Category: East Africa

Kingi said after meeting with Mohamed Ahmed Mohamoud, the head of the Liaison Office for Somaliland in Nairobi, to whom he referred as “ambassador to Kenya”.

The UN Deputy Humanitarian Coordinator for the DRC Suzanna Tkalec said at a briefing on Monday in Washington DC, US that women and girls in DRC provinces of North Kivu, South Kivu and Ituri continue to be exposed to alarming rates of gender-based violence due to the...

The agreement was signed by Rwandan Foreign Minister Vincent Biruta and British interior minister James Cleverly, who travelled to Kigali to salvage London's stalled bid to send migrants to Rwanda after the UK Supreme Court blocked an earlier arrangement as unlawful.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that the United States would refuse visas to current or former officials, and their family members, if found to be involved in "repressing members of marginalised or vulnerable populations." 

The regional bloc first deployed troops in the violence-plagued region in November last year after the resurgence of the M23 rebel group.

The hero’s welcome was courtesy of his newly acquired hat – that of the EAC Summit chair – which was passed on to him by Burundi’s Evariste Ndayishimiye after a year of drama, new trade barriers, and the admission of an extra partner state.

Chongolo's exit was based on a resignation letter that he submitted on Monday, citing a smear campaign waged against him on social media. But the whole affair remained shrouded in mystery, even after CCM confirmed his departure on Wednesday after a meeting of its Central...

So far, that possibility seems remote, but a minister's decision to address the press in Swahili has been condemned in some quarters, with some critics accusing him of breaking the law.

Moise Katumbi, a wealthy businessman and opposition hopeful was the first to campaign in DRC's eastern conflict-wracked city of Goma, located in North Kivu Province.

However, the hearing was almost immediately adjourned until May, prompting criticism from the victim's family who has long sought justice over her killing.