Kenyan President William Ruto meets with Wang Yi
Kenyan President William Ruto met with Wang Yi, director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the Communist
Ugandan, Congolese military rescue 14 women from ADF captivity
Fourteen women kidnapped by Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels are now free from captivity. The Uganda People’s Defense Forces (UPDF)
Former DR Congo leader Joseph Kabila rejects accusations he harboured Islamist rebels
Democratic Republic of Congo’s former president, Joseph Kabila rejected accusations from Uganda that he gave sanctuary to an Islamist rebel
Kenya’s cohesion and integration body urges dialogue to avert violence
Kenya’s National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) has called on the government and opposition to engage in dialogue to avert
Zanzibar bans men from plaiting their hair
Tanzania’s Zanzibar has banned men from braiding their hair, and those caught face a fine of Sh1 million($409), six months
Security heightened in different regions in Kenya ahead of opposition protests
Security remains heightened across Kenya ahead of Wednesday’s planned demonstrations by the opposition. There was relative calm in Nairobi’s central
Death toll at Kenya’s Shakahola forest rises to 350 after 12 bodies retrieved
Twelve more bodies were exhumed from Kenya’s Shakahola forest on Monday. The latest findings bring the number of people found
Police in Uganda asks citizens to remain vigilant amid terror threats
Ugandan security forces have urged heightened vigilance by residents over threats of terrorism. Speaking at a press conference on Monday,
Kenya to delay re-opening Somali border over attacks
Kenya will delay re-opening its border with Somalia because of a “wave of attacks” the government blames on al-Shabaab militants,
Advancement of a tuberculosis vaccine candidate gets $550 million in funding
Wellcome and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation on Wednesday announced a combined funding to advance a tuberculosis (TB) vaccine