East Africa

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...