty violations suits
The East African Court of Justice (EACJ has ended its rotational inter-state court session in Uganda, where it determined cases...
Power crisis looms in Zimbabwe as main hydro plant shut down
Zimbabwe’s prolonged electricity shortages could worsen after the body that manages southern Africa’s biggest dam ordered suspension of power generation...
Stakeholders call for united fight against challenges facing Horn of Africa
Partners in the Horn of Africa have been urged to unite to fight common challenges facing the region and impacting...
Somalia, Ethiopia renew cooperation, sign deal to strengthen ties
Somalia and Ethiopia say they will work together to protect each other’s territories, including requesting the UN Security Council to...
Somali President Mohamud holds talks with Abiy in Addis Ababa
Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on Wednesday arrived in Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, completing a tour of his country’s neighbourhood...
Kenyatta, Ruto and Odinga commit to peace after talks with US delegation
President Uhuru Kenyatta has committed to fostering peace in the transition period following his meeting with a delegation of US...
Kenya presidential candidate George Wajackoyah finally casts vote after kit hitch
Update:Roots Party presidential candidate Prof George Wajackoyah has finally managed to cast his ballot in the 2022 general elections.His initial...
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...