Stakes high for Somalia as large-scale offensive kicks off
According to Somali military officials, Al Shabab has been evicted from over 60% percent of cities and towns it held, including the port city of...
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Rwanda bids to host continental tennis general assembly
KIGALI – Rwanda Tennis Federation (RTF) president Kassim Ntageruka has revealed that Rwanda has submitted a bid to host the Confederation of Africa Tennis (CAT)...
Rains disrupt maize drying in Kenya, setting farmers for more losses
NAIROBI – Ongoing heavy rains in Kenya have disrupted maize drying across the country, complicating the plight of hundreds of farmers growing the staple. Farmers...
UK minister cuts short trip to Kenya, Uganda before resignation
By Tom Mugisha, tom.mugisha@alleastafrica.com KAMPALA – Britain’s overseas aid minister Priti Patel cut short her trip to East Africa on Wednesday before she was recalled...
Grenade kills five children in Tanzania
By Catherine James DAR ES SALAAM – Five children were on Wednesday morning were killed by a grenade at a school in Northern Tanzania’s Kagera...
Mogadishu eyes security improvement as UN affirms greater support
For years, appeals for greater support by Somali officials have gained little attention. However, the massive truck bomb which killed at least 400 people has...
Kenya, Uganda agree to fight deadly Marburg virus
By Tom Mugisha, tom.mugisha@alleastafrica.com KAMPALA – Uganda and Kenya have signed a pact to jointly fight deadly Marburg virus outbreak at border of the two...
Tanzania police raid opposition offices
DAR ES SALAAM – Police in Tanzania have raided an office of an opposition party which criticized the state of the economy since when President...
East African member countries set to collaborate on -e-Procurement system
BY Tom Mugisha, tom.mugisha@alleastafrica.com KAMPALA – The East African Procurement Forum is pushing regional governments to have an e-procurement system to curb corruption in the...
$1.6bn Uganda Karuma hydro power completed by 70 percent
By Tom Mugisha, tom.mugisha@alleastafrica.com KAMPALA – Uganda’s biggest hydro power construction project is now 70 percent done, the Chinese firm Sinohydro Corporation Ltd that is undertaking...
