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A UPDF soldier at Lhubirira Secondary School in Mpondwe, Kasese, Uganda on June 17, 2023 after the attack. Alex Ashaba/NMG

Uganda sends more troops to pursue militia who killed over 40 people

Monday, June 19, 2023

EALA MPs follow MP Mashaka Khalfan Ngole, the committee's Chairperson as he presents the report during an EALA plenary session last week in Arusha. Courtesy

Report exposes issues ‘hindering’ Kiswahili use in EAC

Monday, June 19, 2023

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Calls grow to prevent genocide in DR Congo

Saturday, June 17, 2023

Ugandan security forces have deployed heavily in the affected area. The UPDF says the terrorist group is now resorting to soft targets (Photo by Samuel Amanyire)

Uganda: ADF terror group kills over 40 civilians

Saturday, June 17, 2023

Malawian Minister of Homeland Security and Citizenship, Zikhale Ng'oma, confirmed that the government repatriated Rwandan refugees on June 13. Courtesy

Malawi: Over 30 Rwandan refugees express interest to return

Friday, June 16, 2023

The East African Legislative Assembly has unanimously approved a supplementary budget of over $11.9 million for the East African Community in the financial year 2022-2023. Courtesy

EALA approves $12m supplementary budget

Friday, June 16, 2023

The Chairperson of the Council of Ministers, Ezéchiel Nibigira presents the budget estimates for the EAC's financial year 2023-2024, during the EALA plenary on June 15.Courtesy

Regional MPs call for action as EAC faces high trade deficit

Thursday, June 15, 2023

(From L-R): The EAC budget officer, Beatrice Jerono Rono; the Counsel to the East African Community, Anthony Luyirika Kafumbe; the Chairperson of the EAC Council of Ministers, Ezéchiel Nibigira; the EAC Secretary General Peter Mathuki; and the EAC Director of Finance, Juvenal Ndimurirwo, present the bloc's budget, on June 13, 2023, in Arusha, Tanzania (Emmanuel Ntirenganya).

EAC budget rises to $100m as MPs call for more to spur integration

Tuesday, June 13, 2023

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Kenya sues Johnson & Johnson over ‘cancerous’ baby powder

Tuesday, June 13, 2023

Militiamen of the URDPC/CODECO armed group stand guard in the village of Wadda, Ituri Province, DR Congo Sept. 19, 2020. (VOA Africa photo)

DR Congo militia massacre 45 in Ituri

Monday, June 12, 2023

Some of the 134 refugees and asylum seekers evacuated from Libya on their arrival at Kigali International Airport on Monday, June 12. The group becomes the 14th to arrive in the country since the evacuation began in 2019. According to the Ministry in charge of Emergency Management, the latest group includes Eritreans (64), Sudanese (35), Somalis (15), Ethiopians (17), two Cameroonians and one Malian. They will be accommodated in Gashora Transit Centre in Bugesera District. Courtesy

Over 130 evacuated from Libya arrive in Rwanda

Monday, June 12, 2023

Kenyan President William Ruto. Photo: NMG

Ruto calls for urgent reforms in the African Union

Friday, June 09, 2023

Moussa Faki Mahammat, Chairperson of the African Union Commission delivers remarks during the opening of the retreat in Kigali on June 8. All photos by Olivier Mugwiza

PHOTOS: AU retreat seeks to shape Agenda 2063, institutional reforms

Thursday, June 08, 2023

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President Museveni tests positive for COVID – health official

Thursday, June 08, 2023

Malawi's Minister of Homeland Security, Kenneth Zikhale Ng'oma.

Malawi revokes citizenship of 230 Rwandans over irregularities

Wednesday, June 07, 2023

Prudence Sebahizi, the Director for Institutional Matters and Programmes Coordination at AfCFTA during an interview. Courtesy

Five things to know as AfCFTA bans trade on second-hand clothes

Wednesday, June 07, 2023

Malawi's Minister of Homeland Security, Kenneth Zikhale Ng'oma.

Malawi: Over 390 Rwandan, Burundian nationals stripped citizenship over dubious acquisition

Tuesday, June 06, 2023

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Pentagon Leaks: DR Congo banks on FDLR to topple Rwandan govt

Monday, June 05, 2023

Leaders at the end of the 10th Extraordinary Summit of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR), in Luanda, Angola, on Saturday, June 3, 2023.

ICGLR summit tasks DR Congo to speed up disarmament of armed groups

Sunday, June 04, 2023

Diplomats in the Africa Day commemorations at the Heritage City in Zimbabwe’s capital, Harare, which houses the Museum of African Liberation as its main attraction. Courtesy

African diplomats in Zimbabwe celebrate Africa Day

Saturday, June 03, 2023