East Africa

Celebrated Kenyan novelist and playwright Ngugi wa Thiong'o, whose sharp criticisms of post-independence elites led to his jailing and two...

Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki is accusing the Ethiopian government of accumulating weapons, including technological ones, to launch a war against...

Mozambique is demanding the return of at least 800 artefacts looted during the colonial period, joining a broader African movement...

Kenya said on Monday it supports Morocco's plan to give the disputed region of Western Sahara autonomy under the North...

Uganda's military has severed all military cooperation with Germany after it accused Berlin's ambassador to Kampala of involvement in "subversive...

Shaaban bin Robert is one of the most prominent and important literary figures in East African history and is considered...

Meja Mwangi is a Kenyan writer born in 1948. He is renowned for his prolific contributions to African literature, particularly...

Kikuyu, also known as Gikuyu or Agikuyu, are Bantu-speaking people who dwell near Mount Kenya in the highlands of south-central...

Authorities in Tanzania have blocked access to the social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter) following a series of...

Britain can conclude a deal with Mauritius on the future of the Chagos Islands on Thursday after a judge at...