Kagame speaks out on eastern DRC conflict
Rwanda President Paul Kagame has attributed the conflict in the eastern DR Congo to violation of the human rights of Congolese of Rwandan origin. While...
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EAC Court condemns Rwanda for closing border with Uganda
The East African Court of Justice yesterday condemned Rwanda for having closed its borders to Uganda for three years. The justices held that the acts...
Video: President Museveni crosses the Gatuna border post on his way to Kigali for Commonwealth
The President of Uganda, Yoweri Museveni has just crossed the Gatuna One-Stop Border Post into Rwanda to attend the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting. President...
South African biotech company to develop first African-owned Covid-19 vaccine
A year after the creation of the mRNA Vaccine Technology Transfer Hub, a South African biotech company has teamed up with a Belgium-based firm to...
How Russia has outflanked Ukraine in Africa
Addresses to summits and national parliaments around the world by Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky have become a staple of the diplomatic calendar over the last...
Malawi President fires senior officials in crackdown on graft
Malawian President Lazarus Chakwera fired his head of police and said he won’t delegate duties to Vice President Saulos Chilima after they were named in...
AU: 44th Ordinary Session of Permanent Representatives’ Committee kicks off
The 44th Ordinary Session of the Permanent Representatives’ Committee (PRC) kicked off Monday, in preparation for 41st Ordinary Session of the Executive Council of the...
South Sudan’s water and irrigation minister dies in Egypt
South Sudan Minister for Water and Irrigation died in the Egyptian capital Cairo on Sunday morning, his political party chairman Dr Riek Machar confirmed. Peter...
East Africa leaders agree regional force for DR Congo, urge ceasefire
East African leaders agreed Monday to send in a regional force to try to end fighting in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, and...
Ex-footballer Samuel Eto’o pleads guilty to tax fraud to avoid prison
Former Cameroon football star Samuel Eto’o has struck a deal with Spanish prosecutors to avoid going to jail for tax fraud he committed while playing...