East Africa

Dar es Salaam - John Pombe Magufuli may have been a compromise candidate, but less than three months after taking over as Tanzania's president,...

Kenya’s government welcomed South African President Jacob Zuma Monday, with a full in-tray of pending business in trade, immigration and reduction of taxes for...

Despite previous military successes by African Union (AU) peacekeepers, and the Somali military, against militant group Al Shabaab in Somalia, the militants have managed...

Nairobi — Advocate Apollo Mboya has sued Uganda President Yoweri Museveni's son Kainerugaba Muhoozi after he threatened to invade Kenya's Capital, Nairobi. In his suit...

Nairobi — A Magistrate Court sitting at the Milimani Law Court has acquitted the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) Board Chairperson Anthony Mwaura in a...

Kenya President Uhuru Kenyatta has challenged international organisations to foster better partnerships with African nations in order to enable them achieve their development agenda. Kenyatta...

Burundi’s Parliament voted by an overwhelming majority on Wednesday, to leave the International Criminal Court (ICC) which adjudicates war crimes, crimes against humanity and...

US President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the US Environmental Protection Agency, Scott Pruitt, publicly questions the existence of climate change. He, and presumably...

Nairobi — President William Ruto was in Nairobi's Shauri Moyo on Friday to launch the construction of 3,0000 affordable housing units. The proposed development is...

MOGADISHU - Al Shabaab insurgents killed 15 Somali soldiers and retook a town northeast of the capital Mogadishu on Sunday, just one day after...