President Museveni in Zanzibar for 60th Anniversary of Zanzibar Revolution

President Yoweri Museveni has arrived in Zanzibar at the invitation of Her Excellency Dr. Samia Suluhu Hassan, the Tanzanian President, to attend the 60th Anniversary Celebrations of the Zanzibar Revolution. The President was received at Abeid Amani Karume International Airport in Zanzibar by Dr. Khalid Salum Mohammed, the Tanzanian Minister of Construction and Communications. Also […]

President Museveni Meets Sudan’s Gen. Mohamed Dagalo

President Yoweri Museveni on Wednesday met the former Deputy Chairman of the Transitional Sovereignty Council of Sudan and current head of Rapid Support Forces (RSF) General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, The Sudan Tribune reports.  Popularly known as Hemetti, the General held talks at Museveni’s Rwakitura country home to discuss strategies for ending Sudan’s long-running conflict. President […]

Fighting Erupts in DR Congo as EAC Troops Start Departing

Fighting between March 23 Movement (M23) rebels and Armed Forces of Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) soldiers is raging in Masisi territory has started hours after the East African Community Regional Force (EACRF) started to withdraw from North Kivu province. On Sunday, the first batch of Kenyan troops in North Kivu exited. About 300 troops boarded […]

Heavy Rain, Landslides Kill 47 in Tanzania

Severe flooding and landslides have killed at least 47 people, leaving over 80 wounded in northern Tanzania, local officials say. It happened near the slopes of Mount Hanang, where President Samia Hassan has now deployed national security forces to help rescue efforts. Homes and infrastructure were also damaged by the adverse weather. Flooding is said […]

EAC Regional Force Begins Withdrawal from DR Congo

The East African Community (EAC) Regional Force has started to withdraw from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The Kenyan contingent, part of the EAC Regional Force, departed from the Goma airport in the eastern North Kivu province on Sunday morning, following the DRC authorities’ decision to deem the regional force ineffective. After a summit […]

Somalia Joins the East African Community

Somalia Joins the East African Community The East African Community (EAC) Summit of Heads of State has formally admitted the Federal Republic of Somalia as its 8th Member. Somalia joins Kenya, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, South Sudan, Uganda and Tanzania in the bloc. “The Somali people are honoured to be part […]

RAILA ODINGA: Oil Middlemen are Kenyan Govt Officials

Following Uganda’s decision to bypass Kenyan oil middlemen and import fuel directly into the country, leading Kenyan politician Raila Odinga has come out with a statement that has several serious allegations, that is run in full below. ******* STATEMENT BY THE RT. HON. RAILA ODINGA ON THE KENYA OIL DEAL, NOVEMBER 16, 2023: Dear Kenyans […]