Rwanda: Former Presidential Candidate Diane Rwigara and Mother Adeline Walk Free

Activists Diane Rwigara and her mother Adeline have been acquitted of all charges brought against them. The High Court in Kigali brought the judgment today, after more than a year… Read more »

Rwanda: It's D-Day for Kagame's Critic Diane Rwigara, Her Mother

The High Court in Kimihurura will today, deliver its verdict in the case of Diane Shima Rwigara and her mother Adeline Rwigara. Read more »

Africa: Rwanda's Kagame Shrewdly Leverages Influence on the African Stage

Rwanda's Paul Kagame is concluding the most consequential presidency of the African Union since the formative years of the institution. The organization's Extraordinary Summit in… Read more »

Rwanda: Kagame Blamed After Govt Officials Told to Join Twitter

A press release written in Kinyarwanda - ordering all local authorities of Buye district to open Twitter accounts and follow President Paul Kagame and other high ranking officials… Read more »

Eritrea: Now the Onus Is On Eritrea to Reform

This month's United Nations Security Council decision to lift sanctions on Eritrea is the clearest signal yet of the international community's confidence in regional peacemaking… Read more »

Africa: South Africa Announces $1 billion Investment in South Sudan's Oil Industry

South Africa's Minister of Energy Jeff Radebe announced his country's plans to invest one-billion U.S. dollars in South Sudan's oil sector, including in the construction of a… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Now Ebola Fighters Face Attacks While Battling Deadly Disease

Security concerns remain a major obstacle in ending the Ebola outbreak in the DR Congo, that has so far claimed more than 200 lives. On November 16, more than a dozen WHO staff had… Read more »

Africa: #IdibalaChallenge Goes Global, People Are Fainting Everywhere!

You've probably been wondering what this dancing fainting craze videos are all about, unless you've been living under a rock for the past week or two... Read more »

Uganda: Head of the House Never Goes into the Kitchen - Museveni

Do people still believe a woman's place still is in the kitchen in the 21st century? Well, Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni seems to think so. The 74-year-old has come under fire… Read more »

Africa: 'Fragile Countries' Urge 'Trade for Peace' at WTO Forum

The g7+ grouping of nations – a voluntary association of countries in transition from conflict to development – is not as well-known as the G7 group of leading… Read more »

Africa: Foreign Investment Key to Prosperity - U.S. Diplomat Nagy

The American administration's top diplomat for African affairs, Assistant Secretary of State Tibor P Nagy, Jr, will soon make his first trip to the continent since his appointment.… Read more »

Africa: Poor Vision Affects Billions, Costs Trillions – a Feasible Fix

Try to imagine life – school, home, work – without eyeglasses. Then reflect that poor vision is the world's largest unaddressed disability, affecting an estimated 2.5… Read more »

Uganda: Your Children Are No Longer Yours - Investigating International Adoptions

How parents in Uganda lose their babies to adoptive families in America. Read more »

Ethiopia: 'Inclusiveness and Co-existence' Are Critical in Ethiopia – PM Abiy Ahmed

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali shares his predecessor Hailemariam Desalegn's view that democracy is key to Africa because of the urgent need to meet seismic demographic… Read more »

Uganda: Bobi Wine Calls Kanye West's Meeting With Museveni 'Immoral'

Musician-turned-MP Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine, has slammed controversial rapper Kanye West's decision to meet Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni. Read more »

Ethiopia: 'Good Time' to Visit Gateway to Africa - Airline Promotes Stopover Tourism

Ethiopian Airlines, the oldest carrier in Africa, is stepping up promotion of tourism to its home country, while continuing to expand the number of destinations served across the… Read more »

Africa: What Can Ethiopia Learn From Zimbabwe's Election?

Four members of the National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NEBE), led by Chairperson Samia Zekaria Gutu, is visiting the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) "to learn about sound… Read more »

Africa: Ethiopia, Eritrea Deal a Reminder of The Last U.S-Brokered Peace

This month, Ethiopia reopened its embassy in Asmara, the capital of Eritrea, capping a series of historic diplomatic breakthroughs between the neighboring countries, after nearly… Read more »

Africa: Africans Live A Decade Longer Than in 1990, But...

The level of human development in Sub-Saharan Africa, judged by how long people live for, how well they are educated and how much they earn, has improved by more than a third in… Read more »

Uganda: Bobi Wine's Closing Words During VOA Interview

The leaders that you look at now gave the biggest contribution when they were our age and indeed all the leaders in the world. The most prime time for a person to contribute to his… Read more »

East Africa: Will Detente Lead to Democratic Reform in Ethiopia And Eritrea?

The rapprochement between Ethiopia and Eritrea is as surreal as it is wonderful. Read more »

Uganda: Racist U.S. Pastor Punches, Spits at Hotel Employee

Police in Uganda have arrested an American pastor after a video of him beating a hotel employee was circulated. Read more »

Ethiopia: Thousands of Ethiopians Gather to Hear Abiy Speak in U.S.

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, who has been making sweeping changes in his country, has had a series of meeting with members of the diaspora and political leaders in the U.S.… Read more »

Ethiopia: Thousands Mourn Death of Ethiopia's Dam Engineer

Thousands of Ethiopia's came to show their respects at the funeral of the person behind Ethiopia's ambitious mega project that will be the largest hydro-electric dam in Africa once… Read more »

Ethiopia: Barrier-Busting Leader Recruits Ethiopian Diaspora in U.S.

Ethiopia's energetic, headline-making prime minister, will visit the United States this week "with the sole purpose of engaging #Ethiopia's large Diaspora community," according to… Read more »