Category: East Africa

This is the latest failed ceasefire commitment.

When President Samia Suluhu Hassan came into office nearly two years ago, Tanzania was on a completely different trajectory.

Colonel Kaiko Ndjike, spokesman for the governor of North Kivu in DRC, condemned a new violation of the ceasefire by the M23, which launched an attack on Monday targeting the Burundian troops.

The government further moved the engagement of diplomats from the ministry and handed the coordination duties to the Deputy President.

The two high-ranking secretariat officials are expected to be formally appointed by the EAC heads of state at a summit planned for mid this year.

The suspects were released to the Turkana County government by the Ugandan military as a “gesture of East African Community partnership and as a sign of peaceful co-existence.”

On the outskirts of Gulu, Tonny Kidega, a veterinary doctor, is restless and, by all accounts, an innovative dairy farmer. He too is a child of the northern war, and spent two years hiding with his family in the bushes near the border with South...

My driver, who had witnessed the spectacle about to unfold several times in the past, parked the car on the side of the street, and said, “wait for it”. And then it was midnight. There were fireworks all over the city, screams, and then it...

Reuters quoted Congolese and foreign electoral experts saying Congolese Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) could postpone the polls, whose timelines have been marred by delays.

Attempts to host peace talks between Rwanda and DRC by Doha failed in January due to a no-show by Tshisekedi.