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Carmen Nibigira, passed on in Nairobi, Kenya, on November 16

Friends, industry leaders mourn Carmen Nibigira

Monday, November 18, 2024

The African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS)

AU mission in Somalia completes third phase of troops' drawdown

Saturday, November 16, 2024

Security agencies in Uganda have rescued an Egyptian diplomat from kidnappers. Courtesy Photo

Egyptian diplomat rescued from kidnappers in Uganda

Thursday, November 14, 2024

President Donald Trump waves as he walks with Melania Trump at an election night watch party at the Palm Beach Convention Center in West Palm Beach, last week. Analysts believe Trump’s foreign policy will prioritise transactional relationships and shift away from multilateral partnerships. Net photo

What could Trump’s second presidency mean for Africa?

Tuesday, November 12, 2024

Prime Minister Edouard Ngirente speaks at the YouthConnekt Africa Summit in Kigali on November 10, 2024. Courtesy

Ngirente: Young people need skills for Africa’s development

Monday, November 11, 2024

Kenya’s biggest telecoms operator, Safaricom, lowered its full-year earnings guidance on Thursday

Safaricom trims forecast on Ethiopia’s birr depreciation

Friday, November 08, 2024

Ethiopia’s national flag carrier and largest Airbus operator in Africa introduces Africa’s first Airbus A350-1000

Ethiopian Airlines introduces Africa’s first Airbus A350-1000 into its fleet

Wednesday, November 06, 2024

Rwandan and Congolese ministers of foreign affairs on Tuesday, November 5, met at the two countries’ border to discuss peace and security in eastern DR Congo. Photo by Justin Kabumba

Rwanda, DR Congo foreign ministers meet at border

Tuesday, November 05, 2024

Vincent Karega, the former ambassador to DR Congo and current ambassador-designate to Belgium, on October 2022.File Photo

Belgium’s blind spot in a Diplomatic Impasse

Tuesday, November 05, 2024

Fourteen people were killed and 34 others injured when lightning struck a prayer gathering in Lamwo District, in northern Uganda. PHOTO | Internet

Lightning strike kills 14, injures 34 in northern Uganda

Monday, November 04, 2024

Court spokesperson Harrison Mutabazi

Inside Rwanda’s rise as Sub-Saharan Africa’s leader in Alternative Dispute Resolution

Saturday, November 02, 2024

Rwanda’s Minister of State for Regional Cooperation, Gen. (Rtd) James Kabarebe.

Kabarebe lifts veil on DR Congo-Rwanda rift

Friday, November 01, 2024

Kithure Kindiki takes the oath of office as Kenya's new Deputy President. Photo Courtesy

Kithure Kindiki sworn in as Kenya’s deputy president

Friday, November 01, 2024

The 23rd COMESA Heads of State and Government Summit took place in Burundi. Courtesy

COMESA leaders urged to strengthen regional value chains in Burundi meet

Friday, November 01, 2024

Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni hosts DR Congo President Felix Tshisekedi at State House, Entebbe on October 30, 2024. (PPU)

Museveni hosts private talks with DR Congo's Tshisekedi

Thursday, October 31, 2024

Post-elections protest in Mozambique

Mozambique: President Nyusi calls for international support amid ‘complex’ post-election challenges

Tuesday, October 29, 2024

Botswana launches electric boat to enhance e-mobility initiative.

Botswana launches electric boat to enhance e-mobility initiative

Monday, October 28, 2024

Stephen Githeng'u (R), a horticulture expert at Egerton University, gives guidance to a farmer on the field management of grafted tomatoes at a tomato farm in Nakuru County, Kenya, Oct. 23, 2024. (Xinhua/Han Xu)

PHOTOS: Tomato grafting technology from China helps Kenyan farmers reclaim profitability

Monday, October 28, 2024

Amb Claver Gatete, the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA).

Africa’s sustainable development hinged on effective financial markets, says ECA’s Gatete

Monday, October 28, 2024

Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary for Roads and Transport, Davis Chirchir, and EAC Partner States Ministers sign the report of the 19th Sectoral Council on Transport, Communications and Meteorology in Mombasa, Kenya. Also in the photos are the EAC Deputy Secretary General in charge of Infrastructure, Productive, Social and Political Sectors, Andrea Aguer Ariik and Partner States’ Permanent/Principal Secretaries.

EAC countries urged to eliminate barriers to transportation

Saturday, October 26, 2024