Browsing: East Africa
NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenyan activists Bob Njagi and Nicholas Oyoo arrived back in the country on Saturday afternoon after a harrowing 39-day ordeal, during which…
KAMPALA, Uganda — Two Kenyan political activists, Nicholas Oyoo and Bob Njagi, have been released after spending 39 days in secret military detention in Uganda,…
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania — Following a disputed general election marred by deadly protests, Tanzanian authorities have charged several individuals, including a prominent businesswoman and…
KAMPALA, Uganda — Survivors of the brutal Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) insurgency in Uganda have expressed profound relief and support for the decision by the…
NAKURU, Kenya — The Deputy Party Leader of the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM), Simba Arati, has publicly declared that the party will maintain its role…
SOROTI, Uganda — Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, who has been in power since 1986, held a media engagement at the State Lodge in Soroti City,…
JINJA, Uganda — Zohran Mamdani, the newly elected Mayor of New York City, traces a portion of his personal wealth back to his birthplace in…
BONDO, Kenya — Wiper Party leader Kalonzo Musyoka paid a deeply symbolic and traditional tribute to his long-time political ally, the late Raila Odinga, on…
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania — The African Union’s (AU) observer mission delivered a sharp rebuke to Tanzania’s recent electoral process, stating on Wednesday that the…
KIRUHURA, Uganda — National Unity Platform (NUP) President Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, popularly known as Bobi Wine, was forced to abandon a planned rally in Kiruhura…