CAPTION: Soldiers disperse a crowd by firing into the air after demonstrators cornered a suspected member of the ruling party’s Imbonerakure youth militia in a sewer in the Cibitoke district of Bujumbura, Burundi in May 2015 (File photo). By AgenciesBUJUMBURA – The Burundi government has been sending its forces and members of the ruling civilian youth […]
By Ernest JjingoKAMPALA – MultiChoice Uganda, a Canal+ Company has launched the FIFA World Cup 2026 tournament in Uganda unveiling comprehensive coverage on SuperSport, affordable subscription options and exciting customer promotions ahead of the world’s biggest football tournament scheduled for 11th June to 19th July, 2026.Hosted across the United States, Mexico and Canada, the FIFA […]
On May 30, as football fans around the world counted down to the start of the FIFA World Cup in North America and airlines prepared for the annual surge in summer travel, the World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was sitting in Bunia, a city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, listening to community leaders […]
CAPTION: Burundi’s President Evariste Ndayishimiye in an interview recently. (File photo). By Agencies BUJUMBURA – Burundi’s President Evariste Ndayishimiye has called on citizens to stone gay people, escalating a crackdown on sexual minorities in a country where LGBT people already face social ostracism and jail terms of up to two years if convicted of […]
CAPTION: A sample of ebola virus in a laboratory for testing. (File photo.) By AgenciesNAIROBI – Kenya is among ten African countries at high risk of an Ebola outbreak; the Africa Centre for Disease Control (ACDC) has warned, as the Bundibugyo strain continues to spread across the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda.Africa Centre for Disease Control […]
CAPTION: Health workers carry a victim of Ebola in DR Congo recently. (File photo). By Scott CampbellSeveral East African countries have stepped up airport screening and border surveillance after the World Health Organisation declared the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda a global health emergency, raising concerns for one of Africa’s busiest tourism […]
CAPTION: Health workers in Ituri DR Congo disinfect during work recently. (File photo). By Our reporter ADDIS ABABA – Delays in mobilising resources and scaling up the response to the ongoing Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak could lead to wider regional transmission and greater loss of life, African leaders and global health partners warned on Tuesday, […]
By AgenciesDODOMA: The Tanzanian government said it is committed to strengthen economic diplomacy in promoting investment, trade, tourism, education and employment opportunities so as to position itself as Eastern and Southern Africa’s business hub.Presenting the Ministry’s budget estimates for the 2026/2027 financial year in Parliament on May 26, 2026, Tanzania’s Minister for Foreign Affairs and […]
CAPTION: Burundi currency on display in the capital Bujumbura, recently. (File photo). By AgenciesBUJUMBURA – Burundi’s annual inflation rate fell from 45.5% to 10.8% Burundi’s annual inflation rate slowed sharply over the past year, falling from 45.5% in April 2025 to 10.8% in March 2026, according to the International Monetary Fund in a statement released on […]
By Prosper Heri Ngorora GOMA, DR CONGO – Sadiki Patrick, 40, is still grappling with the loss of his 15-year-old daughter, Judith, in Mongbwalu, a mining town in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Judith is one of the latest victims of Ebola as the country battles yet another outbreak, the seventeenth in just […]