East Africa

Ethiopia's House of People’s Representatives votes in favour of the state of emergency declared by the federal government over violence...

After 18 years of operating in Kampala, the UN's human rights mission will close on Saturday because the Ugandan government...

Mobile internet access was down in parts of Ethiopia's Amhara region and flights to two cities were cancelled on Thursday,...

A group of medical students from Sudan has been welcomed to Rwanda to continue their studies after a civil war...

In Uganda, plastic pollution is a growing problem. Despite repeated plastic bans since 2009, there are no signs the use of this material is...

A Sudanese general rejected in threatening language a Kenyan-led proposal that East African peacekeepers help end a more than 100-day...

China's top diplomat Wang Yi is meeting with top officials in several countries including South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya and Turkey....

A Kenyan court on Friday sentenced a former top Venezuelan diplomat to 20 years in jail over the 2012 murder...

Ethiopia and Egypt have agreed to resume talks over a controversial hydroelectric mega-dam that Addis Ababa is building over the...

Kenyan President William Ruto vowed on Friday that protests planned next week would not be allowed following two rounds of...