Tag: East Africa

When the results of Uganda’s January 15 presidential election were announced, confirming President Yoweri Museveni’s seventh term in office, the ...

  An internet blackout, widespread reports of rigging and intimidation and opposition arrests have clouded the elections. Uganda’s long-serving president, ...

Bujumbura, BURUNDI - Burundi is straining under one of the fastest-growing refugee emergencies in its recent history, as tens of ...

By ADF Five men entered a roofless, windowless concrete structure on the island of Lamu, just off the Kenyan coast. ...

Heavy rains and flooding have wrought havoc across East Africa, claiming lives and displacing thousands of people in Kenya and ...

Nairobi, Kenya - Kenya’s President, William Ruto, formally unveiled the country’s joint bid with East African neighbours, Uganda and Tanzania, ...

CONGO - The death toll from floods in eastern Congo has almost doubled, reaching close to 400 people as of ...

African countries spent $39.4 billion on their military budgets in 2022, according to the global security think tank Stockholm International ...

The World Bank has noted that East Africa is set to benefit from the African Continental Free Trade Area.

Kenya is set to be replaced as the third-largest economy in sub-Saharan Africa by Angola and Ethiopia, weakening the East ...

The World Bank has said Uganda, while it needs to maximise trade within East Africa, must improve in a number ...