East & Central Africa

Burundi secures $129 million US-backed health funding over five years Burundi Joins American First Health Initiative With $129 Million Five-Year Cooperation Deal | World Food Organization

Burundi Joins American First Health Initiative With $129 Million Five-Year Cooperation Deal | World Food Organization

Burundi secures $129 million US-backed health funding over five years

Anna Faraja February 9, 2026

Burundi has joined the American First Health Initiative after signing a five-year bilateral health cooperation agreement worth...

Kenya Government Gazettes New Senior School Fees Structure to Protect Households and Ease Burden on Parents Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Ogamba | Capital FM

Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Ogamba | Capital FM

Kenya Government Gazettes New Senior School Fees Structure to Protect Households and Ease Burden on Parents

Anna Faraja February 8, 2026

The Kenyan government has announced a new senior school fees structure for 2026 in a major policy...

Tanzanian Drug Trafficker Ahmed Muharram Arrested in Zambia With Over 1.3 Tonnes of Cannabis

Anna Faraja February 7, 2026

Zambian authorities have arrested Tanzanian drug suspect Ahmed Muharram, seizing more than 1.38 tonnes of cannabis and...

Kagame Pushes Back at International Pressure, Rejects Blame in DRC Conflict: “We Won’t Ask Favors From Those Causing Our Problems” Rwandan President Paul Kagame speaks at the 20th National Dialogue Council, in Kigali, Rwanda, Feb. 5, 2026 | Cyril Ndegeya/Xinhua

Rwandan President Paul Kagame speaks at the 20th National Dialogue Council, in Kigali, Rwanda, Feb. 5, 2026 | Cyril Ndegeya/Xinhua

Kagame Pushes Back at International Pressure, Rejects Blame in DRC Conflict: “We Won’t Ask Favors From Those Causing Our Problems”

Anna Faraja February 7, 2026

Rwandan President Paul Kagame sharply criticised international threats and accusations over his country’s role in the Democratic...

Sudan’s Hunger Crisis Deepens: Over 300,000 at Risk of Starvation as Famine Spreads Across Darfur

Anna Faraja February 7, 2026

Sudan’s ongoing civil war has pushed its population into one of the world’s most severe hunger crises,...

African Union Condemns M23 Drone Attack on Kisangani Airport, Urges End to Hostilities as Conflict Escalates AFC/ M23 rebels have claimed responsibility for the drone attack | GhanaWeb

AFC/ M23 rebels have claimed responsibility for the drone attack | GhanaWeb

African Union Condemns M23 Drone Attack on Kisangani Airport, Urges End to Hostilities as Conflict Escalates

Anna Faraja February 7, 2026

The African Union (AU) has strongly condemned a recent drone attack on Kisangani Airport in the Democratic...

Somalia’s Puntland at the Centre of Political Rift and Security Challenges Soldiers with the Puntland Defense Forces. Photo by Carolyn Van Houten/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Soldiers with the Puntland Defense Forces. Photo by Carolyn Van Houten/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Somalia’s Puntland at the Centre of Political Rift and Security Challenges

Anna Faraja February 4, 2026

Somalia’s semi-autonomous region of Puntland has recently made headlines over escalating political tensions with Mogadishu and key...

Epstein Files Reference Kenya and Tanzania in Expanding International Network Tanzania and Kenyan Flags on a wall | SWT Images

Epstein Files Reference Kenya and Tanzania in Expanding International Network

SWT News Desk February 3, 2026

Kenya and Tanzania appear in the latest tranche of the Jeffrey Epstein files released by the U.S....

Kenya’s Transport Sector Crisis Eases as Nationwide Matatu Strike Suspended After Talks Nationwide transport strike Kenya over vehicle torchings.

Nationwide transport strike Kenya over vehicle torchings.

Kenya’s Transport Sector Crisis Eases as Nationwide Matatu Strike Suspended After Talks

Anna Faraja February 2, 2026

Commuters in Kenya breathed relief after matatu operators called off a planned nationwide strike, agreeing to continued...

More Than 200 Killed in Catastrophic Mine Collapse in Eastern DR Congo An aerial view of a coltan mine in Rubaya, North Kivu. More than 200 people were killed this week in a collapse at the Rubaya coltan mine in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, officials said. Photograph: Sylvain Liechti/MONUSCO/wiki commons

An aerial view of a coltan mine in Rubaya, North Kivu. More than 200 people were killed this week in a collapse at the Rubaya coltan mine in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, officials said. Photograph: Sylvain Liechti/MONUSCO/wiki commons

More Than 200 Killed in Catastrophic Mine Collapse in Eastern DR Congo

Anna Faraja January 31, 2026

A devastating collapse at a coltan mine in Rubaya in eastern DR Congo has killed more than...

Burundi secures $129 million US-backed health funding over five years

Kenya Government Gazettes New Senior School Fees Structure to Protect Households and Ease Burden on Parents

Tanzanian Drug Trafficker Ahmed Muharram Arrested in Zambia With Over 1.3 Tonnes of Cannabis

Kagame Pushes Back at International Pressure, Rejects Blame in DRC Conflict: “We Won’t Ask Favors From Those Causing Our Problems”

Sudan’s Hunger Crisis Deepens: Over 300,000 at Risk of Starvation as Famine Spreads Across Darfur

African Union Condemns M23 Drone Attack on Kisangani Airport, Urges End to Hostilities as Conflict Escalates

Somalia’s Puntland at the Centre of Political Rift and Security Challenges

Epstein Files Reference Kenya and Tanzania in Expanding International Network

Kenya’s Transport Sector Crisis Eases as Nationwide Matatu Strike Suspended After Talks

More Than 200 Killed in Catastrophic Mine Collapse in Eastern DR Congo

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