East Africa

Uganda’s business confidence rises on services sector o...

Uganda’s business confidence edged up despite power cuts, tax pressures, and fal...

World Bank urges Zimbabwe to seek G20 aid to avoid 5-ye...

Harare owes the World Bank and other creditors $21 billion, and there are fresh ...

UN says scores of farmers killed in Congo, endangering ...

An M23 rebel attack in eastern Congo left 169 civilians dead, raising alarm over...

Kenya’s rights record hit by protests, abductions

A civil society report has sharply criticised the Kenyan government for using br...

US offers $8m bounty for Shabaab mastermind

Abdikadir Mohamed Abdikadir, alias Ikrima is a senior al-Shabaab figure accused ...

Rwanda rules out troops exit from Congo before FDLR ‘is...

“This is not just about military posturing. It’s about preventing another genoci...

Tanzania, Russia launch joint $1.2bn uranium plant in N...

Tanzania has launched a $1.2 billion uranium project with Russia’s Rosatom to sp...

Tanzania excludes EAC, SADC on observers list for Octob...

I​​​​​​​NEC’s approved list includes 11 Western diplomatic missions based in Tan...

Anthrax outbreak claims life in western Uganda refugee ...

Three other people from the Congolese refugee camp have been hospitalised.

The two rival governments that could split Sudan

From its wartime capital of Port Sudan on the Red Sea, Sudan’s army faces off a ...

Traffickers target educated youth as human trade grows ...

Human traffickers across East, Horn, and Southern Africa are adopting new tactic...

Insurers double premiums for shippers using Red Sea

Tea exporters will face higher costs and delays in cargo delivery and container ...

EAC partners frustrate movement of grain amid shortage

Trade barriers and rising insecurity are disrupting East Africa’s grain supply c...

Kenya’s bond market shake-up plan rattles brokers

A planned CBK shift to bank-led bond trading has sparked concern among brokers, ...

Somalia, Djibouti sign troop deployment deal

The latest deal enables Djibouti, which has been one of the troop-contributing c...

Ruto, Museveni deplore trade barriers in East Africa

Museveni says EAC must “wake up” and make “rational” decisions about trade and e...