East Africa

South Sudan's President Salva Kiir said on Friday he had pardoned two senior government officials and promised to release other political prisoners, as his rule faces surging resistance, warfare and famine.

For the fast time in a more than a quarter century, Somalia will get new bank notes.

Japan's Self Defense Force will withdraw from the United Nations peacekeeping mission in South Sudan when its troops return home around the end of...

Madagascar has started evacuating thousands of people from flooded areas after storm waters broke dykes as the country reeled from the impact of Cyclone Enawo.

Casting her bright yellow scarf over her golden Somali "dirac" gown, Fadumo Dayib speaks in a hushed tone.But as the first woman to run...

The government of Kenya has issued an order to sack doctors who continue keeping away from work.

One of Kenya’s prominent politicians and main opposition figure, Raila Odinga has been treated for food poisoning at a hospital.

Cyclone Enawo, a massive tropical storm packing winds gusting as high as 300 km per hour, killed at least three people when it slammed...

Even as the Kenyan government continues negotiations with striking medics over an industrial action that started last December, the President does not seem happy about the posture of the medics who are pushing for better conditions of service.

President Donald Trump spoke on Tuesday with President Uhuru Kenyatta, with the White House saying that the US leader sought to "reaffirm the strong bilateral relationship between our two countries.”