East Africa

Kenya gambles on new visa fees

The new charges are causing concern among stakeholders, who see them as a barrie...

Mozambique polls chaos hurts business in southern Africa

Activities at Mozambique’s biggest ports, Maputo and Beira, were severely disrup...

Small arms: Big headache for EA nations despite past di...

Nomadic pastoralists in the 'triangle' have been caught up in cycles of livestoc...

Why Bill Gates is expanding Africa footprint

A large portion of the Gates Foundation total spend goes toward programmes that ...

Why Gates is expanding Africa footprint

A large portion of the Gates Foundation total spend goes toward programmes that ...

At COP29, Africa bets on $1.3trn in demand for climate ...

Leaders and delegates have united in Baku with calls for financing that delivers...

Women call for end to violence, demand peace talks incl...

Despite not yet reaching genocide levels, the war in Sudan has seen ethnic clean...

Kenyan Catholic Church calls out Ruto on rights abuse, ...

The Catholic bishops' criticism is unsettling for President Ruto because of thei...

Opposition chief Lissu doubts fairness in upcoming Tanz...

Chadema deputy party leader cites locking out of candidates who wanted to partic...

Kenya Railways refurbished engines boost metre-gauge line

The restoration of old locomotives is a sound strategy that could provide useful...

“No guns please, we are Jehovah’s Witnesses”

Association of Jehovah’s Witnesses in East Africa says Eritrea persecutes its me...

Phone firms turn to software vending as smartphones exh...

If the rate of growth persists, within the next three years there will be a smar...

Vandals target new Tanzania SGR infrastructure

The vandalism reflects the booming scrap metal business in Tanzania.

Kenya, South Sudan launch campaign against contraband

Kenya and South Sudan revenue authorities entered into an agreement to support e...

Ugandan traders bemoan erratic road fees on EAC trade r...

Ugandan traders say the cost of the non-tariff barriers (NTBs) is very high, cos...

Sudan extends opening of Adre crossing for aid delivery

More than 300 aid trucks with supplies for more than 1.3 million people have cro...

Leaders tie peace to ending hunger

Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, Kenya's President William Ruto and several...

Malema travel ban lifting signals warmer ties with new ...

Newly elected President Boko lifted visa restriction on South African leaders, i...

Cameroon’s Biya under pressure over mounting rights abuses

Some 51 key figures in Cameroon, including lawyers, political leaders and human ...

MTN Uganda approves $45.62m second interim dividend on ...

The decision follows an improved performance of the company’s financial position...

Tanzania’s next budget to rise to about $20 billion

Tanzania's external debt stood at $32.89 billion in September 2024, up from $32....

RSF accused of new massacres in Sudan

Human Rights Watch says the United Nations should deploy a peacekeeping mission ...

Ruto in a tight spot over abductions, as he pitches Hai...

A spate of abductions have come in the way even as Ruto has proposed that the Ha...

DRC, Rwanda in peace monitoring deal

Officials say it will monitor compliance with the ceasefire between the two coun...

Mozambique post-poll chaos adds baggage to limping Sadc

Country plunges into bedlam following disputed election results with the civil s...

Trump victory puts East Africa on edge

With his ‘America First’ mantra, Trump presidency and relation with the continen...

Kenya’s JKIA crisis hits flower exports

Kenya’s flower deliveries to the Netherlands could be cut after the main airport...

Kenyan readies for record-breaking 15,000 hugs

His ambitious target would not only shatter the existing record but serve a dual...

Rwandan traders recompense EAC losses with Comesa deals

Exports increased, defying the general slump in trade within the bloc to post an...

As Trump reality sinks in, Biden fizzles out of African...

Analysts say that even if President Biden visits Angola, he won't make any long-...

US cancels $1.1bn Somalia debt in latest win for Mogadishu

Washington’s officials said Somalia would no longer be burdened by the money it ...

Sadc calls for crisis meeting over Mozambique post-poll...

Rights groups say at least 18 people have been killed by security forces since p...

South Sudan holdouts agree to resume peace talks in Nai...

President Ruto says parties to the South Sudan peace process have agreed to resu...

Dutch charter airline resumes flights to East Africa

Tui resumed flights to Mombasa this week, asa well as a maiden flight to Zanzibar.

Kenya launches raids on illegal medical spas after botc...

The crackdown has been triggered by the death of Lucy Wambui after a procedure a...

Trump wins US presidency in stunning comeback

Trump, 78, recaptured the White House on Wednesday by securing more than the 270...

Mombasa port operations hit by KRA system outage

The situation is expected to worsen in the coming days after the KRA acknowledge...

Samia heads to Cuba to promote Kiswahili, health ties

Tanzanian and Cuban presidents will launch a new Spanish-to-Swahili dictionary a...

World leaders congratulate Trump

Ethiopian, Indian and British prime ministers and French and Ukraine Presidents ...

Ethiopian Airlines takes delivery of Africa’s first Air...

Ethiopian plans to operate the first of the 395-seat aircraft on promotional fli...

Somalia, Ethiopia tensions bad for Horn security - US

The CIA chief William J Burns made an unannounced visit to Mogadishu this week.

E.Guinea orders crackdown on sex in State offices after...

The government said it was taking action because the videos had denigrated the t...

US elections: States wary of unrest step up security

The National Guard has been or will be activated in 19 states so far to help mai...

Key issues for voters in closest US presidential election

The usual dividing line is often that of the party: Democrat vs Republican. But ...

Don’t be fooled by early US vote counts: They might be ...

Trump plans to declare victory when he surpasses the 270 electoral votes needed ...

Don't be fooled by early US vote counts: They might be ...

Trump plans to declare victory when he surpasses the 270 electoral votes needed ...

Sudan’s RSF chases civilians out of villages in violent...

The war has unleashed hunger across the country and erased most signs of a funct...

Atmis soldiers killed in al-Shabaab mortar attack

An AU official told VOA’s Horn of Africa that the soldiers who were killed and t...

How EAC politics turned milk trade sour

Rwanda itself has previously blocked milk from Uganda, and Kenya has used issuan...