East Africa Correspondence
DRC opposition faults President Tshisekedi’s constitution review crusade
By PATRICK ILUNGA The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) President Félix Tshisekedi has kick-started a constitutional review process,…
DR Congo holds funeral for victims of deadly bombings at IDP sites
By XINHUA The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) held a funeral on Wednesday for the victims of…
Uganda President Museveni arrives in Kenya for official visit
By MONITOR Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni is on a two-day state visit to Kenya.Speaking at the closing session…
6 South Sudan children killed in Uganda fire outbreak
By MONITOR At least six South Sudanese children in the wee hours of Wednesday were killed in a…
Several missing in central Kenya landslide
By NATION AFRICA A landslide that followed heavy rain in Central Kenya has swept away at least five…
UN Chief Guterres appoints James Swan as acting special representative to Somalia
By XINHUA United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appointed James Christopher Swan as his acting special representative for…
UN prosecutor confirms death of last two Rwanda genocide fugitives
By REUTERS The last two suspects sought by a UN tribunal over their alleged role in the 1994…
Uganda warns of rising water levels in Lake Victoria, rivers
By XINHUA Uganda issued a warning on Tuesday to communities living on lake shores and riverbanks, cautioning them…
US embassy in Tanzania closed over internet outage
By HELLEN GITHAIGA The US Embassy in Tanzania has closed for two days because of an internet outage…
Why Tanzania political parties have few women in leadership, candidate lists
By THE CONVERSATION Tanzania, in keeping with global political trends, reserves 30 percent of seats in parliament for women. These so-called…
Speaker Mike Johnson declines US Congress Ruto address request
By NATION AFRICA The USÂ House Speaker Mike Johnson has turned down a request by top Democrats for President…
Christ! Why obsess more about a toy car in church than graft?
By JOACHIM BUWEMBO This month is proving to be rather spiritually puzzling to some Ugandan Christians who are…
NGUGI: Tragically, we are internalising the art of ‘Newspeak’
If those delegates at the IDA summit had visited Kibera or Mathare, they would probably realise that whatever…
Tanzanians must not shy away from dissecting hard Union issues
By JENERALI ULIMWENGU I am regularly seeing chickens coming home to roost in Tanzanian politics, when things we…
If I were put in charge of a $15m African kitty, I’d first deworm children
By Charles Onyango-Obbo One of my favourite stories on pan-African action (or in this case inaction), one I…