Browsing: East Africa

So Kenya’s Senate has impeached the country’s deputy president. Rigathi Gachagua was found guilty of inciting ethnic tensions and threatening judges – but not of charges…

A Kenyan court has rejected Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua’s attempt to block the Senate debate and vote on his impeachment, following the National Assembly’s overwhelming decision…

An extra 600 Kenyan police officers will soon be on their way to Haiti – bringing the number deployed to the troubled island nation to 1,000.…

Africans across the continent and worldwide are outraged about tech giants banning African Stream across YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, Threads, TikTok and Gmail. In this video, Seun…

Today marks the 25th death anniversary of Julius Kambarage Nyerere, Tanzania’s first president, who died of leukaemia and a stroke at age 77 on 14 October…

General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, Uganda’s Chief of Defence Forces, has demanded an apology from the US ambassador, William Popp, to President Museveni – for alleged disrespect. Muhoozi…

Tell us you don’t know what Pan-Africanism is without telling us you don’t know what Pan-Africanism is. And tell us you don’t understand what anti-imperialism is…

US state-funded Voice of America published a hit piece accusing African Stream of spreading misinformation about AFRICOM’s activities in Somalia. We sat down to break down…

Kenya’s National Assembly has overwhelmingly voted to impeach the country’s deputy president, Rigathi Gachagua. Out 349 lawmakers, 281 voted in favour of the motion, while 44…

Today, with a fistful of soil in hand, we remember Wangari Maathai (1940-2011), who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on 8 October 2004 for her…