Kenya's National Assembly has overwhelmingly voted to impeach Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua. 281 members of Parliament in ...

Touadéra is on a three-day State visit, during which he will join his host Museveni to mark Uganda’s 62nd Independence ...

Uganda’s central bank cut its benchmark policy rate by 0.25 percent to 9.75 percent on Monday in a further sign of subdued ...

Lower benchmark rate signals relief for borrowers saddled with costly loans and reverses a slowdown in demand for credit.

In 1985, Golden Sounds, a band primarily of Cameroon’s Presidential Guard, released an album whose title track, Zangalewa, ...

Gabon, condemned like the other ‘coup boys’ including Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso, quickly reset its relations with the West ...

Cameroon has become the latest country to receive an office donation from the Chinese, reflecting Beijing’s continued policy ...

An outbreak of the disease at one of Uganda's overcrowded prisons could become a major concern for health authorities.

The medical community that has been the first line of defence in the fight against the Marburg virus in Rwanda is paying the ...

Ethiopian President Sahle-Work Zewde left office on Monday, weeks after speculation swirled around her tenure. Ethiopia’s ...

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