Browsing: East Africa
NAIROBI, Kenya — President William Ruto has commissioned two electricity transmission projects aimed at strengthening Kenya’s power grid and improving electricity reliability across parts of…
NAIROBI, Kenya — The burial of Kenyan Arbantone musician Edgar, popularly known as Stoopid Boy, has been halted by a court order amid a family…
NAIROBI, Kenya — Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna has criticised President William Ruto’s approach of ordering companies accused of failing to deliver sufficient benefits to Kenya…
NAIROBI, Kenya — Four Chinese nationals have been arrested in Nairobi over an alleged SIM-swapping and money-laundering scheme that hijacked a local businesswoman’s mobile lines…
NAIROBI, Kenya — President William Ruto has ordered a crackdown on foreign nationals operating small-scale businesses in Kenya, directing authorities to begin shutting down such…
KAMPALA, Uganda — Uber has ended its ride-hailing operations in Uganda after a decade in the country, bringing to a close a service that helped…
KIGALI, Rwanda — Rwanda’s increasingly strict campaign on public decency has ignited a debate over personal freedom, cultural values and the limits of police authority…
MERU, Kenya — A Linda Mwananchi rally in Makutano, Meru County, was briefly disrupted on Sunday after police fired teargas into the gathering, forcing some…
KAMPALA, Uganda — Detectives have arrested three more suspects in connection with the killing of Dr Victoria Nthunya Mutiso, including a serving police constable who…
KAMPALA, Uganda — President Yoweri Museveni has mourned the death of Tooro King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV, describing the 34-year-old monarch’s death as…