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Nuur Mohamud Sheekh: Imagine a regional economic community that pairs Igad’s conflict resolution strengths with the EAC’s diplomatic standing and robust economic framework. Such a fusion would create a peaceful and economically prosperous region.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/opinion/columnists/let-s-merge-eac-and-igad-4835452
Some stakeholders in the Tumaini Initiative talks accuse the Juba government of "repeat of abscondment".
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/east-africa/why-uncertainty-hangs-over-south-sudan-peace-talks-4836022
Tanzania's main opposition party, Chadema, is embroiled in infighting ahead of local elections next week and faces a battlefield where the odds are stacked against it.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/east-africa/chadema-battles-internal-strife-as-tanzania-heads-to-elections-4832980
Revenue authorities in the DRC and Southern Sudan will integrate their systems with other countries in the Northern Corridor to speed up cargo documentation and reduce border queues.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/business-tech/congo-south-sudan-set-to-integrate-revenue-systems-4832552
Canadian firm is the third international mining company to reach an out-of-court settlement with Tanzania over licensing disputes.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/business-tech/tanzania-pays-27m-to-settle-another-mining-row-out-of-court-4832260
The rise in "fraud as a service" (FaaS) models is allowing criminals to outsource key aspects of their operations to specialised providers, a new report shows.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/business-tech/aidentity-crisis-how-tech-is-easing-online-fraud-4830262
Massive quantities of copper deposits were discovered when a mountain collapsed in southern DRC. It has become the talk of town in many places in the DRC and beyond. Yet it is nothing unusual.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/business-tech/why-mountain-of-copper-may-mean-nothing-to-congolese-4830296
Githinji Gitahi: For many Africans, it’s hard to explain why their leaders prioritise reducing emissions, which are rather low and insignificant when the immediate threat is not their carbon footprint.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/opinion/columnists/africa-needs-a-climate-action-centred-on-people-not-carbon-4830212
Marketed as “Africa’s Silicon Savannah,” the Konza project promises to position Kenya as a leader in global technology and innovation. Yet, a critical challenge persists – private investors are reluctant to step in.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/business-tech/smart-city-dream-shapes-up-in-konza-investors-still-shy-away-4830016
Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan wants more concessional funding to Africa to end hunger.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/sustainability/climate/samia-asks-rich-nations-to-help-fund-africa-fight-against-hunger-4829206
Abdirahman Irro has been elected new President of Somalia breakaway region of Somaliland, beating incumbent Muse Bihi.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/east-africa/abdirahman-irro-defeats-muse-bihi-to-win-somaliland-presidency-4828858
Gabonese voters approved a new constitution by a landslide 91.8 percent after a referendum that the ruling junta promised would be a stepping stone to democratic rule.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/central-africa/gabon-junta-banks-on-new-constitution-4827672
Chadema deputy party leader cites locking out of candidates who wanted to participate in polls.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/east-africa/lissu-doubts-fairness-in-tanzania-elections-4825308
Why Bill Gates is expanding Africa footprint
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/east-africa/why-bill-gates-is-expanding-footprint-in-the-continent-4825610
The proposed constitutional reform in the Democratic Republic of Congo has been President Félix Tshisekedi's rallying call to improve the country.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/east-africa/tshisekedi-pushes-for-change-as-allies-battle-criticism-4825640
Juba has missed multiple IMF deadlines, dimming its chances of consideration for a loan.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/business-tech/juba-misses-imf-loan-on-sudan-war-disruption-4836390
Kenya has set up a task force to tackle the tea sector crisis caused by unethical practices.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/business-tech/kenya-task-force-to-address-unsold-tea-at-auction-centre-4832478
The Rwandan Franc (RWF) has depreciated by 16.3 per cent against the US dollar during the 2023/2024 fiscal year due to economic contractions from geopolitical hangovers.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/business-tech/rwandan-franc-depreciates-by-16pc-against-the-us-dollar-4832398
Museveni's bush war comrade and close confidant-turned-bitter rival Kizza Besigye, whose absence in Ugandan politics had created an impression of retirement, roared back recently.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/east-africa/besigye-woes-he-had-it-coming-so-it-was-a-matter-of-when-4832296
Sudan’s war has been such that international parties do not see the humanitarian situation first, but political points to score.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/north-africa/sudan-war-a-conflict-of-interests-4832202
“These unscrupulous individuals selfishly deprive their fellow citizens of much-needed funding for education, healthcare and infrastructure - for their own enrichment,” Foreign Secretary David Lammy said in a statement.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/southern-africa/uk-sanctions-angola-s-isabel-dos-santos-in-corruption-crackdown-4831480
An extraordinary Sadc summit in Zimbabwe, “expressed concern at the continued deterioration of the security and humanitarian situation in the country.”
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/east-africa/sadc-extends-congo-security-mission-for-another-year-4831096
Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye court-martialled in Kampala for 'illegal pistols possession' in Kenya, Greece and Switzerland after being abducted in Nairobi.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/east-africa/besigye-court-martialed-for-guns-possession-kenya-switzerland-4830134
Southern African leaders are meeting in Harare to review the security situation in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo almost a year after the regional bloc deployed a peacekeeping force there.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/east-africa/will-sadc-extend-its-peace-mission-in-congo-4829956
Deputy Russian UN Ambassador Dmitry Polyanskiy accused backers of the draft resolution of "double standards" when they were giving carte blanche to Israel to continue violations of international humanitarian law in Gaza.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/north-africa/russia-vetoes-un-security-council-action-on-sudan-war-4828846
In a rare press conference since the war started in April last year, the RSF delegation appeared in Nairobi to deny war crimes allegations.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/north-africa/sudan-s-rsf-gets-podium-in-nairobi-to-deny-rights-abuses-4828132
Charles Onyango-Obbo: East Africans talk about railways far more than they build them, but at least it is dreaming. It is an old dream... And it was grander than its modern-day reincarnation.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/opinion/columnists/east-africa-goes-back-45-years-to-find-its-great-railway-future-4824996
Kenya has revised newly introduced electronic travel authorisation fees, leaving players in the tourism sector worried.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/business-tech/kenya-gambles-on-new-visa-fees-tourism-sector-worried-4825460
Activities at Mozambique’s biggest ports, Maputo and Beira, were severely disrupted after transporters stopped operations fearing attacks by protestors.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/business-tech/subject-mozambique-violence-hurts-trade-in-southern-africa-4825744
The African Group of Negotiators (AGN) has proposed a New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG) of $1.3 trillion per year by 2030.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/sustainability/climate/at-cop29-africa-bets-on-1-3trn-in-demand-for-climate-justice-4825500