East Africa
News and analyses on the countries located in the eastern sub-region of the African continent.
BRICS expands as Egypt, Ethiopia, 3 others join ranks
Saudia Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Iran and Ethiopia joined the ranks of the BRICS group on Monday, January...
Read moreDetailsClimate change fuels Malaria crisis in Kenya
As temperatures rise globally, the impact of climate change on the transmission of vector-borne diseases, such as malaria, becomes increasingly...
Read moreDetailsBurundi’s president claims Rwanda is backing rebels fighting against his country
Burundi’s president on Friday accused Rwanda of funding and training rebels behind an attack last week on the village of...
Read moreDetailsUN urges Ethiopia to adhere to international human rights law
The UN Human Rights Office and the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) on Friday released a joint report urging the...
Read moreDetailsGeneral Hemetti Embarks on Diplomatic Tour Across East Africa Amid Sudanese Conflict
General Mohamed Hamdane Daglo, also known as Hemetti, who commands the paramilitary forces engaged in conflict with the Sudanese army,...
Read moreDetailsEthiopia: Fitch downgrades debt rating to “partial default”
On Wednesday, the Fitch rating agency announced that it was downgrading the rating of Ethiopia's international currency debt rating from...
Read moreDetailsEthiopia defaults on $33 Million bond payment
Ethiopia officially entered default territory nn Tuesday, becoming Africa's third nation to do so within a span of three years....
Read moreDetails3 dead in a new attack attributed to the ADF in western Uganda
An elderly woman and two children died when their house was burnt down on Monday by suspected Allied Democratic Forces...
Read moreDetailsBurundi: Government says 20 dead in rebel attack
Twenty people, including 19 civilians, were killed in western Burundi, the government announced on Saturday, in an attack claimed by...
Read moreDetailsFrench court jails Rwandan ex-doctor 24 years over genocide
A former Rwandan doctor has been jailed for 24 years by a French court for his involvement in the 1994...
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