East Africa

KQ aborts Beijing route launch, spares crisis bites

Kenya Airways’ planned Nairobi–Beijing route faces delays as a global aircraft a...

Unfit for purpose: Time to reinvent democracy for prese...

Global democracy is weakening, but small gains in Africa and beyond offer hope.

On human rights, Ruto regime has failed every test

Only Ruto thinks that he is spectacularly transforming Kenya.

We likely intend to stage ‘Hamlet’ without the prince a...

Tanzania’s opposition faces a weakened front as Chadema’s jailed leader undersco...

Failures that cost Malawi's Chakwera the presidency

Malawi’s outgoing President Lazarus Chakwera has been voted out after a term mar...

Who, then, is going to use those roads, bridges and ele...

Attention is everything. Power needs people to work, you can’t balance the equat...

Congo, Rwanda to begin security steps in October under ...

The timeline offers specific dates for Rwanda and Congo to carry out the peace p...

Zimbabwe: Mnangagwa, VP Chiwenga rivalry escalates

Power struggles rock Zanu PF as Mnangagwa and VP Chiwenga clash over a bid to ex...

Somalia’s new bourse eyes $2bn diaspora funds, IPOs in ...

Somalia’s new securities exchange is courting $2 billion in diaspora investment ...

Kamerhe’s exit tests his fragile alliance with Tshisekedi

Vital Kamerhe’s resignation as Congo’s assembly speaker has spared him an ouster...

Uganda’s Museveni cleared to seek re-election, eyes nea...

Africa’s fourth longest-ruling leader, Museveni amended the constitution twice t...

Uganda’s Museveni cleared to seek reelection, eyes near...

Africa’s fourth longest-ruling leader, Museveni amended the constitution twice t...

US court revives Rusesabagina case against airline that...

Paul Rusesabagina wins US appeal to sue airline accused of aiding his abduction.

South Africa’s president says trade is being used as a ...

Ramaphosa urges the US to ease Trump-era tariffs as he warns world leaders that ...

Somalia’s war with hidden bombs moves from roads to str...

Somalia has unveiled a new strategy to fight IEDs, the militants’ deadliest weap...

CBK rebuffs push to link bankers’ bond trading platform

CBK’s refusal to link a new bank-owned bond platform has reignited debate over K...

Cost-cutting reforms at the UN put staff jobs on the line

The United Nations is rolling out sweeping cost-cutting reforms that will scrap ...

Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger announce exit from ICC

Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger have quit the ICC, branding it a tool of neocoloni...

Congo will not ‘auction’ mineral resources to the US, p...

Tshisekedi says a US-brokered Rwanda peace deal has not stopped fighting, as min...

Juba restricts cash movements amid hoarding fears

The move comes as political rifts between President Kiir and Vice President Mach...

South Sudan blocks media, families from Machar trial

The high-profile trial of Riek Machar began in Juba under tight security, but jo...

Defaults dim African banks’ appetite for government bonds

African banks are pulling back from risky government debt as defaults and restru...

Inside Uganda’s costly peace missions

Ugandan taxpayers spend up to $1 million daily on operations in South Sudan and ...

Francis Okomo: ‘I didn't know you are also a lawyer’

The five decades that the book bestrides carry with them the history of East Afr...

Tanzania raises cushion on deposits to $3,000 in bid to...

Tanzania raises insured deposit limits to Tsh7.5 million, extending protection t...

Silent boss: How Sallam SK Mendes transformed Wasafi in...

From Britney’s silent architect to Diamond’s unseen powerhouse, Sallam SK master...

Neglected diseases: Tanzania’s fight against a silent t...

Lymphatic filariasis has long challenged Tanzania, peaking between 2006 and 2015...

How Kiir, Machar ego trips are sinking South Sudan into...

Death of former leader Garang led to a flare-up of ethnic and regional tensions ...

Tanzanian business leaders now press EAC to act on barr...

Private sector chiefs urge Secretary General Nduva to fast-track tax harmonisati...

Why NSE recorded the highest single day trading on Sept...

The Nairobi Securities Exchange hit its biggest trading day of 2025, fuelled by ...

Pilot cancer testing programmes offer hope

Flow cytometry, a laser-based technology for blood and bone marrow analysis, is ...

Rwanda bar owners welcome extension of working hours

Rwanda has extended nightlife to 4am for the UCI World Road Championship, boosti...

Kenya seeks to strike US trade deal by year-end, trade ...

Kenya races to seal a landmark trade deal with the US as the clock ticks on Agoa...

Why Kenya’s wheat farmers are ditching the crop

Kenya’s shrinking wheat fields and rising import needs threaten to deepen the su...

Uganda splurges millions in bid to boost farm yields

Billions in PDM loans are reshaping Ugandan farming, but doubts linger over impa...

UAE tightens visa rules for Ugandans

UAE has suspended the issuance of long-term visas for certain categories of Ugan...

‘Eyes of Wakanda’: Marvel series based on Black Panther

Marvel’s “Eyes of Wakanda” expands the Black Panther universe, but struggles wit...

Rwanda pedals into history with Africa’s first road cyc...

The government has upgraded road infrastructure, mapped cycling routes, and mobi...

Why Tshisekedi allies want House Speaker Kamerhe out

Kamerhe is fighting allegations of incompetence and mismanagement raised by MPs,...

Kenya’s exports to UK surge 64pc on post-Brexit trade deal

Kenya’s exports to the UK have surged 64 percent under a post-Brexit trade deal,...

Zambia’s witchcraft conviction raises debate on colonia...

The jailing of two men for plotting to bewitch Zambia’s president has revived de...

Tanzania inflation rises slightly on higher cost of food

Inflation for food and non-alcoholic beverages reached 7.7 percent in August, up...

In Congo, army and rebels dig in for war Trump says is ...

Congo’s conflict with M23 rebels threatens regional stability as failed peace de...

Who will speak at the UN and what is on the agenda?

At its 80th session, the UN General Assembly will confront wars, climate change,...

Canex’s $2bn plan to keep African creators at home

Africa’s $4.2bn creative economy is set for transformation, with Canex driving r...

Wild chimps eating fermenting fruit get a surprising sl...

Chimpanzees may sip the wild equivalent of two cocktails a day—yet stay sober, r...

Insurgents shift tactics as Mali junta struggles for co...

Malian insurgents are tightening their grip with road blockades, cutting off key...

Rwanda’s economic growth slows in quarter 2

Rwanda’s economy largely depends on agriculture, tourism and manufacturing.

African manufacturers in last-ditch bid to extend US tr...

African manufacturers are racing to secure a last-minute extension of the Agoa t...

Aid cuts push refugees in Rwanda to the brink

Across Rwanda, only 23,000 of the country’s 120,000 refugees still receive food ...