A suspected serial killer has been arrested in Kenya following the discovery of several bodies at a quarry in Nairobi, with police saying on Monday he had confessed to killing 42 women including his wife. Police said Collins Jumaisi, a 33…
Millions of Rwandan citizens cast their ballots Monday morning at more than 2,600 polling stations nationwide to elect their president and members of parliament. Voting began at 7 a.m., local time, Polls were set to close at 3 pm.…
The East African Community (EAC), a regional bloc, launched its election observer mission Friday to monitor Rwanda’s upcoming presidential and parliamentary elections. Veronica Mueni Nduva, secretary general of the EAC, inaugurated the…
Kenyan President William Ruto has announced a major shakeup in the leadership of the country’s security agencies. Kenya’s Inspector General of the National Police Service Eng. Japheth Koome resigned on Friday. He’ll be replaced in the…
Biniam Girmay of Eritrea claimed a hat-trick in this year’s Tour de France after crossing the line first in Stage 12 following a mass sprint on Thursday. Meanwhile, Slovenia’s Primoz Roglic was left bloody after falling off his bike and…
The third UN conference on landlocked developing countries will be held in Botswana in December. The UN General Assembly, by adopting a resolution titled “Further modalities of the third United Nations Conference on Landlocked Developing…
Kenyan President William Ruto fired his entire cabinet on Thursday. Only the Deputy President and Prime Cabinet Secretary were spared. Ruto said public sentiment following widespread anti-tax protests sparked by a controversial finance…
Malawian President Lazarus Chakwera on Wednesday urged southern African countries to collaborate in finding solutions that would help address climate change issues affecting farmers in the region. Chakwera emphasized the importance of…
Cameroon has started a three-test HIV testing algorithm recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO). “This algorithm requires that any new person found to be HIV-positive undergoes three reactive tests consecutively within health…
Widespread protests rocked Kenya in recent weeks over a divisive Finance Bill proposing a raft of tax increases. The East African country’s capital, Nairobi, was the most affected as thousands of young people took to the streets, calling…
2020 Olympic 10,000m champion Selemon Barega is on his way to Paris, in search of more gold for Ethiopia. The 24-year-old was named to a 33-person athletics team for the East African nation. Women’s marathon world record holder, Tigist…
A proactive diplomacy will be employed to bring back peace to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), said Therese Kayikwamba Wagner, the new state minister for foreign affairs, while unveiling her plan late Monday. The foreign…
Rwanda’s government says it is aware of the United Kingdom’s intention to terminate its plan to deport asylum-seekers to the East African country. In a statement late Monday, the office of the Rwandan government spokesman said the deal had…
Kenyan President William Ruto on Friday announced a set of austerity measures to reduce government expenses. The announcement follows the withdrawal of Finance Bill 2024 which, according to Ruto, would have reduced the government’s revenue…
The ongoing conflict in Sudan is escalating a humanitarian crisis in Sudan’s Sennar State, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has warned. This emerged after an office for the Coordination of…
Mayar Sherif of Egypt and Tunisia’s Moez Echargui will represent Africa at the tennis tournament during the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. Sherif and Echargui will only compete in the singles draw, according to the entry list released by the…
The Rwanda Revenue Authority (RRA) has presented preliminary results of Tax Revenue Performance for 2023/2024 financial year. RRA said that it has collected RWF 2,619.2 billion for the 2023/2024 financial year, which is 99.3 percent of the…
Ethiopia will receive 10.5 billion U.S. dollars in support over the coming years if long-running negotiations with the International Monetary Fund and World Bank are successful, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said on Thursday. In December, East…
While devastating fighting continues in Sudan’s southwest Darfur region, its sudden breakout in the southeast region, displacing tens of thousands of people, is alarming, UN humanitarians said on Wednesday. The UN Office for the…
The International Organization for Migration has raised the alarm over the crisis in Eastern DR Congo. According to the Global Conflict Tracker, the conflict, which started in 1996, has claimed at least 6 million lives. In December 2023,…
The chairman of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, has condemned the June 29 suicide attacks that left at least 18 people dead and dozens injured in northern Nigeria. In a statement released on Wednesday, Mahamat extended…
Kenyan and Chinese media organizations on Monday signed a cooperation agreement to promote the sharing of content with the aim of advancing cross-cultural understanding among citizens of the two countries. The event in the Kenyan capital…
Sierra Leone officially banned child marriage on Tuesday with President Julius Maada Bio signing into law a bill to end the practice that remains widespread. Advocates hope the new legislation will better protect girls in Sierra Leone,…
Unidentified armed men have killed around 40 people in an attack on a village in insurgent-plagued central Mali, local officials said on Tuesday. The attack took place on Monday in the village of Djiguibombo in Mopti region – one of…
Trailblazing Eritrean cyclist Biniam Girmay made history as the first black African to win a stage at the Tour de France on Monday. Girmay fended off a challenge by Fernando Gaviria of Colombia and Belgium’s Arnaud de Lie to win a reduced…
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says it is concerned the rise in mpox infections in the Democratic Republic of Congo could spread to Uganda. According to WHO data, 7,852 mpox cases were reported in DR Congo as of May 26. 384 people…
The Central African Republic’s three million children are the world’s most deprived, with widespread malnutrition, inadequate healthcare access, and instability putting the country at high risk of a humanitarian crisis, UNICEF said on…
Libya’s interior minister in Tripoli said the major border crossing at Ras Ijdir with Tunisia was fully reopened on Monday three months after being shut due to armed clashes. A number of ambulances from the Libyan side were seen heading…
Mauritania President Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani comfortably won re-election, receiving 56.12 percent of the vote in the first round of the presidential poll, the Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) said on Monday. The…
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the lineup of his new national executive cabinet Sunday, comprising ministers from various political parties that form the Government of National Unity (GNU). Ramaphosa finally made the…