East Africa
News and analyses on the countries located in the eastern sub-region of the African continent.
Uganda: Veteran opposition figure arrested amid protest
Leading Ugandan opposition figure Dr Kizza Besigye was arrested on Tuesday as he tried to lead a protest in the...
Read moreDetailsWorld Health Assembly re-elects Tedros as head of World Health Organization
The World Health Organization’s (WHO) members re-elected Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus as Director General by a strong majority for another five...
Read moreDetailsUganda: Government will not intervene in the current economic crisis
Amid growing discontent over the current economic situation and the rising cost of living, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni said his government...
Read moreDetailsRwanda says DR Congo shelling injured its citizens
The Rwandan army says several civilians have been injured in cross-border shelling by troops from the Democratic Republic of Congo....
Read moreDetailsSomali minister suspended over charcoal export to Oman breaking U.N. sanctions
Somalia's prime minister suspended the foreign minister on Tuesday, citing the authorisation of a ship exporting charcoal to Oman in...
Read moreDetailsSix African countries to receive mRNA Covid-19 technology
Six African countries have been chosen to establish their own mRNA vaccine production, the World Health Organization said Friday, with...
Read moreDetailsKenya president addresses World Health Assembly in Geneva
The first in-person WHO Health Assembly since the beginning of the pandemic kicked off in Geneva, Sunday. Uhuru Kenyatta, whose...
Read moreDetailsKagame and the Rwandan Economic Miracle: Autocracy at its finest?
It's the mid-spring of 1994. Rwanda is in a haze of violence and bloodshed amidst Hutu-Tutsi clashes triggered by the...
Read moreDetailsAfricities Summit: Africa needs innovative solutions to reduce problems of urban dwellers
The Kenyan Minister of Devolution, Eugene Wamalwa, has said that the Africities Summit should provide the opportunity for African cities...
Read moreDetailsSecond Rwandan genocide fugitive confirmed dead
One of the last remaining fugitives sought by a U.N. tribunal over his alleged key role in the 1994 Rwandan...
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