Browsing: East Africa

Kenyan President William Ruto announced on 21 November the cancellation of proposed infrastructure deals with India-based Adani Group in the energy and aviation sectors. This decision…

Early on in the proxy war being fought in Sudan, Khartoum snubbed peace talks when it was revealed that Kenya was chairing them – accusing Nairobi…

Nairobi’s fast resembling a Hollywood spy-thriller movie location, with armed masked men bundling helpless victims into waiting cars that whisk them away to unknown places. It’s…

A big donation from Kenya’s president has been rejected by the country’s Catholic Church, which got a lot of stick during June’s tax protests for taking…

Nurses and other professionals are leaving Africa amid worker shortages in their home countries. This is understandable, given they can earn far more abroad and send…

Post-election election violence in Mozambique has reportedly taken more lives amidst calls for regional leaders to help map the way forward. On 19 November, opposition leader…

The Communist Party of Kenya (CPK) held its second national congress on 16-17 November in the capital of Nairobi. Amidst the world’s mounting dissatisfaction with capitalism…

The Kenyan police’s brutality was on full display this June when it allegedly abducted protest organisers – with over 60 people killed in the security forces’…

Check-mate, immigration equality! 29 Kenyan chess players – all aged under 12 – have been denied visas to go compete in the ongoing World Cadet Chess…

A Ugandan court has detained two individuals at Kigo prison for allegedly insulting President Yoweri Museveni, First Lady Janet Museveni and the president’s son, Gen. Muhoozi…