East Africa

Tanzania polls: Mombasa port eats Dar's lunch over unce...

Mombasa port sees cargo surge as festive imports and election fears divert shipm...

Election day: Tanzania restricts internet as chaos erupts

There is a nationwide disruption of internet services in Tanzania, with users re...

Tanzania elections: Protests break out in Dar

Witnesses reported violent protests in at least four neighbourhoods of Dar es Sa...

Tanzania votes: Will Zanzibar offer a sliver of true de...

While the ruling CCM faces little challenge on the Mainland, Zanzibar remains th...

Cameroon opposition disputes Biya win amid deadly protests

The protests killed at least four people over the weekend and two others on Monday.

Ugandan firms win case over Kenya post-election losses

Kenya still liable as court trims payout to Ugandan firms over post-election los...

Healthtech start-ups ailing from funding crunch

Kenya’s healthtech boom is stalling as funding dries up, forcing startups to res...

Europe wades into Ethiopia, Egypt Nile dispute

Tensions flare after Egypt and EU officials met for their first joint summit.

Worse to worst: Massacre, famine fears as RSF takes Dar...

The fall of El Fasher marks a grim turning point in Sudan’s war, pushing the nat...

11 killed in tourist plane crash in Kenya

A Mombasa Air Safari plane flying from Diani to Maasai Mara has crashed in Kwale.

Several feared dead after plane crashes in Kwale

The aircraft had 12 persons on board.

RSF capture of al-Fashir fuels fears of Sudan’s split a...

Sudan’s RSF seizes al-Fashir after an 18-month siege, sparking fears of reprisal...

Why StanChart signed off wealth and retail business in ...

The deal between StanChart and Absa signals a reshaping of Uganda’s banking land...

Shaky mandate for Cameroon’s Biya as win queried, unres...

As widely predicted, 92-year-old Paul Biya has won an eighth term to extend his ...

Namibian President fires deputy prime minister, takes o...

President Nandi-Ndaitwah will assume responsibility for the Ministry of Industry...

Tanzania rejects Amnesty’s report

Dodoma said it has an “unwavering commitment to the protection and promotion of ...

Biya: Catechist’s son looking to rule Cameroon till he’...

At 92, Paul Biya wins an eighth term, extending his decades-long rule amid prote...

Paradox of Kigali traffic gridlocks despite steep fines...

Rwanda’s limited road network hampers efforts to ease congestion despite plans t...

Snarl-ups: Why Jo’burg is victim of own success

Johannesburg is tackling its notorious traffic jams with new transport plans tha...

Saudi Arabia to abolish the old infamous Kafala

The system let employers control foreign workers, restricting movement and enabl...

Tanzania polls: Easy pickings for CCM as Samia’s rivals...

Pundits predict an easy win for President Samia after a ruthless crackdown on op...

Museveni’s promise to residents of West Nile

Museveni returns to West Nile seeking votes — and validation for his legacy of p...

Tanzanian actress Elizabeth Lulu: How prison transforme...

From Bongo film princess to resilient trailblazer—Elizabeth ‘Lulu’ Michael prove...

EAC deploys monitors for Tanzania polls

The deployment is in line with the EAC Council of Ministers’ requirement for the...

Somalia MPs denounce Eala nominees list, sue state at r...

Somali lawmakers accuse President Mohamud’s party of rigging Eala nominations th...

Mnangagwa’s extension plan risks another reckoning

Chiwenga has openly opposed scrapping term limits, a move by Mnangagwa’s allies ...

Praying for post-election peace, justice and calm in Ba...

Archbishop Yuda Ruwa'ichi emphasized that Tanzania’s strength lies in its founda...

Africa’s $4trn infrastructure dream faces tough realities

A new report finds Africa’s vast resources stalled by weak markets and instituti...

South Sudan reaps from cargo e-tracking

South Sudan’s revenue surges as digital tracking slashes cargo smuggling and boo...

Kenya clarifies Ethiopia, Eritrea asylum restrictions a...

Nairobi says it is reviewing asylum applications from Ethiopia and Eritrea on a ...

US Aid cuts could fuel TB surge in African children

Cuts to US health aid could cause 2.5 million more child TB cases and 340,000 de...

Bank of Uganda’s plan to prevent lender collapses

The regulator says the policy will assess banks’ ability to meet obligations on ...

Tanzania declares polls date a public holiday

The decision by President Samia Suluhu Hassan is meant to enable public and priv...

‘Weight of the Unseen’: Ethiopia’s Tibeb Sirak brings d...

Ethiopian artist Tibeb Sirak’s ‘Weight of the Unseen’ turns tradition and memory...

Revealed: Eastern Africa’s most dangerous migration route

Desperation drives a surge in Horn of Africa migration, as traffickers exploit j...

African airlines seek partnerships to keep flying

Aviation stakeholders are eyeing Türkiye’s $224 billion Wealth Fund and Turkish ...

Missing Kenyan activists: ‘We can’t squeeze water out o...

Judge says there's no proof that Ugandan police or the military are holding them.

Internet access cut in Cameroon amid post-election prot...

Cameroon's constitutional council threw out all petitions contesting the October...

Tanzania’s electric SGR train derails, no deaths reported

Tanzania suspends SGR services after train derails near Ruvu.

Sadc observers urge credible, democratic polls in Tanzania

Sadc polls team calls for elections that uphold democratic values in Tanzania

Uganda rushes to finish $130m Hoima City Stadium by yea...

East Africa is gearing up to host the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations for the first t...

The other side of luxury tourism in Africa

As East Africa embraces luxury tourism, experts warn growth must benefit local c...

Tanzania police arrest top Chadema official

Chadema says its deputy chair John Heche was being held at the central police st...

Simone Gbagbo: First Lady, convict and now presidential...

Simone Gbagbo, a former first lady in Cote d’Ivoire who was once wanted by the I...

Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda rank poorly in global fraud pr...

Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, and Ethiopia ranked near the bottom of 112 countries, ...

Rwanda’s Archbishop Mbanda: My beef with the Anglican C...

Laurent Mbanda is spearheading what many are calling a spiritual coup from Cante...

Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda rank poorly in global fraud pr...

Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, and Ethiopia ranked near the bottom of 112 countries, ...

Ugandan police lower bus crash death toll from 63 to 46...

The crash happened just after midnight on the highway between Kampala and Gulu.

Smuggling on Uganda’s lakes costs state $509m a year

URA says smugglers use Lake Victoria and Lake Albert’s porous borders to move un...

Amazon outage: Why the ‘cloud’ needs to change

The incident exposes the risks of heavy reliance on cloud computing, though some...