East Africa
News and analyses on the countries located in the eastern sub-region of the African continent.
Persistent violence stalling African development, Burundi’s Ndayishimiye tells summit
Persistent violence across Africa is taking a toll on farming, education and development, Burundi’s President told leaders at an African...
Read moreDetailsEthiopia government forces retake airport in Tigray’s capital, sources say
Ethiopia's federal military has recaptured the main airport in the capital of the northern Tigray region, three sources said on...
Read moreDetailsDangote’s planned Kenya refinery faces legal challenge by consumer-rights group
Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote's $16 billion oil refinery in Kenya faces another legal challenge, this time from a consumer-rights group...
Read moreDetails10 Most Powerful African Passport Rankings 2026
The Africa Passport Power Rankings for 2026, according to Henley & Partners, publishes the Henley Passport Index — a focus...
Read moreDetailsBurundi to take third-country deportees from US
Burundi has agreed to join a clutch of other African nations in receiving migrants from other countries deported from the...
Read moreDetailsHoneywell to help build Dangote’s new Kenyan mega-refinery
Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote has selected Honeywell Technologies to provide engineering services, licensing and equipment for a planned new 700,000-barrels-per-day (bpd)...
Read moreDetailsAfrica’s mineral strength is wasted if countries don’t work together – new report
Green technologies are mineral-intensive: electric vehicles, batteries, solar panels, wind turbines and grids need cobalt, lithium, copper, manganese, graphite and...
Read moreDetailsEthiopia’s peace deal is unravelling – what went wrong with the Tigray agreement
The Pretoria peace deal in Ethiopia was an agreement to cease hostilities. It wasn’t a comprehensive political settlement. A political...
Read moreDetailsUgandan kingdom enthrones ex-TV anchor after succession fight
A former television news anchor was crowned king of Uganda's Tooro Kingdom on Tuesday, becoming the 13th monarch of the...
Read moreDetailsDangote says Kenya court ruling won’t halt refinery launch but may affect site activities
Nigeria's Dangote Group said a Kenyan court ruling on a land rights claim would not halt the groundbreaking ceremony for...
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