East Africa

Kenya plans pioneering $1 billion ‘debt-for-food’ swap

A debt-for-food swap would likely allow a country to replace costly existing deb...

Fugitive in the dock: ICC confronts Joseph Kony’s long ...

ICC hears charges against Ugandan fugitive warlord Joseph Kony in its first-ever...

Shelling and hunger haunt Sudan’s al-Fashir under siege

Trapped between shelling and starvation, al-Fashir residents describe a desperat...

Eritrea’s resentment and Ethiopia’s Red Sea push unsett...

Eritrea’s exclusion from the Pretoria peace deal and Ethiopia’s renewed push for...

No, organ transplants won’t make you live forever, what...

World leaders’ private chat on using biotechnology for immortality sparks ethica...

Land disputes in rebel-occupied Congo threaten Trump pe...

Land disputes in eastern DRC, fuelled by returning farmers and alleged Rwandan o...

France’s Macron seeks new PM after government’s collapse

Bayrou, handed a 364-194 defeat in a parliamentary confidence vote, will officia...

Why Nairobi is Kigali’s busiest air corridor

A new report shows how Nairobi flight route is fuelling tourism, trade and job g...

Police detain senior Ugandan opposition official

Alex Waiswa Mufumbiro, who is NUP’s deputy spokesperson, was forced into a vehic...

Ishiba resigns: How will Japan pick its next leader?

The process to pick Japan’s next leader is more complicated than before as Ishib...

Egypt appoints 48 women as State Council judges for fir...

The State Council is an independent judicial body with jurisdiction over adminis...

Divisive Ethiopian dam that could save regional economies

Launch of the reservoir, which will generate 5GW for local use and export, could...

IMF, World Bank link to growing unrest on the globe

Report says austerity measures pushed by the duo behind protests in countries

East Africa to drive continental aviation growth

Africa’s air travel market is set to grow 4.1 percent annually over 20 years, le...

Why Ethiopia and Kenya are invested in Jubbaland crisis

Foreign fighters in Mandera have raised safety fears, with leaders warning of se...

Fears of voter apathy in Tanzania elections

Pundits note that Samia’s rivals lack both the enthusiasm and the convincing pow...