Category: East Africa

The Southern African Development Community Mission (SAMIDRC) was deployed on December 15 last year. Following the endorsement, the African Union Commission is required to provide necessary logistical and financial support to the mission.

Mr Odinga is the Kenya government-endorsed candidate to replace Chadian diplomat Moussa Faki Mahamat. But a proposal circulated to member states on Tuesday says only female contenders should be eligible in the next contest, even though the seat will be rotating to the Eastern Africa...

The details are contained in a UN Commission on Human Rights report on South Sudan which has listed unchecked mass violence and entrenched repression in South Sudan as immediate threats to the prospects of durable peace.

Dr Mathuki may see this as a moment to sigh with relief for dodging a bullet, as an impeachment campaign against him had begun at the East African Legislative Assembly (Eala), currently sitting in Nairobi.

The official, asked in an interview with Reuters whether the election was on the path to be a sham process, said yes, barring any urgent action.

Nyanzale is about 130 km north by road from the provincial capital Goma, and is home to thousands of internally displaced people who fled fighting in surrounding areas.

Rwandan Foreign Minister Vincent Biruta said in a letter to the Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission Moussa Faki Mahamat made public Monday that Rwanda learned “with great concern” about a scheduled meeting of the AU Peace and Security Council, part of whose objectives...

Kenya's President William Ruto and Haiti Prime Minister Ariel Henry witnessed the signing ceremony at state house Nairobi.

Under the policy first announced in 2022, asylum seekers who arrive on England's southern coast in small, inflatable boats would be sent to Rwanda, but so far no one has been deported because of ongoing legal challenges.