Browsing: East Africa
NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenya has been awarded the right to host the 2029 World Athletics Championships, making Nairobi the first African city ever to stage…
KAMPALA, Uganda — Uganda’s Chief of Defence Forces (CDF), Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba, has ordered journalist and political commentator Andrew Mwenda to stop commenting on Tooro…
KAMPALA, Uganda — Uganda’s Chief of Defence Forces (CDF), Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba, has threatened to have State Minister for Local Government Justine Nameere removed from…
FORT PORTAL, Uganda — Tooro Kingdom’s Prince David Kijanangoma Araali has died at the Uganda Cancer Institute in Mulago, Kampala, after a long battle with…
NAIROBI, Kenya — The Kenya Meteorological Service Authority (KMSA) has forecast rainfall across the majority of the country’s counties between 15 and 21 September, as…
NAIROBI, Kenya — Burundi’s Foreign Minister, Édouard Bizimana, has issued a sharp warning to Kenyan authorities, saying continued hate speech and hostility directed at Burundian…
MASAKA, Uganda — The long-running legal battle over the Masaka City Woman MP seat moved into a new phase on Monday, as the High Court…
KAMPALA, Uganda — Ugandan security forces heavily deployed around the headquarters of the opposition People’s Front for Freedom (PFF) on Monday, effectively blocking a planned…
NAKURU, Kenya — Five people died on Sunday night after a saloon car collided head-on with an Easy Coach bus at Kikopey in Gilgil, Nakuru…
NAIROBI, Kenya — The High Court has issued interim orders barring the Standard Group from repeating, republishing or otherwise disseminating allegations linking Charlene Ruto, President…