East Africa

Tanzania has denied reports that it intends cracking down on gays by arresting suspects.The governor of Dar es Salaam, Paul Makonda told reporters last week...

Organisers of the Ghana International Trade and Finance Conference (GITFIC) have agreed on a new partnership that will see Ethiopia hosting the next edition...

The US technology company, CTI Africa has announced plans to set up a phone assembly plant in Uganda next year.According to TheEastAfrican the trading...

Uganda is set to begin vaccinating citizens from Monday as it fights the potential spread of the disease from neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo.There...

Ethiopia's top court has elected a well-known human rights lawyer Meaza Ashenafi as its first female head.  Ashenafi will be leading Ethiopia's federal supreme...

South Sudan’s rebel leader Riek Machar on Wednesday returned to the country's capital, Juba. That is his first time returning to the country after...

The World Food Programme says the peace deal in South Sudan is not holding as violence continues to block food aid to millions.Millions who...

Lawmakers in Ethiopia on Thursday elected Sahle-Work Zewde as the country's first female president. She replaces Mulatu Teshome Wirtu, who resigned from the position on Wednesday. Ms...

The United Nations says government troops and rebel forces in South Sudan have abducted hundreds of women and girls.The abductions took place this year...

More than fifty people have been killed in Somaliland during fighting between two ethnic groups.The clashes among the clans in the region which broke...