Category: East Africa

A large crowd gathered around the open sides of the makeshift courtroom in the eastern Congolese village of Kamanyola in early March to watch the culmination of a trial of 15 military officers accused of raping minors.

Symptoms of the illness which broke out in two villages in Bukoba, Kagera include fever, vomiting, diarrhoea and bleeding through various body openings.

The Nation has learnt that Kenya’s State House had initially asked the Public Service Commission (PSC) to create 23 CAS posts, which have now risen to 50, signalling competing political interests that saw the shortlist at one point reopened to accommodate more applicants.

Muhoozi Kainerugaba, the controversial son of Uganda's veteran leader Yoweri Museveni, has announced plans to run for the presidency in the 2026 elections, saying it was "time for our generation to shine".

Two South Sudanese journalists detained over a video reportedly showing President Salva Kiir urinating on himself have been freed, a media lobby group said Wednesday as it demanded the release of two other colleagues.

Thirteen of the council's 15 members voted to extend the mandate for the mission, known as UNMISS (United Nations Mission in South Sudan), until March 15, 2024.

"One out of every three major infrastructure projects in Africa is built by Chinese state-owned enterprises, and one out of every five is financed by a Chinese policy bank," said Paul Nantulya of the Africa Centre for Strategic Studies, an academic institution within the US...

<p class="align--justify">Another failed ceasefire, a UN call for talks nobody seems to want, and a new influx of foreign soldiers: despite a flurry of diplomatic efforts, there appears little chance a fresh insurgency in eastern DR Congo will stop any time soon.</p>

Dr Abiy also held discussions with First Vice President Riek Machar on the challenges hindering the implementation of the peace deal.

Residents of Mukondi village in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo inspected the burnt-out remains of their homes on Friday and narrated how they fled for their lives as rebels cut the throats of people around them.