East Africa

The President of Uganda, Yoweri Museveni has now signed into law a bill passed by the country’s parliament to remove the age limit of 75 years placed on presidential aspirants in the east African nation.

African migrants in Israel have all been ordered to leave the country or face jail term in a major crackdown on illegal migrants.

Kenyan media on Saturday reported that suspected Al-Shabaab attackers have attacked a police station in the country’s Garissa County burning it down.

45 Rwandans have been held and charged with terrorism in Uganda after their arrest at the border with Tanzania on December 11, according to police officials in Uganda.

Churches critical of the president of Tanzania, John Magufuli risk closure after the country issued a threat of revoking registration of religious groups.

The UN children’s fund, Unicef has said in its latest report on conflict zones in the world that attacks on children in conflict zones including those in Africa has reached ‘shocking’ levels in 2017.

A South Sudanese rebel group on Friday accused government troops of attacking their base only a day after the parties signed a ceasefire in a four-year war that has killed tens of thousands of people.

Uganda's military says it has carried out air strikes on the bases of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebel group in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The government of South Sudan has once again signed a ceasefire agreement with the rebels in the country.

The opposition in Uganda has vowed to mount a challenge to the decision by the country’s parliament to vote to remove the presidential age limit provision in its constitution.