Category: East Africa

The vulnerable but mineral-rich nation staged four concurrent elections on Wednesday -- to pick a president, national and regional lawmakers as well as local councillors.

Announcing the departure of the last troops comprised of critical units and staff based at the force's headquarters in Goma, EACRF Commander Maj-Gen Alphaxard Kiugu said the force achieved its set out mandate but regrets that armed groups have since returned to areas they had...

The gunmen from the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), one of the deadliest militias in the strife-torn east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), crossed the border to attack a trading centre in Kamwenge, police said. 

Polling stations opened at 6 am (0400 GMT) and will close at 5 pm local time.

Corneille Nangaa, ex-head of DR Congo's electoral commission, announced on Friday in a hotel in the Kenyan capital that he was creating a political-military alliance with M23 rebels and other armed groups. 

This concludes a process that has been marred by multiple negotiations since the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) joined the East African Community (EAC) in July 2022.

Kinshasa said on Saturday it was also protesting bilaterally with Kenya and within the East African Community, of which both countries are members and have been working together to bring peace to eastern DRC. It also recalled its representative to the EAC in Arusha, Pierre...

The police said the vehicle in which the deceased were traveling ran over an improvised explosive device (IED) which was planted along the Dadaab-Garissa Road in the restive county.

The Treaty of Accession was signed by Somalia’s President Sheikh Hassan Mohamud and the chairperson of the Summit of EAC Heads of State, President Salva Kiir Mayardit of South Sudan at a ceremony held on December 15 at Entebbe State house in Uganda and witnessed...

The report, by the Burundi Human Rights Initiative (BHRI), called for the perpetrators to be held accountable.