Category: East Africa

Kagame has won more than 93 percent of the vote at each of the three previous elections. Eight candidates had applied to run against him, but only two were retained in the final list validated by the electoral commission.

The country marked Independence Day on July 9 with little fanfare. But it also elicited concerns after the Transitional National Legislative Assembly passed controversial amendments to the National Security Service (NSS) law. Those changes mean the National Security Service can arrest and detain suspects for...

This week, the United States of America weighed in, raising concerns that that trade is making it difficult to tame the arms flow into the battlefield.

Uganda denied involvement, saying it is cooperating closely with the Congolese government forces.

Mogadishu beat the Democratic Republic of Congo, which joined the bloc two years ago and is yet to contribute a cent.

Congo's army has been fighting the M23 insurgency for more than two years, as well as facing other militia violence, with around 2.7 million people displaced within North Kivu province. The rebels advanced into strategically important territory last week.

President Samia Suluhu Hassan on Tuesday named Zanzibar revenue chief Yusuph Juma Mwenda as the new TRA boss in place of Mr Kidata who had held the position since April 2021, moving him to an unspecified advisory role in State House.

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The decision came in the crescendo of a public outrage over high taxation.

Didier Mazenga, the Francophone and Regional Integration minister, took the oath of office on Friday at the Arusha-based assembly, hours after a heated debate over the non-remittance of contributions by member states, chief among them being the DRC.