Category: East Africa

The East African Court of Justice ruled that it did not have the jurisdiction to hear the challenge by several civil society groups because it was filed too late.

Addressing the media Principal Secretary, Ministry of Internal Security and National Administration Dr Raymond Omollo announced that Isiolo, Kwale, Homabay, Makueni, Tharaka Nithi, Lamu, Taita Taveta, Meru and Kisumu were on high alert.

The bus, travelling from Dar es Salaam to Mwanza, collided with a freight train at an intersection of the road and railway on Wednesday.

A statement issued on Tuesday by the Congolese army (FARDC) said Congolese soldiers are forbidden, “whatever their rank, to have any contact whatsoever with the FDLR”.

A dispatch after the 23rd Heads of State Summit held in Arusha on Friday confirmed that Kinshasa will not extend the term of the East African Community Regional Force (EACRF), although they haven’t quelled the conflict yet. Their mission is to be taken over by...

Experts told The EastAfrican that Somalia comes to the EAC with its baggage of security concerns, which includes Al Shabaab terrorism, proliferation of small arms and smuggling related insecurity via the open 3,000km shoreline – Africa’s longest – which could present new security headache for...

Candidates for a December 20 presidential poll have begun their campaign tours even as fighting rages on several fronts in the country's restive east, rocked for decades by dozens of armed groups.

Abdulle will be coming to Nairobi at a time Kenya has also replaced its envoy in Mogadishu, just a year after Maj-Gen Thomas Chepkuto reported for duty, appointed by former president Uhuru Kenyatta.

We asked Jennifer Greenburg, who researches the effects of peacekeeping interventions in Haiti, some questions.

Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines travelled to the two countries Sunday and Monday and said the United States would monitor their efforts.