Category: East Africa

The index released on Thursday shows that the three East African Community partners have either remained static or retrogressed in their governance and democratic ideals.

Coming on the backdrop of troubling deaths and displacements in Eastern DRC, Angola President Joao Lourenço who heads the Luanda Process, a dialogue bid for Rwanda and the DRC, has organised a sidelines meeting that brings together leaders from the International Conference on the Great Lakes...

According to White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, the visit by the head of State is expected to focus on strengthening bilateral ties between the two countries.

Bemba made the remarks in Goma, the capital of the Eastern North Kivu Province, where tensions have been on the rise with intensive fighting between the Armed Forces of the DRC (FARDC) and the M23 rebels in the city of Sake and its surroundings, about...

The one-year deployment will cover the period between December 15, 2023 and December 15, 2024, and will cost around 2 billion rand ($105.75 million), the statement said.

Security agents attending a meeting in Entebbe together with legislators on defence and security committees of the respective parliaments said due to the conflict in the Middle East, intelligence shows attempts by Al Shabaab and the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) on Israeli interests in different...

Minister of Cabinet Affairs Martin Elia Lomuro said the budget allocations declared by the government are insufficient and require generous contributions from international partners, especially considering the huge amounts demanded by the electoral and constitutional making process as well as the current economic crisis in...

There were no casualties from the strike, which blasted a crater into open ground in the Lac Vert neighbourhood, but it underscored the potential threat to Goma, a strategic urban hub in Democratic Republic of Congo's conflict-ridden east.

The US State Department of State spokesperson Matthew Miller on Tuesday said US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has talked to former Kenya president Uhuru Kenyatta about establishing a pathway to reconciliation with armed groups.

What she said on that day may have touched on many subjects, but some segments of the speech touched a raw nerve of Somalilanders. Then it ignited controversy in the US with political rivals baying for her blood.