Category: East Africa

Mr Odinga was appointed as the High Representative for Infrastructure in Africa on October 20, 2018 during the leadership of former Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta.

But he did not state what would happen to the current Tanzanian national IDs that have expiration dates.

Fighting flared on Monday between the Democratic Republic of Congo's army and M23 rebels in the country's troubled east, just days after African leaders called for a ceasefire and a pullback by armed groups.

She has visited Africa five times before, including when her husband was Vice-President in the Obama administration, but this will be her first in Kenya, and a third in Namibia.

Mr Odinga, who continues to denounce the legitimacy of President William Ruto’s government in his public statements, called for the march, dubbed a “prayer meeting,” to protest an alleged scheme to manipulate the selection of new commissioners with a view to pre-rigging the next presidential...

At a mini-Summit with other Afeican leaders on the conflict in Eastern DRC, Dr Ruto said the problem will not be solved overnight but argued more resources will be needed to sustain momentum.

But the continental body gave no timelines and still asked for support from the UN and other global bodies.

At a meeting in Addis Ababa, the Kenyan leader said each of the neighbouring countries will lose if DRC's conflict continues.

The Law Reform Commission on February 15 put out a public notice inviting written proposals on which laws need to be scrapped, changed or amended as a matter of priority.

“Taking into account the quality of the ties of friendship and cooperation with Turkey, and the deadly earthquake that struck it, Burundi is sending a specialised natural disaster intervention team in solidarity with the brotherly people of Turkey,” Burundi’s Foreign Affairs Minister Albert Shingiro tweeted.