East Africa

Tokyo Olympics: Ugandan cops quiz athlete who went missing in Japan

Kampala – Ugandan police said on Wednesday they were interrogating a weightlifter who disappeared in Japan after failing to qualify... Read more

28 Jul, 2021

Kigali – Rwanda’s main genocide survivor group on Tuesday welcomed the extradition of a top fugitive to stand trial over... Read more

27 Jul, 2021

Dar es Salaam – Tanzania’s health ministry said it will begin a mass vaccination drive on Wednesday, in a... Read more

27 Jul, 2021

Dar es Salaam – A court in Tanzania has charged the leader of the main opposition party, Freeman Mbowe, with... Read more

27 Jul, 2021

Juba – The United Nations on Monday demanded an end to extrajudicial killings in South Sudan after the grisly... Read more

27 Jul, 2021

Mogadishu – Somalia has delayed elections that were due to start on Sunday after months of political crisis in... Read more

26 Jul, 2021

Nairobi – A mother at 12, raised in Nairobi’s gritty suburbs to survive by her fists, Christine Ongare dreams... Read more

26 Jul, 2021

Addis Ababa – Ethiopia’s Amhara region on Sunday called on all armed residents to mobilise for battle against rebels from... Read more

25 Jul, 2021

Kampala – Uganda this week doled out 25 million euros to MPs to buy new cars, sparking outrage in a... Read more

25 Jul, 2021

Juba – Jemma Nunu Kumba will become the first woman to preside over the parliament of South Sudan, the world’s... Read more

24 Jul, 2021