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EAC Secretary-General Dr Peter Mathuki (left) converses with Comoros President Azali Assoumani, who is also the African Union Chairperson, on the sidelines of the Africa Investment Forum in Marrakech, Morocco, on November 8. PHOTO: POOL
Africa

Mathuki: Somalia could join EAC this month

Friday, November 10, 2023
Former Burundi Prime Minister Alain Guillaume Bunyoni
Africa

Burundian prosecutor seeks life sentence for former prime minister

Thursday, November 09, 2023
South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir. PHOTO: PCS
Africa

South Sudan set to take EAC chairmanship

Thursday, November 09, 2023
Burundi’s former Prime Minister Alain-Guillaume Bunyoni appeared in court on Wednesday, November 8. INTERNET PHOTO
Africa

Burundi’s former premier charged with attempt to kill president

Thursday, November 09, 2023
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Africa

Burundi’s former premier charged with attempt to kill president

Wednesday, November 08, 2023
Prime Minister Edouard Ngirente speaks during a panel discussion at the Africa Investment Forum 2023, in Marrakech, Morocco, on November 8. Courtesy
Africa

PM Ngirente calls for de-risking key sectors for investment flow in Africa

Wednesday, November 08, 2023
DRC-CENI officers during past elections. US Congressmen have penned a letter to the incumbent, President Felix Tshisekedi, asking for a transparent and fair process. File
Africa

DR Congo elections: US congressmen demand fairness, transparency from Tshisekedi

Wednesday, November 08, 2023
Prime Minister Edouard Ngirente.
Africa

PM Ngirente in Morocco for Africa Investment Forum

Wednesday, November 08, 2023
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Africa

Kagame, UN chief discuss escalation of violence in eastern DR Congo

Wednesday, November 08, 2023
Congolese refugees at Kigeme Refugee Camp in Nyamagabe district protest against the genocidal violence committed against Congolese Tutsi in eastern DR Congo, on December 12.2022. Willy Mucyo
Africa

How DR Congo chose to externalize its internal problems, scapegoat Rwanda

Wednesday, November 08, 2023
Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr Vincent Biruta speaks at the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF) meeting in Yaoundé, Cameroon. Courtesy
Africa

Biruta refutes DR Congo’s "baseless accusations" at Francophonie summit

Tuesday, November 07, 2023
The M23 political head Bertrand Bisimwa (right) and the group's military commander Gen Sultan Makenga at a previous press conference. Courtesy
Africa

We have reoccupied areas earlier surrendered to regional force - M23 rebels

Tuesday, November 07, 2023
The Manager of the Open Forum on Agricultural Biotechnology in Africa (OFAB) Project, Vitumbiko Chinoko, speaks during an interview on agricultural biotechnology in Nairobi, on November 3. Photo by Emmanuel Ntirenganya
Africa

Expert gives insights on GMO potential, adoption in Africa

Tuesday, November 07, 2023
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Africa

Kagame receives message from Burundi counterpart

Monday, November 06, 2023
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Africa

Eswatini borrows Rwanda’s best practices in e-Governance

Monday, November 06, 2023
Militiamen of the FDLR, a genocidal group that is among others that are destabilising DR Congo. A SADC summit held on Saturday discussed the strategy of deployment by SADC states into eastern DR Congo for peace.
Africa

SADC leaders discuss military deployment in DR Congo

Sunday, November 05, 2023
Members of Uganda Peoples' Defence Forces position themselves on the Ugandan side of the border town in Bunagana, Democratic Republic of Congo on March 30, 2023. PHOTO: AFP
Africa

Uganda army captures ADF head behind tourists' murders

Friday, November 03, 2023
Britain's King Charles III arrived in Kenya late Monday for his first visit as monarch to a Commonwealth nation.
Africa

King Charles III arrives in Kenya as calls for colonial apology grow

Tuesday, October 31, 2023
Cars passing by a destroyed military vehicle in Rugari, after clashes between the Congolese army and M23 rebels in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo on January 6, 2023. PHOTO: AFP
Africa

DR Congo ceasefire breaches: AU rethinks peace interventions

Tuesday, October 31, 2023
Queen Consort Camilla listens as King Charles III speaks during a meeting of the Accession Council inside St James's Palace in London, UK on September 10, 2022. PHOTO: AFP
Africa

British monarch's trip to Kenya chance to renew ties, officials say

Monday, October 30, 2023