East Africa

By David Richard Walwyn* The lack of vaccine production capacity in African countries has been the subject of much concern and...

By Aikande Clement Kwayu*   John Joseph Pombe Magufuli was a man who deftly played the long political game. He was...

Kenya initially imposed the ban because it said grain from Tanzania and Uganda had high levels of mycotoxins.

By Rob Ahearne* A major political transition is under way in Tanzania after the laying to rest of former president John...

Regardless of how Ugandans decide to vote in the January 14 presidential elections, the incumbent Yoweri Museveni will most likely...

Rwanda has been one of the star performers across development indicators over the past two decades. Central to achieving its...

A new United Nations report warned indicates that four countries contain spots on problems of food insecurity and could potentially...

Kenyan author Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o is well known for his promotion of the use of mother tongue languages, but he...

Barely three years ago, little-known Abiy Ahmed burst onto the Ethiopian political scene at the height of another tumultuous period...

By Kjell Johannes Havnevik* The former Tanzanian president Benjamin William Mkapa, who died on July 24, was the country’s third president....