The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is advancing at an unprecedented pace, surpassing 1,000 ...

The costs are mounting for Kenyans and other foreigners who overstay their visits to the US, following the aggressive stance of Donald Trump's administration. The administration will now impose fines ...

An announcement of a $50 visa fee to enter South Sudan, which the government dismissed as fake news, has triggered debate among traders and transporters on Juba’s trade barriers against the spirit of ...

South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir Mayardit signed an amendment to the 2018 peace agreement, effectively cancelling the coalition government that had brought relative peace to the country for seven ...

An expanding informal sector in the East African region could be keeping teeming masses of youth engaged. But that could be a long-term risk on economies by crippling government revenue collection, ...

Kenya has agreed to temporarily suspend a new policy on cargo imports under which traders were to pay duty based on the valuation of consolidated goods rather than the size of the cargo. The changes ...

The decision does not mean the Democratic Republic of the Congo is close to resolving its overlapping political and security ...

Senegal has decided to back former President Macky Sall's bid to become the next Secretary-General of the United Nations, upending an earlier stance where Dakar joined the African Union to refuse its ...

Rwandan leader Paul Kagame says peace mediators must ensure the question of M23 remains in Congo, even as pressure mounts on Kigali to withdraw troops from the neighbour’s troubled eastern regions.

African Union member states are openly questioning how much longer the continent can sustain its costly peace mission in Somalia, with Cameroon and Gabon warning that “every peace support operation ...

Addressing political finance is not just about improving electoral integrity. It is about ensuring that democratic participation is more inclusive.

African Pokot girls leave a market in Karamoja, carrying bags with food. The dry spell has disrupted agricultural production and depleted household food stocks in the region. Uganda has launched an ...