East Africa News

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,...

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) President Félix Tshisekedi physically missed today’s high-stakes joint South African Development Community (SADC), and...

On Friday, Ugandans woke up to surprising news that the Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba's X account...

Hundreds of Kenyan long distance truck drivers have refused to enter South Sudan days after a deal between them and...

Concerns have been raised over the increasing number of primary school learners from Kenya and other neighboring countries within the...

National Rainbow Coalition (NARC) party leader Martha Karua has received a reprieve following a ruling at the General Court Martial...

President William Ruto was elected Chairman of the East African Community (EAC) during the 24th EAC Heads of State Summit...

The family of a Manchester United Football Club fan has been thrown into mourning following the death of its kin...

This week, I am working from Ghana, and I found myself diving into the political and development plans comparing with...

A Kenyan legal organization has written to the president of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) opposing Kenya's application...

Uganda's Chief of the Defense Forces Muhoozi Kainerugaba on Friday, October 4 gave U.S Ambassador to Uganda William Popp until Monday...

The government of Tanzania has suspended the license of the Nation Media Group (NMG) subsidiary Mwananchi Communications Limited. Through the...

Uganda's media fraternity was thrown into mourning on Friday, September 27, following the death of Onapito Okomoloit a veteran journalist...

Ugandan Journalist Simon Kaggwa Njala on Tuesday, September 10 launched a t-shirt, featuring the words “Why are you gay?” The...