Amran Ahmed Hassan has made history as the first woman elected Deputy Speaker in Somalia’s newly-formed Northeast State.

President Samia Suluhu Hassan’s CCM nomination sets up a defining election for her legacy and Tanzania’s democracy.

Repayment challenges to Heidelberg Materials AG have raised uncertainty over the group’s ability to remain a going concern.

Mature forests (40–80 years old) were the real vaults, storing nearly half of all global aboveground carbon. Old-growth forests (over 100 years old), like those in the Congo Basin, held enormous ...

All roads led to the outskirts of Tanzania’s commercial capital Dar es Salaam on Thursday where President Samia Suluhu Hassan and the ruling Chama cha Mapinduzi (CCM) launched their official campaign ...

Museveni is overwhelmingly endorsed as NRM’s flag-bearer by 20,000 delegates nationwide as he launches his seventh presidential bid.

With a $2.5 billion fertiliser plant, new trade routes, and rising green energy, can East Africa stage a comeback?

With her in full control, the controversial age limit bill was bound to pass. Known as the Constitutional Amendment Bill of 2017, tabled by a private member – Igara West MP Raphael Magyezi – the bill ...

Sudan turns to Somalia to curb mercenary and weapons flows, framing its war as a growing transnational and geopolitical crisis.

Domestically, however, Ruto’s perceived deference to Odinga on governance and corruption has proved a poisoned chalice. A week ago, the pair’s public remarks linking Members of Parliament to bribery ...

A source said that nurses and truck drivers have been among the most commonly recruited Kenyans under short-term job ...

Africa has found a goose that lays golden eggs, and it is squeezing it to death. Since 2010, air travel has grown by 90 ...