Browsing: East Africa
NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has announced a scheduled temporary shutdown of its iTax platform to allow for system maintenance. In a public…
KAMPALA, Uganda — As youth unemployment and underemployment remain persistent challenges across many African economies, a new generation of tech platforms is attempting to connect…
JUBA, South Sudan — A former South Sudan finance minister dismissed earlier this week by President Salva Kiir Mayardit has been arrested while allegedly attempting…
NAIROBI, Kenya — A Kenyan lawyer has formally sought government clarification over the alleged issuance of passports to foreign nationals whose credentials have been questioned,…
NAIROBI, Kenya — A Nairobi-based lawyer has formally petitioned the Director General of Immigration Services over the alleged issuance of Kenyan passports to 28 foreign…
KAMPALA, Uganda —The daughter of Kenyan President William Ruto, Charlene Ruto, visited the Special Forces Command (SFC) headquarters in Entebbe on Wednesday, where she was…
JAKARTA, Indonesia — Kenyan content creators Naomi Kuria and travel TikToker Diana Daisy Gau have shared details about their brief detention at an Indonesian airport…
SOROTI, Uganda — Security agencies in Uganda have intensified a nationwide crackdown on illegal government documentation after police recovered 525 passports in Soroti City, raising…
NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenyan YouTuber and automotive content creator 2Mbili has met Nimoo, the Nairobi woman who went viral after appearing in a widely circulated…
KIVU, DR Congo — Lieutenant-Colonel Willy Ngoma, the military spokesperson for the March 23 Movement and the Congo River Alliance, is feared dead following a…