Browsing: East Africa
KAMPALA, Uganda — For businesses that import fuel, machinery or raw materials, it is a statistic that may quietly save millions of shillings. For policymakers,…
KAMPALA, Uganda — For years, Anita Annet Among occupied one of the most powerful offices in Uganda. As Speaker of Parliament, she presided over national…
NAIROBI, Kenya — When investigators arrived at Nairobi’s Central Police Station on June 9, 2025, they encountered a problem that often marks the beginning of…
KAMPALA, Uganda — President Yoweri Museveni has dismissed six senior officials from the Ministry of Works and Transport and the Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (UCAA), accusing…
NAIROBI, Kenya — The promise sounded familiar. A well-paying job. A chance to earn money quickly. An opportunity that appeared capable of changing a life.…
NAIROBI, Kenya — A routine evening taxi ride through Nairobi ended at a police station rather than its intended destination after a passenger discovered a…
ENTEBBE, Uganda — When Uganda Airlines returned to the skies in 2019 after an 18-year absence, the challenge was not simply to restart a national…
NAIROBI, Kenya — For generations of Kenyan families, admission to university has often been both a triumph and a crisis. The letter arrives carrying the…
NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenya’s tourism industry has weathered political crises, global pandemics, terrorist attacks and economic shocks. What it rarely faces is a call from…
KAMPALA, Uganda — Ugandan politics has long been defined by rivalries between parties. Increasingly, however, some of the country’s most consequential battles are unfolding within…