East Africa

African leaders are calling for major reforms to the global financial system, saying current structures make it too difficult and expensive for their countries...

A Chinese national has been arrested at Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport after authorities discovered more than 2,200 live garden ants hidden in his...

Fresh fighting has erupted in South Sudan displacing more than 180,000 people, as witnesses report of killings and civilians fleeing in masses.The country's fragile...

Ugandan opposition figure Dr. Kizza Besigye refused to attend the opening of his treason trial on Monday, citing concerns over judicial impartiality, according to...

Tensions still remain in Kenya, a day after at least 11 people were killed and 29 others sustaining injuries in violent clashes between anti-government...

Three Kenyan police officers have been charged with the murder of 31-year-old blogger and teacher Albert Ojwang. His death in police custody earlier this month...

Demonstrators in Kenya have set vehicles ablaze as they clashed with the police over the death of a blogger. The police fired teargas to disperse...

A Kenyan court has sentenced four men to one year in prison or a fine of $7,700 (£5,800) for attempting to smuggle thousands of...

South Sudan is on the brink of another civil war after the country's first Vice President Riek Machar was placed under arrest. He is also...

M23 rebels fighting government forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo have captured the strategic town of Walikale as they continue with their advancements. The...