International partners and countries contributing troops to the African Union peacekeeping mission in Somalia are uneasy with the growing influence of Somalia’s new-found ally Egypt, whose military is to be deployed as part of the new security arrangement for the […]

The Somalia passport has been recovering its lost glory over the past decade, rising from a lowly 128th position more than 10 years ago to 95th on the Passport Power Rank. But there are still issues to do with how […]

Embattled Kenyan Deputy President (DP Rigathi Gachagua on Thursday made a last-ditch attempt to block an impeachment vote against him in the National Assembly, with more than 10 petitions filed in different courts challenging the process. Members of Parliament are […]

Sudan’s war has been so calamitous that some security experts are comparing it with Libya, which continues to run under two opposed governments, 10 years on. While that could also be a false alarm because the warring factions sometimes show […]

This past week, panic has gripped East Africans in the Middle East as Lebanon came under a hail of fire from Israel and tensions between Tel Aviv and Iran reached a crescendo. The Kenyan government has been struggling to get its nationals to register for evacuation, as some are locked inside compounds by their employers. […]

On Friday, Ugandans woke up to a barrage of tweets from the Chief of Defence Forces (CDF Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba castigating US ambassador to Uganda William W. Popp for allegedly undermining the government ofPresident Yoweri Museveni. “Fellow Ugandans, it is […]

Britain said on Thursday it would give up sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius in a deal that would allow people displaced decades ago to return home while London retaineduse of theimportantUK-USmilitary base on Diego Garcia. Britain said that […]

Tanzania has suspended online publications of Tanzania’s Mwananchi Communications Limited over what it termed as publication of “prohibited content”. The Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority (TCRA, the government body that regulates the electronic and postal communication services, issued an order suspending […]

South Sudan President Salva Kiir Mayardit on Thursday, through a presidential decree, dismissed his long-time intelligence chief and appointed him as the governor of his home state. LtGenAkol Khoor, who led the National Security Service’s (NSS Internal Security Bureau, was […]

At least 78 people drowned when a boat carrying 278 passengers capsized in Lake Kivu in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday, a provincial governor said. Relatives sobbed on shore as victims were placed in body bags and carried […]

Mozambicans will vote next week in presidential and legislative elections that are almost certain to extend the ruling Frelimo party’s half century in power, as it battles a long-running Islamist insurgency in one of Africa’s largest gas fields. Ruling party […]

The US Department of State on Wednesday announced travel sanctions on four officers of the Uganda Police Force(UPF on allegations of gross violation of human rights, includingtorture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment and punishment. Matthew Miller, Department of State […]

Israel’s foreign minister said on Wednesday that he was barring United NationsSecretary-General Antonio Guterres from entering the country because he had not “unequivocally” condemned Iran’s missile attack onIsrael. Iran fired more than 180 ballistic missiles atIsraelon Tuesday amid an escalation […]

The following comments were made to Reuters after Hezbollah leader SayyedHassan Nasrallahwas killed by the Israeli military in a powerful airstrike in Beirut. Hezbollah confirmed he had been killed, without saying how. ROSEMARY KELANIC, DIRECTOR OF MIDDLE EAST PROGRAM AT […]

Rwanda has confirmed six deaths and 20 cases of Marburg disease since the beginning of the epidemic, the country’s health minister Sabin Nsanzimana said late on Saturday. The majority of victims are health workers in the intensive care unit, Nsanzimana […]

President Joe Biden announced last week a visit to Africa in October, his first as US president and certainly his last, as he will not be defending his seat in the November’s elections. When he hosted Kenya’s President William Ruto […]

A parliamentary committee has rejected a petition calling for a total ban on TikTok in the country, instead recommending regular compliance checks on the social media platform’s operations by State authorities. In its report tabled in Parliament, the National Assembly […]

Hundreds of Kenyans are currently stranded in Lebanon, feeling abandoned as a violent conflict escalates in the region between Israel and Hezbollah militant group. Their story of fear under hellish bombardments and gunfire has become their constant reminder of how […]

Hundreds of Kenyans are currently stranded in Lebanon, feeling abandoned as a violent conflict escalates in the region between Israel and Hezbollah militant group. Their story of fear under hellish bombardments and gunfire has become their constant reminder of how […]

DP Gachagua is widely expected to mount a political and legal fightback, in the event the impeachment succeeds Barring late intervention by Kenyan President William Ruto, an impeachment motion against Deputy President (DP Rigathi Gachagua could be introduced in Parliament […]

Thirty years after the end of apartheid, South Africa has begun exhuming the remains of its freedom fighters and activists from a number of countries in the region for reburial at home. South Africa gained its freedom in 1994 after […]

US President Joe Biden has announced that he will travel to Luanda in Angola for his first trip to Africa as president, which could also be his last. Angola has been a lot of things, including producing the second most […]

Pravin Gordhan was a prominent South African politician and former Minister for Finance. When he died two weeks ago, many would say he left his mark on the nation. But that depends on who sees the mark. Gordhan died on […]

At least one person died,sevenwere woundedand 14 others abducted inan attack on a passenger bus in South Sudanon Tuesday night. Army spokesmanGen Lul Ruai Koang saida Ugandan national died in theambushon the Juba-Nimule Highwayasthe buswastravelling from Juba to Kampala. Theattackby […]