East Africa

Uganda to borrow $358m for power line to S.Sudan, other...

Other projects funded by the loan include a northwest road linking Uganda to the...

Quad revives Sudan peace push as war grinds on

US, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and UAE push new Sudan peace plan backed by AU and Igad,...

Igad warns 42m face acute hunger across East Africa, Horn

Igad said hunger levels in Six countries remain alarmingly high.

Chad MPs vote to allow president to run unlimited times

Chad’s new constitution sailed through the National Assembly and is due for a fi...

Trump says US has a buyer for TikTok

The agreement requires TikTok’s American assets to be transferred to US owners f...

Kenya issues arrest warrant for UK citizen in murder case

The long delay sparked outrage, with Wanjiru’s family and rights groups saying a...

Two men jailed for trying to bewitch Zambian President ...

The two, including a chief, were found guilty of “professing witchcraft” using a...

Deadly Congo boat disasters spotlight lax transport rules

Nearly 200 deaths in two days highlight the deadly risks of Congo’s rivers and l...

UN report details ‘systematic looting’ by S.Sudan’s rul...

UN report accuses South Sudan’s leaders of looting billions through fake road pr...

Why Europe’s aviation hubs still dominate African skies

At the Intra-African Trade Fair in Algiers, many delegates, including those from...

Food, fuel shortages and joblessness cloud Malawi’s ele...

Malawians head to the ballot weighed down by economic pain, with poverty, inflat...

Tanzania bars key opposition candidate again, clearing ...

Key opposition shut out of Tanzania elections, leaving only candidates from mino...

Diversified bets lift Uganda’s NSSF to $91m profit

Strong dividends, equities, and real estate cushioned losses from Umeme and fore...

Tanzania vets all foreigners in fresh crackdown

Foreigners face scrutiny as Tanzania tightens immigration rules amid general ele...

EAC taps data-driven services in one network area plan

One network expansion is set to improve regional connectivity and reduce roaming...

Puntland deploys troops over fresh voter registration row

Somalia’s federal and regional authorities clash over voter registration, raisin...

EAC faces staff crisis as Kenya makes noise over remitt...

Failure by EAC Council of Ministers to agree on retaining temporary workers sees...

Uganda polls: Museveni, Bobi Wine cleared for 2026 race

Museveni secures over two million endorsements as Uganda’s 2026 presidential rac...

Ethiopia, Sudan defer border dispute amid domestic woes

Border tensions over Al-Fashaga risk reigniting clashes as Ethiopia and Sudan ju...

Mozambique looks to Rwanda to beat rebels

Islamic insurgents have returned to Cabo Delgado region, displacing tens of thou...

Why Tundu Lissu’s treason trial is a litmus test for Ta...

Tanzania’s high-stakes treason trial of opposition leader Tundu Lissu is shaping...

‘The Conjuring: Last Rites’: A familiar but fitting far...

‘The Conjuring: Last Rites’ leans on familiar scares but shines with deeper char...

Machar treason case puts S.Sudan’s transition governmen...

Among those facing the charges with Machar is Puot Kang Chol, a former minister ...

The little constituency with a big say in Kenya’s mini-...

Mbeere North has emerged as a key battleground in Kenya’s mini-polls, where riva...

Africa’s hidden climate toll threatening the survival o...

With heat extremes projected to worsen, neonatal deaths may rise unless governme...

Somalia’s new e-Visa runs into federal turbulence

Somalia’s new online visa system has sparked resistance from Puntland and Somali...

Kenya gets $25m grant to study ageing, its health systems

The five-year project aims to generate the first large-scale, nationally represe...

South Sudan ups insurance requirements

South Sudan has raised capital requirements for insurers to strengthen regulatio...

ACT Wazalendo’s Mpina back on ballot after court overtu...

Mpina’s return to the ballot restores some competition against President Samia i...

Harare to host Intra-African Trade Fair head office

Hosting the IATF headquarters will enhance Zimbabwe’s profile as a regional trad...

How rising heat is changing mountain gorilla behaviour

Climate change is forcing mountain gorillas to drink more water as rising temper...

South Sudan charges VP Machar with treason, murder

Machar, who fought Kiir’s forces in the 2013-2018 war that killed 400,000, has b...

AU condemns atrocities against civilians in eastern DRC

About 80 people were killed overnight from Monday to Tuesday in the village of N...

Zambia’s mpox cases reach 231 since last year’s outbreak

The total number of mpox-related deaths remains at three, while the cumulative n...

Economic warfare? Tanzania tour operators question EU f...

Tour operators warn the EU ban on Tanzanian aircraft could derail a $4bn tourism...

The boundary Uganda and South Sudan cannot bury

A dispute over a poorly drawn frontier has flared once more, leaving soldiers de...

How debt servicing is undermining Africa’s health and c...

Rising debt is forcing African governments to cut health spending, threatening b...

Calls for reparations grow in Africa and Caribbean

More than six decades after they were supposedly freed from the yoke of slavery ...

Ghana agrees to accept West Africans deported from US, ...

Ghana has received 14 deportees, including Nigerians and a Gambian, and facilita...

Nigeria’s $11bn coastal highway project stirs uproar – ...

Nigeria’s $11bn coastal highway project promises economic growth but faces backl...

Slim iPhone Air could be a design win for Apple, analys...

Apple unveiled its slimmest iPhone yet, the iPhone Air, aiming to reignite excit...

France’s new PM takes office amid anti-government protests

Sebastien Lecornu takes over as France’s new prime minister, facing protests and...

ADF rebel attacks leave 90 civilians dead in eastern Congo

The DRC government said 71 people were initially killed in the first raid, follo...

‘Black Panther’ star Winston Duke: I’m learning to be u...

From Hollywood stardom to championing Africa’s creative future, Winston Duke sha...

South Africa will never ‘go on bended knee’ in trade ta...

South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has vowed to secure a fair US trade dea...

S.Sudan signs deal with UN agency for flood mitigation

South Sudan has launched a $9.98m project with Unops to boost flood resilience a...

Congo’s Ebola-hit towns under confinement as cases tick up

Congo’s health ministry declared the country’s first Ebola outbreak in three yea...

In Africa’s first, Rwanda bets on flying taxis to rise ...

Kigali trials Africa’s first self-flying electric air taxi, offering a glimpse o...

Victims take centre stage as ICC opens fugitive Kony case

In the end, nobody is going to be sentenced, nobody will be sent to prison.