Browsing: East Africa
NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenya’s cybersecurity defences have come under fresh scrutiny after President William Ruto’s official website was allegedly compromised by hackers who replaced its homepage…
NAIROBI, Kenya — For much of June, President William Ruto’s three-day State Visit to South Africa was viewed through familiar diplomatic lenses: trade agreements, investment…
NAIROBI, Kenya — For millions of travellers passing through Kenya’s airports each year, aviation largely works as it should. Flights depart, passengers check in, cargo…
NAIROBI, Kenya — For years, Kenya’s infrastructure story has been defined by cranes, railways, highways and ambitious promises of connectivity. Governments have often presented major…
KAMPALA, Uganda — What was meant to be a day of learning ended in one of Uganda’s deadliest school transport tragedies in recent years. A…
KIGALI, Rwanda — Three decades after the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, Rwanda’s security doctrine remains anchored to a threat that many outside the Great…
WAKISO, Uganda — Police in Nansana have arrested four suspects and recovered more than Shs54 million in cash following an investigation into the alleged theft…
NANYUKI, Kenya — For months, the bio-isolation facility inside Kenya’s Laikipia Air Base existed largely as a political and legal controversy. It was a project that…
NAIROBI, Kenya — For much of the past year, many Kenyans trying to apply for passports were not complaining about delays. They were complaining about…
KAMPALA, Uganda — For a brief moment, it appeared that thousands of small internet entrepreneurs across Uganda were about to lose their businesses. The Uganda…