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President Mohamud has vowed to take the fight to al-Shabaab’s doorstep by kicking them out of Mogadishu and eventually out of Somalia.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/east-africa/mohamud-shabaab-have-made-six-attempts-on-my-life-5017226
The monetary value of Uganda’s carbon market is estimated to be between $1.1 billion and $5.5 billion, based on the circulation of 110 million tonnes of carbon dioxide captured in the country by the end of 2023.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/business-tech/why-ugandan-farmers-are-missing-out-on-carbon-credits-5016842
Kenya recalls three major drugs over safety concerns
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/sustainability/health/kenya-recalls-three-major-drugs-over-safety-concerns-5016100
Pan-African rights lobby says CCM administration’s tactics—targeting opposition figures, suppressing dissent, and manipulating state institutions—threaten the integrity of Tanzania’s democracy.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/east-africa/karua-led-lobby-calls-for-unconditional-release-of-tundu-lissu-5015918
Each side -DRC and M23 - released the same statement separately after their delegations departed Qatar earlier in the week, following more than a week of discussions.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/east-africa/-congo-m23-rebels-agree-ceasefire-in-qatar-5015392
Sources from both sides told Reuters that M23 had demanded the release of hundreds of prisoners, which the Congolese government refused.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/east-africa/congo-m23-delegations-leave-doha-as-peace-talks-falter-5014868
Wafa Misrar and Said Skounti: As far as Africa is concerned World Bank/IMF Spring Meetings are tone-deaf
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/opinion/columnists/world-bank-imf-spring-meetings-tone-deaf-on-africa-5012884
President Ruto also sold Kenya’s regional positioning, touting Nairobi as a gateway to neighbouring markets.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/business-tech/kenya-ruto-dangles-tax-breaks-agoa-to-chinese-investors-5014016
Meanwhile, Mogadishu says Somali officials face challenges obtaining visas in advance, hindering their ability to travel and participate fully in regional initiatives.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/east-africa/eac-ministers-meet-address-security-challenges-cash-crunch-5013290
Kenya's Treasury has directed government accounting officers to identify and value public assets by June in a project supported and supervised by World Bank and IMF.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/business-tech/kenya-begins-24m-asset-valuation-major-accounting-overhaul-5012796
South Africa had tried to avoid having its troops leave through Rwanda, which it thought would give Kigali the satisfaction of subjecting its soldiers to embarrassing body searches on camera, as it did with the Romanian mercenaries.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/east-africa/rwanda-grants-south-african-troops-safe-passage-out-of-congo-5007888
Prominent Trump supporter Erik Prince has agreed to help Democratic Republic of Congo secure and tax its vast mineral wealth.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/business-tech/blackwater-founder-erik-prince-deal-congo-secure-mines-5007084
Kinshasa has been lobbying Europe’s top football clubs - PSG, Arsenal and Bayern Munich - directly and through lobbyists to cancel their sponsorship deals with Rwanda on the grounds that it is backing M23 rebels.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/business-tech/rwanda-psg-renew-sponsorship-deal-defying-congo-5006404
Dispute in Nandi between local farmers and British-owned estate has come to the boil in what could be a sign of turbulent times ahead for tea producers facing a growing backlash over colonial-era injustices.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/business-tech/kenya-land-standoff-sends-warning-to-foreign-owned-tea-estates-5006202
Uganda says Karuma Bridge is now open to heavy traffic unlike before, when only light vehicles were allowed to use it.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/business-tech/uganda-reopens-key-karuma-bridge-on-juba-5005072
The Trump administration has taken a special interest in Congo since a minerals-for-security deal was proposed this year.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/east-africa/congo-rwanda-take-step-towards-peace-with-us-accord-5017138
Zimbabwe’s debilitating debt crisis took centre stage at a major event on the sidelines of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank Spring Meetings in Washington this week.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/business-tech/why-afdb-warns-zimbabwe-new-law-stands-in-way-of-debt-relief-5015994
Rwanda Investigations Bureau has arrested Moses Turahirwa, founder of the famed fashion house, Moshions, over allegations of drug use.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/east-africa/former-kagame-designer-arrested-on-drug-abuse-charges-5015930
Kenya Airways shares are still not trading on the Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange more than three months after Kenya’s regulator lifted the suspension of the stock on the Nairobi Securities Exchange, highlighting the challenges facing cross-listed stocks.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/business-tech/kenya-airways-shares-in-dar-no-trading-3-months-5015682
Tanzanian police has detained two senior opposition figures, Chadema said, as they drove to a court hearing for party leader Tundu Lissu, who has been charged with treason.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/east-africa/tanzania-detains-two-more-opposition-leaders-5015380
President Ruto hs criticised the unilateral US tariffs on global trade, choosing the Chinese as the perfect audience to attack what he called a broken post-Cold War economic system.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/business-tech/ruto-in-china-trade-tariff-wars-5014524
Ghanaian President has initiated an investigation in response to three petitions filed against Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/west-africa/president-mahama-suspends-ghana-chief-justice-5013982
Ivorian-born Tidjane Thiam, former CEO of Credit Suisse, is seeking to run in the presidential elections expected in October.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/west-africa/ivorian-court-strikes-tidjane-thiam-s-name-off-electoral-roll-5013012
African Catholics attending services honouring Francis after his death on Monday say a Black pope is long overdue.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/world/africans-root-for-first-black-pope-in-modern-history-5012972
UNCTAD says developing countries should generally be exempt from reciprocal tariffs, particularly those imposed on green technologies or vital goods.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/business-tech/un-trade-agency-advises-against-tariffs-developing-countries-5008832
Uganda has drafted a law to allow military tribunals to try civilians and is awaiting cabinet approval before it is introduced in parliament, Nobert Mao, the minister for justice and constitutional affairs, said.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/east-africa/uganda-plans-law-to-allow-military-prosecution-of-civilians-5007714
Comesa Court of Justice has suspended the appointment of new judges elected in November 2024 pending the determination of an application by an aggrieved applicant.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/east-africa/comesa-court-blocks-inauguration-of-new-judges-5006662
While there were investor jitters in the run-up to the Umeme shares suspension announcement, there are signs that the nerves are cooling.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/business-tech/umeme-investors-hold-their-breath-as-exit-payout-row-simmers-5006344
The number of humanitarian access incidents in Somalia fell by 29 percent to 44 in the first quarter of 2025 from 62 in October-December 2024.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/east-africa/un-says-humanitarian-access-incidents-in-somalia-fell-q1-5005614
The White House budget office has proposed eliminating funding for United Nations peacekeeping missions, citing failures by operations in Mali, Lebanon and Democratic Republic of Congo.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/world/trump-administration-scrapping-un-peacekeeping-funding-5005188