Algeria: Gor Mahia Beat Algeria's Hussein Dey in Nairobi

Time wasting, injury forced substitutions and a red card was the story of the day as Gor Mahia overcame NA Hussein Dey 2-0 at the Kasarani stadium in their third match of the Caf… Read more »

Uganda: Anger After Envoy Assaults Woman Traffic Officer

Ugandans took to social media Sunday to vent their anger following the circulation of a video clip of alleged assault on a woman traffic officer by an envoy to a neighbouring… Read more »

Angola: UNITA Wants Savimbi Elevated to National Hero

Angolan main opposition Unita party is demanding better recognition of its founder Jonas Savimbi. Read more »

Nigeria: Nigeria Calm As Vote Count Continues

Nigeria's Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announced it would conduct fresh polls in areas where violence marred the presidential and national assembly elections… Read more »

South Sudan: Fresh Fighting in Yei - Troika Warns of Looming Crisis

South Sudan's major donors have raised concerns over the fighting in East and West Equatoria, saying it could derail the fragile peace agreement and lead to a humanitarian crisis. Read more »

Tanzania: Tanzania Open to New Buyers of Cashew

Tanzania is still awaiting the payment of Tsh418 billion ($180.2 million) for 100,000 tonnes of cashewnuts it sold to a Kenya-based company in a deal signed in Arusha on January… Read more »

East Africa: COMESA Lobbied On Getting Open Skies Project On Track

The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa) is lobbying members to implement the continental open skies project that aims to create a single market for air transport… Read more »

Rwanda: Kagame and Museveni Must Step Carefully

For close to a decade after their troops clashed in two bloody encounters in the eastern DRC city of Kisangani at the turn of the century, Uganda and Rwanda have maintained an… Read more »

Africa: Why East Africa Needs New Funding Sources

Concerned about the region's budgetary deficits and increasing dependency on inequitable bilateral investment treaties with developed nations, civil society is advising governments… Read more »

Africa: Capturing African Culture Disappearing Traditions and Ceremonies

Renowned photographers Angela Fisher and Carol Beckwith have released a new book of photographs called African Twilight: Vanishing Rituals and Ceremonies. Read more »

Rwanda: The Country's History At the Kandt House Museum

About 500m from downtown Kigali is the Kandt House Museum. Read more »

East Africa: Baharoon, Julius Win Mabati-Cornell Kiswahili Prize

Zainab Alwi Baharoon from Tanzania and Jacob Ngumbau Julius from Kenya have won top accolades at the 2018 Mabati Cornell Kiswahili Prize for African Literature. Read more »

South Africa: Vergelegen - We Serve 90,000 Meals Every Year

On the Western Cape of South Africa sits one of the most beautiful pieces of real estate -- Vergelegen. The estate is surrounded by verdant grounds and ancient woodland, against a… Read more »

Kenya: Mukuba Express to Kapiri Mposhi

Long distance travel by train is still something of a marvel in East Africa, after the collapse of the longest running service, the Lunatic Express, that operated on the… Read more »

Africa: Artists Awarded U.S.$10,000 From ACF Project Kitty

The African Culture Fund (better known by its French acronym, ACF) recently awarded a number of visual artistes from the continent up to $10,000 for projects to be undertaken in… Read more »

East Africa: Prevalence of Cancer Is On the Rise in EA Despite Major Progress

As the region observed the World Cancer Day on February 4, the disease continues to afflict more people despite major progress in proposed treatments. Read more »

Africa: U.S. Begins to Pullout Troops From Africa

The United States Africa Command (Africom) has begun withdrawing troops from the continent in line with the Trump administration's priorities. Read more »

Rwanda: Israel Opens First Embassy in Rwanda

Israel has opened its first embassy in Rwanda as the two countries move to cement economic and political ties. Read more »

Botswana: Botswana Closer to Lifting Ban On Elephant Hunting

Botswana is considering lifting a ban on elephant hunting to curb human-wildlife conflict from increased population. Read more »

Kenya: Judges are Busy, Says Court After Postponing Anti-Gay Law Ruling

Kenya's High Court on Friday postponed the much-anticipated judgment on decriminalising gay sex. Read more »

Mozambique: Mozambique Stares At U.S.$19 Million Elections Fund Deficit

Mozambique has only 44 percent of the funds needed to conduct the October general election, the country's electoral commission said Thursday. Read more »

East Africa: Kagame on African Union, EAC and What Keeps Him Awake at Night

Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame has called for an urgent resolution of differences between countries in the region, which he says are standing in the way of the East African… Read more »

Kenya: Don't Want to Be Young, Gifted and Jobless? Join Politics, They're Dishing Out Candy There

Recent statistics show that Kenya has a population of 52 million and in that large mass of people's, we have a median age of 19 years. Read more »

Kenya: Kenya Threatens Arrests of Artists Over Raunchy Shows

Kenyan films and stage plays regulator has threatened artistes with arrest and prosecution for indecent public performances. Read more »

Africa: Two Camps Differ On Measures to Curb Trafficking in African Elephant Ivory

In what could be billed as the fight for the African elephant, two camps are pulling in different directions over the fate of the continent's foremost pachyderm. Read more »