East Africa

Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine has been arrested after arriving at the Entebbe International Airport as he arrived from abroad, his party officials have...

Africa’s first climate summit has opened in the Kenyan capital Nairobi with delegates expected forge a common continental position. The summit is also expected to...

Uganda is moving fast to enforce its recently passed anti-LGBTQ law after charging a 20-year-old man with "aggravated homosexuality" offence. The man becomes the first...

Rwandan President Paul Kagame is angry at Catholics who he said have been worshipping poverty, threatening to put them in prison.Mr. Kagame who issued...

The Somali government has for years struggled to deal with activities of militants from al-Shabaab, a group that has launched series of deadly attacks...

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has criticized a decision by the World Bank to suspend new funding to his country because of their anti-gay law. The...

The World Bank has said it won't provide new lending to Uganda as it takes action against the government for passing an anti-LGBTQ law. Uganda's...

The UN human rights office in Uganda has closed and ended its operations after the government there refused to renew a deal for it...

Some schools in Kenya have been shut indefinitely as three days of nationwide cost-of-living protests resume. It follow’s last week's violent protests that resulted in...

South Sudan will hold general elections next year, the first for the small nation after gaining independence in 2011. Incumbent President Salva Kiir who made...