CAPTION: President Museveni arrive in Doha Sunday, May 24. (Courtesy photo). DOHA – President Paul Kagame on Sunday, May 24, arrived in Doha, the capital of Qatar, for a one-day working visit. Upon arrival, Kagame was received by Qatari Minister of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Mohammed bin Abdulaziz bin Saleh Al […]
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 […]
CAPTION: An ariel view of Tango Port in Tanzania. (File photo). By Our reporterTANGA PORT – Rwanda has pledged to maintain and strengthen its commercial ties with Tanzania’s Tanga Port, reinforcing the facility’s role as a crucial trade corridor for the landlocked East African nation. The commitment came during a high-level diplomatic visit aimed at evaluating […]
Rwandan authorities have intensified health screenings and tightened movement along the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo as a deadly Ebola outbreak linked to the rare Bundibugyo strain continues to spread across the region. At least 131 people have died and 531 suspected infections have been reported in eastern DR Congo, prompting the World […]
CAPTION: File image of a fuel pump nozzle. By Agencies KIGALI – Tanzania and Rwanda are ranked among the 10 African countries with the highest fuel prices in Africa, with averages stretching well past (U$2.00\) per litre Landlocked geographies, elevated import costs, and local tax policies heavily influence these rankings. Fuel is the primary […]
By AgenciesHAGUE – Felicien Kabuga, a suspect in the 1994 Rwanda genocide, has died in custody, a U.N. court said on Saturday. He was 93.Kabuga was arrested in France in 2020 after more than two decades on the run and extradited to The Hague. He was later ruled unfit to stand trial because of dementia […]
CAPTION: L-R: Chairman Dangote Refinery, Aliko Dangote and Tanzania’s President Samia Hassan. [X, formerly Twitter/@ikulumawasliano] By Agencies Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan has held investment talks with Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote in Dar es Salaam, as competition intensifies over the location of a proposed multibillion-dollar oil refinery in East Africa. Tanzania and […]
CAPTION: Members of the EAC forces during a parade in Nairobi on Thursday, May 14th 2026. (Courtesy photo). By Our reporter NAIROBI – The 14th edition of the East African Community regional security command post exercise, codenamed Ushirikiano Imara, has officially commenced in Nairobi, Kenya, bringing together military, police, and civilian components from all […]
CAPTION: French President Emmanuel Macron, left, Kenyan President William Ruto, right, in Nairobi May 12th, 2026. (Courtsey Photo). Our reporter NAIROBI – French President Emmanuel Macron has announced 23 billion euros ($27bn) of investment during the Africa Forward summit in Kenya. Macron said on Monday that Africa and France had a “partnership of equals” […]