East Africa
News and analyses on the countries located in the eastern sub-region of the African continent.
Agriculture in Africa: science and research cannot have an impact without investments and good policies
As Africa faces the defining challenge of the 21st century – feeding its population without destroying the planet – it...
Read moreDetailsM23 pulls back from eastern DRC towns as ceasefire pressure mounts
Fighters from the Rwanda-backed M23 armed group have withdrawn from several areas of the violence-plagued eastern Democratic Republic of Congo,...
Read moreDetailsUganda’s 81-year-old President Yoweri Museveni sworn in to seventh term
As Uganda's 81-year-old president, Yoweri Museveni, is sworn in to a seventh term, specuation is already growing about who will...
Read moreDetailsAfrican leaders push credit reforms at Nairobi summit with France
African leaders used the second day of a summit with French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday to push for easier...
Read moreDetailsRwandan President Paul Kagame tours Botswana diamond hub
Wrapping up a state visit to Botswana, Rwandan President Paul Kagame turned his attention to the country’s economic powerhouse, the...
Read moreDetailsDeals and new partnerships on the menu at Africa-France summit
More than 30 African leaders kicked off a summit with French President Emmanuel Macron in Kenya on Monday, as Paris...
Read moreDetailsDR Congo’s Fayulu says Tshisekedi wants to cling to power ‘at any cost’
Opposition stalwart Martin Fayulu on Friday accused the Democratic Republic of Congo's President Felix Tshisekedi of wanting to stay in...
Read moreDetailsLaas Geel, Somalia
Laas Geel is located in northern Somalia (within the region administratively known as the self-declared Republic of Somaliland). Situated approximately...
Read moreDetailsNyangatom people of Ethiopia and South Sudan
The Nyangatom are a semi-nomadic pastoral ethnic group inhabiting the Horn of Africa, specifically the strategic border region between southwestern...
Read moreDetailsDassanech people of Ethiopia, Kenya, and South Sudan
The Dassanech stand out as one of the ethnic groups inhabiting the border region shared by Ethiopia, Kenya, and South...
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