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Beyond record heat, Tanzania experienced extraordinary rainfall variability throughout 2024, culminating in the fourth-wettest year on record.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/sustainability/climate/tanzania-s-hottest-year-five-records-on-new-climate-reality-4989190
Rwanda, recently sanctioned by the European Union (EU) over its involvement in the Eastern DR Congo conflict, remains optimistic about its mineral sector growth.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/business-tech/rwanda-savours-new-mineral-wealth-amid-sanctions-4989350
US considers the Lobito corridor key in countering Chinese control over copper and cobalt supplies in Africa.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/business-tech/us-to-fund-lobito-corridor-despite-trump-spending-cuts-4988998
Musalia Mudavadi says Kenya's responsibility is to ensure that returnees are safe, not discriminated against, and are provided with basic services to avoid another cycle of displacement.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/east-africa/no-compensation-for-returning-refugees-kenya-says-4988192
The drawn-out legal battle emanated from a case in a South African High Court involving Cameroonian business magnate Ahmadou Baba Danpullo.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/business-tech/mtn-cameroon-wins-long-legal-battle-against-biya-loyalist-4988052
Kenya's President William Ruto chairs Congo peace facilitators as Kinshasa, M23 ready for talks on April 9
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/east-africa/ruto-chairs-congo-peace-facilitators-as-kinshasa-m23-ready-for-talks-on-apr-9-4987444
Juba was incensed by Mr Odinga’s claim that he was blocked from meeting with First Vice-President Riek Machar and his wife.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/east-africa/why-raila-odinga-s-mediation-in-south-sudan-hit-bumps-4986808
The juntas in Sahel have discovered the sweetness of power and seem reluctant to hand it back to civilians.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/west-africa/the-sweetness-of-power-traps-sahelian-juntas-4986590
Two Kenyan police officers were seriously injured, raising concerns about the adequacy of their protective equipment.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/east-africa/kenyan-police-in-haiti-sustain-wounds-clashes-with-gangs-4986432
The Congolese convicted war criminal based in Uganda says the new rebel movement intent on toppling the government in Ituri.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/east-africa/convicted-congo-war-criminal-thomas-lubanga-new-rebels-ituri-4985642
African countries already struggling to rescue their nationals trafficked to Myanmar are now scrambling to make sure they are safe.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/southern-africa/trafficked-africans-in-myanmar-in-limbo-after-earthquake-4985368
Kenya relies on regional defence diplomacy to secure its borders, promote stability, and strengthen its role in regional security.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/east-africa/kenya-strategic-shift-to-regional-defense-security-diplomacy-4982822
East Africa's economic growth is expected to rise to 5.7 percent in 2025 from 5.1 percent in 2024, slowed by reduced aid and conflict.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/business-tech/east-african-economy-projected-to-register-marginal-growth-4982760
Tanzania is the largest source of foreign direct investment (FDI) to Kenya among member states of the East African community (EAC).
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/business-tech/tanzania-tops-kenya-sources-of-foreign-direct-investment-4982464
The Sudanese junta has made significant military gains. It has retaken strategic positions in Khartoum. Now it must navigate a political minefield.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/north-africa/sudan-junta-politics-and-a-precarious-future-4981310
Uganda's Museveni said he travelled to Juba at the invitation of President Kiir.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/east-africa/museveni-meets-kiir-amid-south-sudan-peace-efforts-4989374
How Africa start-ups can learn from Israel's recent success stories
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/sustainability/innovation/lessons-from-israel-for-african-start-ups-4988956
AU’s “Council of the Wise” landed in Juba for talks aimed at averting a new civil war.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/east-africa/au-mediators-arrive-in-south-sudan-to-try-to-rescue-peace-deal-4988114
IWOC Award honours women who have demonstrated extraordinary courage, strength and leadership—often at great personal risk and sacrifice.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/magazine/us-recognises-south-sudan-activist-zabib-musa-4988030
Kenyan lenders KCB and Equity, which have representative offices in Ethiopia, have been waiting to set up in Addis Ababa.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/business-tech/ethiopia-s-tough-new-rules-for-foreign-banks-4987816
Observers say Massad Boulos has been assigned to the new position because of the many years he spent in Nigeria, so he 'knows the region.'
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/east-africa/trump-s-in-law-tours-kenya-great-lakes-with-eyes-on-congo-minerals-4987568
US’ loss, China’s gain
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/east-africa/us-loss-china-s-gain-aid-cuts-may-open-doors-for-beijing-in-africa-4986850
Sudan: Ruto’s claims on tea exports ‘inaccurate,’ Kenyan tea still banned
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/business-tech/sudan-ruto-s-claims-on-tea-exports-inaccurate-kenyan-tea-still-banned-4986620
Zimbabwe’s main cities were on lockdown on Monday as security forces patrolled the streets.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/southern-africa/zimbabwe-police-deploy-as-state-cracks-down-on-dissent-4985680
UN condemns killing of Kenyan peacekeeper in Central African Republic
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/east-africa/killing-of-kenyan-peacekeeper-in-central-african-republic-4985484
How economic interests pushed Uganda to deploy in South Sudan
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/east-africa/how-economic-interests-pushed-uganda-to-deploy-in-s-sudan-4982800
Fighters of the proscribed extremist group ISIS have left behind foreign passports as they died or fled a rain of aerial raids in Puntland, Somalia.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/east-africa/isis-extremists-leave-foreign-passports-behind-after-raid-4982720
No African city was recognised at the Partnership for Healthy Cities Summit, which celebrates global efforts to prevent noncommunicable diseases and injuries.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/sustainability/health/no-african-city-on-the-2025-healthy-cities-award-list-4982706
Namibia’s women are now firmly in the driver’s seat of the country’s politics – President, VP and Speaker of the National Assembly.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/southern-africa/namibia-women-ascend-to-top-three-leadership-seats-4981488
Floods swept through Uganda’s capital Kampala following a downpour on Wednesday morning.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/sustainability/climate/kampala-deadly-floods-4980236