East Africa

Gates, OpenAI to drive AI adoption by health clinics

The tools are designed to assist healthcare workers with access to guideline-bas...

Uganda to compensate victims of collapsed Saccos

Uganda moves to protect Sacco members, offering up to $2,800 each as the Bank of...

Rwanda’s UK lawsuit turns migration row into treaty test

Rwanda says the UK’s cancellation violated financial agreements, leaving obligat...

US doubles down on trade with Africa, sets up joint inv...

The SIWG aims to foster US-Africa economic partnerships that generate jobs, pros...

Ethiopian Airlines cancels Tigray flights as fresh clas...

Ethiopian Airlines cancelled flights to Tigray as clashes between federal forces...

Kenya tea exporters pay eight times more for air freigh...

Tea exporters had little choice but to use air freight to avoid being branded un...

Former executive sues Kenyan property developer for $2....

Ex-ALP Kenya executive sues for $2.8 million, alleging unfair dismissal and deni...

Why EAC trades more with SADC than with itself

The shift coincided with renewed non-tariff disputes, including blocked goods, t...

Ecobank Rwanda $620,000 cyber fraud convict appeals sev...

Ntumwa is accused of working with accomplices still at large to siphon money fro...

Ugandan court frees prominent rights activist on bail a...

A Ugandan court has released prominent rights activist Sarah Bireete on bail aft...

Kenya, India to negotiate trade deal

Kenya is elevating ties with its largest business partners worldwide.

Rwanda seeks arbitration over cancellation of asylum de...

Rwanda said it was prepared to agree, provided the treaty was terminated and new...

After $4.5bn write-off, Somalia courts creditors for mo...

Two years after securing a landmark debt write-off, Somalia is back in talks wit...

Afreximbank, Fitch sour fallout revives push for Africa...

Afreximbank’s break with Fitch has reignited calls for a continental credit rati...

Peace monitors accuse Juba officials of beating war drums

Peace monitors say six of South Sudan’s 10 states have been affected.

East Africa builds airports as national airlines bleed

Across East Africa, governments are pressing ahead with billion-dollar airport p...

African nations now send more money to China than they ...

China’s lending to developing countries has slowed sharply over the past decade,...

Juba orders UN personnel, civilians to leave parts of J...

The military is planning an operation against opposition forces.

Eacop deal to power villages along Tanzania pipeline route

Villages along Tanzania’s crude oil pipeline corridor are set to gain electricit...

Egyptian troops coming soon, funding mechanisms sought ...

'The deployment of Egyptian forces must be understood within the ongoing efforts...

Ethiopia rising: New airport, roads, economic reforms… ...

IMF has disbursed $261 million as the Abiy Ahmed administration picks up momentu...

CMA now moves to protect virtual asset investors from d...

Kenya’s Capital Market Authority says equity and digital asset markets require d...

Grey power: Uganda’s octogenarians return to Parliament

The election of elderly leaders is seen by supporters as a statement of continuity.

Trump pushes UN workers pay cuts in sweeping reform ini...

Washington argues that revising employee perks will restore the global organisat...

Tick tock, tick tock... African Tiktokers wait for big ...

For many African creators, the reality has long been different. They are often l...

‘Stateless’ former MP’s big fight for nationality

The former South Sudanese MP was stripped of her citizenship by President Kiir’s...

Why East Africa’s roads are killing thousands

Kenya and Uganda lead the region in accident rates.

How IMF-backed forex reforms cost Ethiopia $2.6bn

IMF-backed reforms have stabilised the market but left Ethiopia’s central bank g...

Judge rejects plea for Besigye’s transfer from prison t...

Instead, Justice Emmanuel granted a longer adjournment to allow Dr Besigye to ap...

Half of all Sudanese children not in education due to c...

Aid groups have called for urgent assistance to provide aid to the Darfur city o...

Winnie Byanyima says husband Besigye ‘eats little, unab...

'They are denying him health care. They want to kill him'.

How DRC crowded Zambia out of Dar port

Official data indicate that cargo destined for DRC doubled to 5,995,293 tonnes i...

US air power tips balance against Al Shabaab in Somalia

US air power is reshaping the battlefield in Somalia, delivering gains against a...

Foreign fighters swell ISIS ranks in Somalia’s Puntland

Last Saturday, the Puntland state government published a list of 50 foreigners i...

Somalia ratification brings revised Igad treaty into fo...

The revised treaty replaces the 1996 Agreement Establishing Igad.

China turns to soft power to expand economic influence ...

China’s soft power strategy will centre on cultural exchanges without interferin...

Ethiopian Airlines orders 9 Dreamliners as long-haul tr...

Airline to deploy the additional wide-body aircraft to expand its route network.

Court declines interim orders to keep Congolese doctors...

A Kenyan court has declined to issue temporary orders allowing Congolese doctors...

A citizen without a country: Former MP’s fight for nati...

Nearly two years after an African Union rights body ruled that her citizenship w...

From costumes to scrubs: Kenyan actress’ career pivot i...

Clarice Otieno's journey from a Kenyan household name to a surgical technologist...

Kasibante drags Museveni election victory to Supreme Court

A fringe presidential candidate has petitioned Uganda’s Supreme Court to annul P...

Uganda under scrutiny as activists, journalists face po...

International and regional rights groups warn that arrests, intimidation and thr...

Edwin Mtei, the man who defied Nyerere and lived to tel...

Edwin Mtei was a rare figure in post-independence Tanzania, a senior insider who...

New deal to demolish trade barriers in North, Central c...

Deal to remain in force for five years, with provisions for renewal and expansion

Besigye in ‘critical state’ after overnight prison tran...

Uganda’s opposition says detained veteran dissident Kizza Besigye was rushed fro...

UN warns of war crimes in Sudan as RSF drone strikes es...

UN human rights chief Volker Türk warns that drone strikes on civilian infrastru...

How Nelson Ndahiro taught machines to make better medicine

From Rwanda’s hills to US biotech labs, Nelson Ndahiro’s journey traces how coll...

Ethiopia secures $261m from IMF on back of forex, fisca...

IMF approval unlocks $261 million for Ethiopia, endorsing reform momentum while ...

South Sudan opposition signals escalation after Pajut f...

United Nations says recent intense clashes are occurring at a scale not seen sin...

Kenya takes largest share of Africa’s venture capital f...

Solar home system maker Sun King was among the local startups that reported larg...