Eastern Africa

Gondar University Ethiopia has denied reports that some of its experts helped Amhara militia destroy evidence of mass graves containing bodies of Tigrayans. Witnesses told the BBC that they had …

Bank of Uganda has not banned cryptocurrencies but has concerns about the risk from the technology, uganda’s central bank is currently doing preliminary studies on whether or not a central …

Somalia’s government has asked the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to extend its financial support by three months to Aug. 17, the head of the IMF’s country mission told Reuters. The …

A Tigrayan general and former commander in the African Union mission in Somalia died in custody after he was arrested along with other senior officers in the early days of …

Rwandan President Paul Kagame suspended his minister for youth and culture, the authorities have said. Edouard Bamporiki’s suspension was as a result of “matters of accountability under investigations”, a statement from the …

The Somali parliament announced Thursday that the long-awaited presidential election will finally take place on May 15 and that 329 lawmakers from both houses, 54 from the Senate or Upper …

On Tuesday, 10 Burundian peacekeepers were killed in an attack by Al-Shabaab jihadists on an African Union (AU) base in Somalia, Burundi’s army said on Wednesday. Twenty-five soldiers were injured …

NCBA Group’s net earnings for the first three months of the year rose 20 per cent to Sh3.41 billion up from Sh2.84 billion last year on strong business development. The bank’s …

 A total of four patients are currently admitted to various health facilities countrywide, while 119 are under the Home-Based Isolation and Care program. The cumulative number of deaths remains at …

With Kenya’s general elections fast approaching, tension between President Uhuru Kenyatta and his vice-president, William Ruto is mounting.**President Kenyatta has asked his Deputy to resign claiming he did not act …