The resurgence of an old internet rumour claiming that the Rwandan government deported Chinese nationals over the mistreatment of local labourers has dominated online spaces in recent weeks.
It has since spread like wildfire, with many internet users (and those...
Having a mobile phone is one thing. And charging it is also another thing. This becomes apparent against the backdrop of a continent that is still grappling with providing universal electrical power to everyone. Where there is no electricity,...
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania inflation has slightly dropped to 12.1% as of November from 12.9% that was recorded in October the previous month due to the decline in food prices and energy costs.
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS),...
Key Points
• Kenya is partnering with the World Bank to construct 136 solar mini-grids for remote areas
• The project plans to connect 1.3 million Kenyans to electricity.
• The use of solar power across sub-Saharan Africa has seen immense growth,...
Kenyan victims of the 1998 U.S. Embassy bombing in Nairobi on Monday renewed calls for compensation from Washington as the East African nation marked 25 years since its deadliest terror attack.
A powerful blast hit the U.S. Embassy in downtown...
KIGALI: President Paul Kagame of Rwanda on Monday accused Uganda of erecting non-tariff barriers to trade in the region, which he said are detrimental to integration, even as he did not say his country has also blocked entry of imports...
John Magufuli was elected as the president of Tanzania based on his ability to get things done. Unfortunately, on the matter of COVID, that translated into unscientific denialism.
After spending months denying that COVID-19 is a big issue in Tanzania...
Ethiopia’s recently appointed ambassadors will depart to their destinations in two weeks, a senior government official told Capital. Ethiopia’s leading partners, the United States of America, most European countries and China, have sent their agreements to host the appointees...
Rwanda’s progressive move from its disastrous history to being one of the leading economic forces on the continent is remarkable. And in that narrative one expects to find reports about how Rwanda is a repressive country, under the leadership...
The international non-governmental organization has urged the Ethiopian government to let in international investigators to identify how many people were killed during the country’s Irreecha festival on October 2.
People were killed in Bishoftu town 40 kilometers Southeast of Addis...
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