East Africa
News and analyses on the countries located in the eastern sub-region of the African continent.
Institutional investors drive demand in Kenya state oil pipeline’s IPO, adviser says
Appetite from institutional investors has made for an oversubscribed initial public offering in Kenya's state oil pipeline firm, the lead...
Read moreDetailsIsraeli President Herzog arrives in Addis Ababa at start of two-day official visit
Israeli President Isaac Herzog arrived in Addis Ababa on Wednesday at the start of a two-day visit to Ethiopia. He...
Read moreDetailsKenyans trapped in Cambodia by trafficking scheme seek government aid to return home
More than 600 Kenyans lured to Cambodia by the promise of jobs who say they were kept there against their...
Read moreDetailsKey DRC-Burundi border reopens after two-month closure
A vital border crossing between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Burundi reopened Monday, more than two months after it...
Read moreDetailsUganda wants to link new railway line to Tanzania, opening up new export route
Uganda wants to link a new railway line it is building to one under construction in neighbouring Tanzania, a government...
Read moreDetailsKhartoum cries foul as Museveni hosts RSF chief Dagalo
Khartoum has strongly condemned the Ugandan government for welcoming Rapid Support Forces (RSF) commander Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo in Kampala, describing...
Read moreDetailsUganda’s Museveni holds talks with Sudan’s RSF leader amid push to end war
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni received the commander of Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, at State House in...
Read moreDetailsRussia has taken ‘over 1,000’ Kenyans to Ukraine – intelligence report
More than 1,000 Kenyans have gone to fight for the Russian army in Ukraine, most of them tricked into signing...
Read moreDetailsTurkey’s Erdogan says Israel’s recognition of Somaliland benefits nobody
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday that Israel's recognition of the breakaway Republic of Somaliland would not benefit Somaliland or the...
Read moreDetailsKenya returns to global markets to fund $500 million buyback
Kenya stepped up its efforts to ease its financing pressures on Wednesday, saying it would buy back up to half...
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