President William Ruto has said that 800,000 Hustler Fund loan borrowers have defaulted on their repayments, Njoki Kihiu reports for Capital FM. The president is urging borrowers ... Read more »

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has called on leaders of the Church to resolve their differences through dialogue and discussion. He also defended his government's ... Read more »

Host country Algeria and Senegal have reached the finals of the African Nations Championship (CHAN). The match will be held on Saturday February 4, 2023. In the two ... Read more »

A newly flared conflict between Ethiopia's Oromo and Amhara ethnic groups could disrupt security situation in the country after the Tigray peace agreement, writes Read more »

As expected, the conference on the Juba Peace Agreement (JPA), organised by the AU-IGAD-UNITAMS Trilateral Mechanism in coordination with the signatories to the Framework ... Read more »

Presiding over a mass in Kinshasa on Wednesday February 1, 2023, Pope Francis urged the people of the Democratic Republic of Congo to forgive those who have harmed them and ... Read more »

The presidents of Somalia, Kenya, Ethiopia and Djibouti are to discuss a co-ordinated military offensive against Al-Shabaab, the Al-Qaeda linked group which has been waging an ... Read more »

Oil giant Total is the majority shareholder in Uganda's first major oil drilling programme, writes Charlotte Cosset and Juliet Pietri for Read more »

Conflict and political unrest in north-east Africa - civil wars, uprisings and attacks by armed insurgents - along with the effects of climate change - are fueling a famine, ... Read more »

Thanks to the combination of Covid, conflict, and climate, Somalia is once again facing the threat of famine, U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield said following a weeklong ... Read more »