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A Ugandan lawyer has moved to East Africa's regional court to challenge the removal of Dr Peter Mathuki as the secretary general of East African Community (EAC).
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Kenya to pause police deployment to Haiti after the country’s Prime Minister Ariel Henry resigns
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The Kenyan government has said its police officers will soon be deployed to Haiti, but worsening insecurity and uncertainty about funding are casting doubt on the mission's prospects.
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Sudan's army says it has taken control of national radio and television headquarter from paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
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United Kingdom maritime authority says it has received a report of an unauthorised boarding incident in the east of Somalia.
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Data from the Uganda Dairy Development Authority (DDA) shows the country exported dairy worth $210.83 million to Kenya in the year to June 2023.
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Cameroon Football Federation has suspended 62 players for age fraud, including Wilfried Douala who was touted as the youngest player of Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) held in January.
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A top Sudan army general has ruled out Ramadan truce unless paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces (RSF) leaves civilian and public sites.
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US sanctions targets 16 entities and individuals across the Horn of Africa region, the United Arab Emirates and Cyprus.
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IMF says the money is helping Kampala ramp up recovery from the Covid-19 slump and slow down inflation, but warns multiple risks remain.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/business/imf-releases-120m-to-uganda-to-address-inflation-4550870
The African Union Peace and Security overruled protestations from Rwanda on SADC mission support in eastern DRC.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/east-africa/african-union-logistics-financial-aid-to-sadc-troops-in-congo-4552370
South Sudan’s troubles have been in plain sight for a decade now. But new findings say frequent human rights violations have weakened its institutions to the brink of state collapse.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/east-africa/south-sudan-choking-under-yoke-of-impunity-report-says-4550940
Studies by the African Development Bank Report of 2024 point to the EAC as a region with some of the fastest growing economies.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/business/top-sectors-to-watch-in-east-african-community-in-2024-4550884
Kenya opposition figures jostle to fill Raila Odinga’s big shoes
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East African journalists win leadership slots in Federation of African Journalists (FAJ).
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Malawi and Rwanda have reduced mortality rates of children under five by over 75 percent since 2000.
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Equity Bank Uganda unit employees are under investigation for alleged loans fraud.
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A Ugandan court has dismissed a petition by an LGBT advocacy group seeking to compel the government to register it in the country.
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Unfortunate sporting event unfolds as Basketball Africa League (Bal) withdraws Burundi’s club Dynamo for refusing to wear jerseys with a "Visit Rwanda" logo.
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East Africa must prepare for more extreme rainfall during short rainy season, study says
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Haiti Prime Minister Ariel Henry has resigned as Caribbean regional leaders push for a political transition in the country, which is currently facing a spiraling insecurity caused by armed gangs.
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Rwanda’s President Kagame open for talks with DRC leader Tshisekedi over the ongoing eastern Congo conflict.
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Kenyan lawyer Binaifer Nowrojee set to become the first woman from the Global South to head the Open Society Foundations (OSF).
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African opposition figures are rallying behind their kind, Burundi’s CNL party leader Agathon Rwasa, who was controversially dethroned while he was on a trip out of the country.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/east-africa/burundi-agathon-rwasa-loses-another-political-party-he-founded-4552784
For decades, Ethiopia has been the only major economy in Africa without a securities exchange, but this is set to change.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/business/ethiotelecom-ipo-expected-to-launch-ethiopia-securities-exchange-4550808
Raila quest for AUC top seat faces gender hurdle
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/east-africa/draft-pushing-for-women-candidates-could-lock-raila-4550510
Museveni the 7th: the opposition is crumbling all around him
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/east-africa/museveni-prepares-for-7th-term-as-opposition-maul-each-other-4550436
Will stablecoins overcome criminals’ interest?
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Uganda’s President Museveni launched an update of his ruling party voters’ register, sending a strong signal that he will be seeking a seventh term in 2026.
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ONYANGO-OBBO: These troubled, blood-soaked, defiant, yet delightful and imaginative East African lands! What would the world be without you?
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