Ethiopia opens banking sector to foreign investment
Addis Ababa – Ethiopia will partially open its banking sector to foreign banks following a vote by lawmakers on... Read more
18 Dec, 2024
NGOs accuse Uganda oil project of ‘serious human rights violations’
Nairobi – International human rights groups alleged “serious human rights violations” around an oil mega-project being developed in Uganda... Read more
13 Dec, 2024
DRC, Rwanda leaders to hold peace talks in Angola
Kinshasa – The presidents of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo will meet on Sunday in Angola for... Read more
13 Dec, 2024
Djibouti’s AU candidate says ‘problem of governance’ in Africa
Addis Ababa – Deteriorating security in some African nations is eroding progress, Djibouti Foreign Minister and candidate for the... Read more
12 Dec, 2024
Trauma and terror of Kenya’s kidnapped protesters
Nairobi – The Kenyan parliament was ablaze, protesters running through the streets, police firing into the crowds. Among them... Read more
9 Dec, 2024
Tanzania’s ruling party wins landslide victory in local vote
Dar es Salaam – Tanzania’s ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) party, which has dominated the east African nation’s politics... Read more
29 Nov, 2024
Tanzanian president vows fair local elections
Dar es Salaam – Tanzania’s president Samia Suluhu Hassan on Tuesday promised that upcoming local elections would be transparent... Read more
27 Nov, 2024
Tight security as Kenya’s embattled Ruto to address nation
Nairobi – Kenya deployed a heavy police presence Thursday ahead of President William Ruto’s state of the nation speech,... Read more
21 Nov, 2024
Ugandan opposition figure Besigye ‘kidnapped’, says wife
Kampala – Leading Ugandan opposition figure Kizza Besigye is being held in a military jail after being “kidnapped” in... Read more
20 Nov, 2024
Somaliland opposition leader wins presidential election
Nairobi – Somaliland’s leader of the opposition has won the breakaway region’s presidency, the election commission said on Tuesday,... Read more
19 Nov, 2024
