East Africa

Juba, Kinshasa, Libreville, Luanda, and Lusaka have been removed from Turkish Airlines' future schedules. These routes, suspended since spring and initially announced as temporary, now have no resumption…

The High Court of Kenya has invalidated the sale of 15% of Safaricom to Vodacom and ordered the shares to be returned to the state. The South African…

Ethiopian Electric Power is now supplying mining companies with only about 23% of their contracted electricity. The decline in water inflows to dams is forcing the public operator…

Drones were shot down on Tuesday before reaching the Upper Atbara and Setit complex and the Khashm al-Girba dam. In the Blue Nile, separate strikes also hit Damazin,…

The Ugandan government has selected 737 traders to receive a total of 20 billion shillings following the October 2025 floods in Kampala. Payments are set to begin after…

The Ituka solar power plant, with a capacity of 24 MWp, has begun commercial operations in West Nile. The project is expected to produce nearly 54 GWh annually,…

Kinshasa and Kigali will meet on September 16 and 17 in Geneva for the seventh session of the security coordination mechanism. The meeting will review the implementation of…

President William Ruto aims to make the export of unrefined gold illegal and extend the rule to other minerals. Three refineries are set to support this shift, while…

The former Kenyan president has expressed his readiness to step down from the Jubilee Party leadership following a High Court decision confirming the six-month legal limit imposed on…

Airtel Kenya Telesonic is set to be removed from the companies register by December 2026. The closure pertains to the wholesale business and does not affect XStream Fibre,…

World Athletics has awarded the 2029 World Championships to Nairobi. The Kenyan capital will become the first African city to host the global event, ahead of Munich in…

More than 2,000 people have arrived in northern Djibouti since the escalation of fighting on Yemen's west coast. Authorities and the IOM are ramping up reception efforts in…

The WFP has received approximately $206 million this year compared to $645 million last year, while nearly 19.5 million people face acute food insecurity. The agency is already…

The Siaya nuclear project can now reach 5,000 MW, while Kenya has approximately 3,300 MW of installed electrical capacity. This scale difference necessitates investments in the grid, financing,…

Commercial oil production is no longer expected before the end of the 2026-2027 fiscal year. This new delay pushes back anticipated revenues as the EACOP pipeline is 92.7%…

António Guterres has appointed former Kenyan ambassador Martin Kimani as Under-Secretary-General for Africa within the departments responsible for political affairs and peace operations.

Habil Waswani becomes interim CEO of Kenya Airways on September 15 following the resignation of George Kamal. The board is concurrently seeking a permanent leader to head the…

The Capital Markets Authority warns Kenyans about 15 entities offering unlicensed or unauthorized investments. The platforms are now under investigation by the criminal police.

The cargo ship MV Sward and its 17 crew members were released near Garacad, Puntland, after 138 days in captivity. The vessel was hijacked on April 26 off…

Lupita Nyong’o opened the new production of ‘Pre-Existing Condition’ at the Greenwich House Theater on September 14. The Kenyan actress will hold the central role until September 26.

The Central Bank of Kenya is proposing additional capital buffers for institutions deemed systemic. The draft, still under consultation, could require major banking groups to retain a larger…

At 28, Mercy Kanini welcomed four girls and one boy at Thika Level Five Hospital. Prenatal examinations had indicated four babies.

Kigali will provide the Shyorongi exploration concession and a processing license to Almonty Rwanda, which will retain 75% of the capital.

The Kenyan government plans to launch in November the first phase of a 612 km corridor around Lake Victoria, aimed at connecting five counties in the western part…

The funding shortfall forces the United Nations agency to concentrate its assistance on 5 million of the most vulnerable Sudanese, of whom about 4 million are currently reached.

The Ethiopian club dominated Aiglons FC N’Djamena 3-0 in the return leg on Sunday, September 13, after a 0-0 draw in the first leg. Sidaama Buna will face…

Hussein Ali Mwinyi has appointed a joint committee of ten members, five from CCM and five from ACT Wazalendo, to implement the July 9 agreement and revive the…

From September 16 to 19, the Moi County Referral Hospital in Voi will offer specialized and free care for obstetric fistulas and certain perineal injuries related to childbirth.

The Ugandan judiciary will begin reviewing 118 petitions stemming from the January 2026 general elections on Monday, September 14. One hundred seven challenge parliamentary results, while eleven concern…

Gathered in New Delhi, BRICS leaders called for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Sudan and a resolution to the conflict through dialogue.