East Africa News

Kenya and Uganda have scrapped tariffs, excise duties, and non-tariff barriers (NTBs) on goods traded between them in a new...

Umeme Limited has announced the exit of four members from its Board of Directors, following the natural conclusion of its...

Airtel Africa Foundation has announced scholarships for a training program targeting Kenyans between the ages of 14 and 40. In...

The East African Community (EAC) Secretariat on July 31, issued a formal warning to Partner States against reversing or restricting...

A BBC journalist on July 25 made an emotional appeal to the public and authorities after her brother, Mwabili Mwagodi,...

The Tanga Regional Police Force in Tanzania has seized a boat from Kenya which was transporting outlawed drugs in the...

Kenyan parents are paying up to four times more for a medical degree at the University of Nairobi (UoN) compared...

It’s not uncommon to find a Ugandan taxi driver in Rwanda’s capital, Kigali, just as one regularly meets Zimbabwean Uber...

Ugandan human rights defender Agather Atuhaire, alongside Kenyan photojournalist and activist Boniface Mwangi, are seeking compensation of at least $1...

The Media Council of Kenya (MCK) Chief Executive Officer, David Omwoyo, has landed a new role at the East African...

Safaricom Ethiopia, on July 1, announced that it now serves 10 million 90-day active customers, a major milestone achieved within...

Sudan government has accused Kenya of supporting the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) with weapons and logistics. In a statement...

Uganda Law Society President Isaac Ssemakadde has rejected his appointment to the Judiciary’s Law Reform Committee. In an open letter...

The President of Uganda Yoweri Museveni, has signed an amendment into law, allowing civilians to be tried in military courts....

The National Assembly Committee on Regional Integration, on May 6, expressed concern over the continued failure by some East African...

Tanzania has confirmed that the government blocked access to the social media platform X (formerly Twitter). This comes after internet...

The Director-General of the Competition Authority of Kenya (CAK), David Kemei has been sworn in as a Commissioner of the...

Tanzania government has officially shut down a church, a day after its leader publicly criticised alleged abductions and disappearances. In...

Tanzania Members of Parliament have defended President Samia Suluhu following allegations of harassment and mistreatment of Kenyan activists in the...

Kenyan activist Boniface Mwangi has shared harrowing details of his detention in Tanzania, days after he was released following a...

Tundu Antiphas Mughwai Lissu, one of Tanzania’s most prominent opposition figures, has survived bullets, jail cells, and political exile. Yet...

People’s Liberation Party of Kenya (PLP) Leader Martha Karua has revealed that she has been denied entry into Tanzania. Karua...

A high-level delegation from the government of Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni, led by the country’s Minister of State for Foreign...

The Bank of Tanzania (BoT) has banned the use of foreign currency within its borders. In a statement dated May...

Uganda Chief of Defence Forces (CDF), General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, has confirmed the detention of Eddie Mutwe, the chief bodyguard of...

Ethiopia and Kenya have jointly agreed to open their borders under a new arrangement that allows small-scale traders to move...

An increasing number of Ugandans are turning to Kenyan mortuaries for embalming and preservation services as local facilities in Uganda...

Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu has defended the decision of her government to import electricity through Kenya Power.  Speaking during the...

Kenya has issued an advisory to her citizens in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) amid escalating conflict in the...

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni's aide and Deputy Spokesperson Faruk Kirunda shared details about the condition of opposition leader Kizza Besigye,...