Countries Kenya’s HIV patients victims of US aid freeze Kisumu – Days after US President Donald Trump froze overseas aid funding, Hellen Anyango anxiously counted her boxes of... Read more 18 Feb
Countries Uganda opposition figure Besigye on hunger strike: lawyer Kampala – Ugandan former presidential candidate Kizza Besigye has gone on hunger strike, his lawyer told AFP Wednesday, months... Read more 13 Feb
Countries Tens of thousands go hungry in Sudan after Trump aid freeze Cairo – For the first time in nearly two years of war, soup kitchens in famine-stricken Sudan are being... Read more 13 Feb
Countries Uganda’s top accountant among nine arrested over $16m theft Kampala – Uganda’s top accountant and eight senior finance ministry officials were arrested on Tuesday over the theft of... Read more 5 Feb
Burundi Burundi doctors imprisoned for quitting over low pay Nairobi – Five doctors in Burundi have been imprisoned by the intelligence service after quitting their jobs over the... Read more 5 Feb
Countries Victims urge international court to probe Kenya abductions Nairobi – Victims and their family members caught up in a wave of kidnappings and extrajudicial killings in Kenya... Read more 4 Feb
Countries Rwanda ‘welcomes’ proposed African summit on DRC conflict Nairobi – Rwanda welcomed on Sunday calls for a summit of two African regional groups to discuss the escalating... Read more 2 Feb
Countries What does Rwanda want in eastern DRC? The M23, a Rwanda-backed armed group, has seized most of Goma, a key city of a million people in... Read more 31 Jan
Countries Rwanda-backed force vows to march on capital in DRC conflict Goma – The Rwanda-backed armed group M23 vowed on Thursday to march on the DR Congo capital, Kinshasa, as... Read more 31 Jan
World Young Africans add to pressure on museums over looted art, says UN Addis Ababa – A new generation of young Africans is adding to the pressure on Western museums to return... Read more 28 Jan