The United Kingdom has officially endorsed Jamaica’s Foreign Minister, Ms Kamina Johnson-Smith, for the post of Commonwealth Secretary-General. Delegates from member states are set to vote for the Secretary-General during the forthcoming Commonwealth Heads of Government Meetings in Kigali, Rwanda, […]

Fifteen African civil society organisations have warned that the ongoing war in Ethiopia could equal the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda, unless the United Nations immediately puts the conflict on its agenda. In aMay 18 letter to the […]

The 20-year chase for some of the masterminds behind the Rwandan Genocide against the Tutsi have ended after the search led to cemeteries in Zimbabwe and DR Congo. Fugitive Protais Mpiranya died in Zimbabwe in 2006, UN prosecutors probing the […]

Three months after Russia invaded Ukraine, causing one of the biggest modern displacements of civilians in Europe, East African students who were in the latter country for studies are uncertain of completing their education. These students had taken up studies […]

War drums are beating again on the restive Ethiopia-Eritrean border after Asmara accused the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF of plotting to launch attacks to reclaim lost territory. Asmara’s accusations on Tuesday came a few days after rebel TPLF forces […]

Ethiopia’s image as a tolerant country has been tainted by two weeks of fighting between Christians and Muslims that has attracted international condemnation and calls for calm. The violence is a result of tension that had been building up for […]

Delegates from Africa have been arriving at the lakeside city of Kisumu in western Kenya, for the Africities Summit – a continental conference on urban areas. The Summit, expected to be launched by Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, is scheduled to […]

Somalia Prime Minister Hussein Roble will be leaving his post once the new President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud names his substantive government, in line with Somalia’s delicate clan balancing to ensure no clan dominate the government. Mr Roble and President Mohamud […]

The president of the African Development Bank (AfDB has turned down calls to contest in the upcoming Nigerian elections, arguing that his hands are full. In a statement on Tuesday, Dr Akinwumi Adesina said he was touched by calls by […]

Yufnalis Okubo, the outgoing registrar of the East African Court of Justice, spoke to Luke Anami on the challenges the court has faced and how to make it better Critics say the EACJ has not performed to the best of […]

Uganda will pull troops from neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo in two weeks, the military said on Tuesday. Uganda and DRC launched a joint operation against insurgents late last year and have been working together to eliminate the armed group. […]

Sierra Leone has reported an outbreak of the deadly anthrax disease for the first time in almost 30 years. Authorities say cases were detected in animals in the northwestern region of the country, where more than 200 livestock were confirmed […]

Rwanda’s ruling party Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF is walking a tightrope trying to deliver on its promise to lift more citizens out of poverty ahead of the 2024 presidential election. While before the Covid-19 pandemic struck, the party was largely […]

Somalia’s new president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, who was elected after a marathon vote by lawmakers on Sunday, is a former academic and peace activist whose first administration was dogged by claims of corruption and infighting. Born in 1955, Mohamud was […]

Azimio la Umoja One Kenya presidential flag bearer Raila Odinga has named Narc-Kenya leader Martha Karua as his running mate.  Speaking at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre on Monday, Mr Odinga praised the former Justice and Constitutional Affairs minister for her zeal and […]

Mogadishu, Thirty-two of the 36 candidates for Somalia’s presidential election were eliminated in the first round of voting on Sunday, leaving four contenders to battle it out for the presidency. The much first round of Somalia’s presidential election startedaround 2.30pm, […]

Just as Jamaica’s Foreign minister Kamina Johnson-Smith was completing her tour of Africa this past week, during which she sought support to become the next Commonwealth Secretary-General, her country issued a statement to defend her candidature after the incumbent asked […]

Tanzania’s ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM and main opposition party Chadema are set to hold their first roundtable meeting end of May, a move that could signal improved relations between parties since the tenure of the late president John Magufuli. […]

Two candidates who were vying for the presidential race in Somalia quit the race on Saturday, bringing the number of contenders to 37. The race had attracted 39 contenders, the largest number in Somalia’s history. Abdikarim Hussein Guled, a former […]

Rwanda-Burundi relations will improve when 2015 coup plotters, said to be hiding in Kigali, are handed over Gitega to face justice, said Burundian President Evariste Ndayishimiye. Speaking last Tuesday at State House in Bujumbura, President Ndayishimiye said Burundi is already […]

Security forces in Ethiopia’s Oromia regional state have killed a large number of Oromo Liberation Army (OLA rebel members, the Government Communication Service announced. In a statement on Saturday, the Minister of State Communications, Legesse Tulu, said an anti-insurgency operation […]

Somalia’s capital Mogadishu will be placed under lockdown ahead of the long-delayed presidential election on Sunday. Police spokesperson Col Abdifatah Aden Hassan announced that residents will be under a 33-hour curfew as a security measure to allow the 329 members […]

Ethiopian authorities on Friday revoked the press credentials of a foreign journalist who had been working for The Economist in the Horn of Africa nation. In a letter issued Friday afternoon and seen byThe EastAfrican, the Ethiopian Media Authority (EMA […]

Somalia will hold its presidential elections this Sunday, coming 15 months later than the original schedule of February 8, 2021. This election has attracted the largest number of contenders in Somalia’s history. According to a list publicised by the Somalia […]