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Rwanda’s High Commissioner in Mozambique, Donath Ndamage, speaks to the troops as the Rwanda Security Forces Joint Task Force Commander, Maj Gen Alex Kagame, listens during the former’s one-day visit to Mocimboa da Praia on Wednesday, March 27. Courtesy

Rwandan envoy visits troops in northern Mozambique

Thursday, March 28, 2024

In a wide-ranging interview in Kigali, President Paul Kagame discusses M23, accusations of human rights violations, finding a successor, AU reform, and the UK migrant deal. PHOTO BY VILLAGE URUGWIRO

Kagame: ‘DRC thought the East African Force was there to fight its wars’

Wednesday, March 27, 2024

Senegal’s President-Elect Bassirou Diomaye Faye. Internet.

Kagame congratulates Senegalese President-Elect

Wednesday, March 27, 2024

Artist Dawit Muluneh hangs one of his Chinese-character paintings on the wall for exhibition at an art gallery in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, March 18, 2024. (Xinhua/Michael Tewelde)

Ethiopian artist's artwork takes inspiration from Chinese classic I Ching

Wednesday, March 27, 2024

A local driver is pictured beside a train of the Lagos Rail Mass Transit (LRMT) Blue Line in Lagos, Nigeria, March 2, 2024. (Xinhua/Han Xu)

Chinese-built light rail project operates smoothly in Lagos, Nigeria

Wednesday, March 27, 2024

Pupils from All Saints' Cathedral Primary School display health information during the launch of the National Strategic Plan for tuberculosis in Nairobi, capital of Kenya, on Jan. 22, 2024. (Photo by Allan Mutiso/Xinhua)

AU officials laud China's support to promote health in Africa

Wednesday, March 27, 2024

President Paul Kagame has condemned “primitive politics” driving the collaboration between Congolese and Burundian leaders and their alignment with the FDLR. Photo by Village Urugwiro

Kagame condemns ‘primitive politics’ driving DR Congo, Burundi, FDLR collabo

Monday, March 25, 2024

Delegates from the East Africa Standby Force (EASF) member states who are convening in Kigali for a four-day session on Monday, March 25. Courtesy

Eastern Africa Standby Force member states convene in Rwanda for disaster response harmonisation

Monday, March 25, 2024

In December 2020, the South Sudan government launched the export of Gum Arabic, also known as Acacia Gum, for the first time to the international market in a bid to reduce the overreliance on oil revenue. The country has large quantities of the Gum Arabic trees in the central, western, and northern parts of the country. Net photo.

South Sudan looks to exploit Gum Arabic amid slump in oil export

Monday, March 25, 2024

Supporters of Bassirou Diomaye Faye celebrate in Dakar. Net photo

Senegal: Opposition's Bassirou Diomaye Faye leads race for presidency

Monday, March 25, 2024

Rwanda’s Foreign Minister Vincent Biruta and his Congolese counterpart Christophe Lutundula met in the Angolan capital Luanda for high-level consultations on Thursday, March 21. Courtesy

DR Congo, Rwanda foreign ministers meet in Angola

Friday, March 22, 2024

Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary of Interior and Administration of National Government Prof Kithure Kindiki speaking during a past press interview. PHOTO _ FRANCIS NDERITU _ NMG

Kenya government mulls TikTok ban to protect data

Friday, March 22, 2024

Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba.

Museveni appoints Gen Muhoozi as Uganda’s army chief

Friday, March 22, 2024

Some of the 91 asylum seekers from Libya on their arrival at Kigali International Airport on Thursday, March 21. Courtesy

Rwanda receives over 90 asylum seekers from Libya

Thursday, March 21, 2024

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President Macron backs ‘negotiated solution’ to DR Congo-Rwanda tensions

Thursday, March 21, 2024

The East African Development Bank (EADB) faces scrutiny after regional lawmakers called for an investigation. Internet

East African devt bank under scrutiny following public petition

Wednesday, March 20, 2024

A Niger government spokesperson made the announcement on state television on Saturday

Niger revokes military agreement with US

Sunday, March 17, 2024

MP Alodie Iradukunda (standing) moves the motion for the recognition of EALA Youth Caucus as a forum for members of the assembly to promote the full participation of youth in programmes and activities of the East African Community, on March 13, 2024, in Nairobi, Kenya (courtesy).

Why new EALA Youth Caucus matters

Saturday, March 16, 2024

President Paul Kagame has spoken out on the exit of the East African Regional Force (EACRF), and the deployment of the SADC mission (SADMIR) in eastern DR Congo

DR Congo: Kagame on EACRF exit, SADC deployment

Friday, March 15, 2024

Speaking to students and alumni of Thabo Mbeki African School of Public and International Affairs on March 14, former South African president Thabo Mbeki said the conflict in the eastern region of DR Congo is rooted in historical and ethnic complexities and can only be addressed by the Congolese themselves. Net photo

Former SA president Thabo Mbeki weighs in on DR Congo conflict root causes

Friday, March 15, 2024