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Rwanda Marks International Launch of 20th Anniversary of 1994 Genocide
Rwandan authorities and several officials from governmental and non-governmental agencies have marked the launch of the 20th anniversary remembrance of victims of the genocide in…
Top ranking government officials from Tanzania and Kenya have confirmed reports that both nations are set to deploy troops to war-torn South Sudan.
Kenya’s Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has revealed that the nation’s 47 counties are under investigation for corruption.
A car laden with explosives reportedly drove into a tea shop near Somalia’s National Intelligence and Security Agency headquarters in Mogadishu on Thursday, killing 12…
The East African Community (EAC) has settled on Rwanda to host the upcoming East African Science and Technology Commission (EASTECO).
The spokesman for Ethiopia’s Foreign Ministry, Dina Mufti, has refuted a request by Egyptian authorities that the construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD)…
The government of Ethiopia has criminalised the trafficking of its citizens to work as domestic servants in other African countries, as well as in the…
Burudian authorities have marked the completion of the first phase of a national fibre optic network project launched in 2012.
A study by Tanzania Media Women Association (TAMWA) has revealed that more cases of gender based violence were reported last year than a year ago.…
The Federal High Court has adjourned the widely discussed trial of the former director general of the Ethiopian Revenues & Customs Authority (ERCA), Melaku Fenta,…
In the past few years, many African nations have been engaged in raucous public debates over the adoption of genetically modified (GM) crops.
Mr. Gabriel Malata, the principal state attorney and representative of the government of Tanzania in the ongoing trial over the construction of a super highway…
The President of Uganda, Yoweri Musuveni, on Monday signed Uganda’s widely debated Anti-Homosexuality Bill into law.
Tourism officials from Kenya and Tanzania have entered into a deal that will enable tour operators convey tourists to selected locations in either nation.
Kenyan Forest Service officials have kept up their forceful eviction of residents of the Embobut forest and the entire Cherangany hills, despite a court order…
Islamist militant group, al Shabab, have conducted an attack on Villa Somalia, the residence and central work station of the interim Somali Federal Government.
The Ethiopian government has revealed that the co-pilot who seized an Ethiopian Airlines plane on Sunday was not facing persecution in his home country, according…
Swiss officials have revealed that the Ethiopian Airlines co-pilot, Hailemedhin Abera, who hijacked his own flight on Monday, will be charged for taking hostages.
The United Nations has said that at least 10 people have died following the latest outbreak of violence in the world’s newest country as rebel…
The United States president is “deeply disappointed” that Uganda is about to enact legislation criminalizing homosexuality, according to a February 16th report by the Voice…
Genzebe Dibaba’s astonishing indoor season continued as she smashed her third world record in 15 days at the indoor…
Ministers in charge of tourism and wildlife from Tanzania, Uganda, and Kenya are meeting at the East African Community headquarters in Arusha this week to …
Human Rights Watch has requested that the governments of South Sudan and Uganda investigate new evidence that banned cluster bombs have been used in the…
Investigators say 7 Tanzanian registered companies have a combined asset worth about $40 million in banks located in British Virgin Island and Jersey, United States.…
An ex-mayor of Muvumba province, north-eastern Rwanda, has been sentenced to 14 years in jail by a court in Germany, after he was found guilty…
An Ethiopian Airline co-pilot on Monday hijacked a Boeing 767 fight destined for Rome and landed it in an airport in Geneva before handing himself…
Ministers from Ethiopia and Somalia have signed an agreement to promote collaboration between the respective nations on security, business and information.
Kenya’s cabinet on Thursday gave its assent to a plan to develop a 1,000-acre free trade zone in the port city of Mombasa.
Kenya’s film censor board has told the BBC that dozens of pirate DVD dealers have been arrested for selling banned copies of The Wolf of…
A confidential report by United Nations monitors in Somalia has disclosed that ‘systemic abuses’ of the United Nations Security Council’s arms embargo on the warring…
The Ugandan Bureau of Statistics has revealed that the nation’s informal sector is growing faster than its formal sector.
A remotely detonated car bomb went off near a checkpoint at the entrance of the Aden Abdulle International Airport, killing at least 6 people and…
The Chairman of Kenya’s National Security Advisory Committee (NSAC) and Cabinet Secretary, Francis T. Kimemia, has disclosed that the United States Agency for International Development…
VOA News has reported that the U.S. embassy in Uganda has warned of an impending terrorist attack in the country’s capital, Kampala.
A new 14-meter tall mural painted on a wall of the Rwanda Biomedical Center (RBC) building features artwork against HIV stigma and promotes…
The government of the United Kingdom has revealed plans to assist Kenya stop unlawful wildlife trade and solve related issues, reports indicate.
Reports indicate that Tanzania may postpone its debut Eurobond until the following fiscal year following a delay in obtaining a risk evaluation by Citigroup Inc.…
Cabinet secretaries from over 10 countries across the continent formed the African Cabinet Government Network last week in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa.
At least 100 people have been reported dead, close to 90 injured and hundreds of homes destroyed after ten hours of torrential rainfall in the…
Monday was designated a “Global Day of Action” by homosexual activists across the world against Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Bill, which is currently awaiting presidential signature to…
The second round of negotiations between the warring factions in South Sudan failed to resume on Monday, despite earlier indications from both delegations that the…
Since December, international attention and focus has shifted to South Sudan as violence and a rising humanitarian…