Rwanda’s president Paul Kagame announces plan to run for 4th term
Rwandan President Paul Kagame has said he plans to run for a fourth term in elections due to be held […]
East Africa
Saudi fund signs $30m loan deal with Uganda
Saudi Fund for Development (SFD) has signed a development loan agreement worth 30 million dollars with Uganda to finance the
Uganda arrests 5 more, recovers explosives in Kampala bomb plot – Police
Ugandan police have arrested another five people and discovered five more explosives around the capital Kampala in a bombing plot
South Sudan lifts suspension of UN radio station
South Sudan’s media regulator has lifted the suspension of Radio Miraya, the UN-owned radio station. Michael Makuei Lueth, Minister of
Niger’s new rulers end military cooperation with France
The new leadership of Niger has ended the country’s military cooperation with its former colonial ruler France, a spokesman for
South Sudan president dismisses finance minister
South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir has removed Minister of Finance and Planning Dier Tong Ngor and replaced him with Bak
S/Sudan records 31 measles deaths among returnee children
Health officials on Monday said authorities in Unity State in northern South Sudan have recorded 31 measles deaths among children
Rwanda to open diplomatic mission in Hungary – Kagame
President Paul Kagame on Monday said Rwanda is set to open its first diplomatic mission in Budapest, Hungary as part
Kenya’s Ruto says further tax-hike protests will not be allowed
Kenyan President William Ruto vowed on Friday that protests planned next week would not be allowed following two rounds of
EU provides military equipment to Somali Army to combat al-Shabab
European Union has handed over military equipment to the Somali National Army (SNA) to help them fight against the al-Shabab
Somali military kills 40 Al-Shabaab fighters during airstrikes
The Somali military said on Sunday it had killed around 40 fighters and commanders of the Islamist terrorist militia Al-Shabaab.
Fuel tax hike: Kenyan police fire teargas to stop protesters
Kenyan police fired teargas on Friday to disperse protesters marching against a new finance law that has doubled the fuel
DR Congo records highest number of violations against children in 2022 – UN report
The UN Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, Ms Virginia Gamba, says that the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
Security in eastern DR Congo continues to worsen – UN
UN Assistant Secretary-General for Africa, Ms Martha Pobee says the security situation in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has continued
President Museveni tells Ugandans to “ignore Kenyans,” says “I am well”
By NELSON NATURINDA – Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has debunked social media reports that he was in the intensive care
UNICEF “horrified” by attack on displaced people in DR Congo
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Tuesday said it is “horrified” by an attack on the displaced people in
WHO condemns deadly attack in Somalia, mourns staff member
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has condemned in the strongest possible terms, the deadly attack on the Pearl Beach Hotel
At least 9 killed in Somalia hotel attack
At least nine people were killed and 10 others wounded in an attack at a beach hotel in the Somali
Archbishop of Canterbury urges Ugandan Anglicans to reject anti-gay law
The Archbishop of Canterbury on Friday urged the Anglican Church of Uganda to reject the country’s new anti-LGBT law. In
Uganda introduces world’s harshest measures against homosexuality (Video)
Ugandan President, Yoweri Museveni, has signed into law a controversial anti-gay bill, which introduces draconian measures against homosexuality and has
Tanzania declares end of Marburg viral outbreak
Tanzania has declared the end of its first-ever outbreak of Marburg, a deadly Ebola-like virus with a fatality rate of
UN Security Council renews sanctions against South Sudan
The UN Security Council on Tuesday adopted a resolution to renew for a year, till May 31, 2024, arms embargo
Church massacre survivors laud arrest of Rwandan genocide suspect
Once the mass murder of their people began, Safari Jean Bosco and his mother, sister, and brothers sought refuge in
Rwanda genocide suspect appears in South African court
One of the Rwanda genocide’s most wanted remaining suspects, accused of ordering the death of 2,000 people hiding in a
Rwandan genocide suspect arrested in S.Africa, to face extradition hearing
A Rwandan man accused of ordering the killing of some 2,000 Tutsis who were seeking refuge in a church during
More fighting in Sudan as negotiated ceasefire approaches
Heavy fighting is continuing in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, just hours before a ceasefire is due to take effect on
Uganda begins anti-venting law to prevent gas flaring
The Ugandan National Government says it has drawn lessons from Nigeria and other African countries by enacting anti-venting law which
UN agency warns of cholera outbreak in Ethiopia
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) has warned of the ongoing cholera outbreak in southeastern
Somali army kills 5 al-Shabaab militants in southern region
The Somali National Army (SNA) killed five al-Shabaab militants and injured several others during a special operation against the extremist
Death toll from east DR Congo floods reach 400
The provincial governor of the east Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday said the death toll from floods that devastated