BURUNDI DECIDES: Tense Presidential Elections open Wednesday
The two main candidate in the poll are the ruling CNDD-FDD party's Evariste Ndayishimiye, right, and Agathon Rwasa of the...
East Africa
Schools to reopen as President Magufuli approves inbound flights to Tanzania, bans quarantine for tourists
President of Tanzania, John Joseph Pombe Magufuli. (AGENCIES PHOTO) AGENCIES | Dar es Salam - Tanzanian President John Pombe Magufuli...
KENYA: 5 dead after boat capsizes while searching for body of man who drowned in River Nzoia
Sango-Umala, Kenya - A motorboat which was hired to help in searching for the body of a person who drowned...
COVID-19 death toll rises to 50 as Kenya infections skyrocket to 830, prompting 21-Day lockdown extension
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta Nairobi - Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Saturday announced that the number of Covid-19 cases in...
3 Succumb to COVID-19 as Kenya registers 23 new cases, rising infections to 781
Kenya's Health Ministry CAS Dr. Rashid Aman AGENCIES | Nairobi - Kenya's Health Chief Administrative Secretary (CAS) Dr. Rashid Aman...
A Ugandan, 21 Kenyans test positive as infections rise to 737 in Kenya
Kenya's Health Ministry CAS Dr. Rashid Aman Nairobi - Ministry of Kenya has, on Wednesday, May 13, confirmed 22 more...
President Nkurunziza, Magufuli abscond as Regional leaders meet on common measures to fight COVID-19 pandemic
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni deliberates during the meeting as his counterparts reflect. Kampala– East African Heads of State have, on...
Toddler among 15 new COVID-19 cases as Kenya’s infections rise to 715
Kenya's Health Ministry CAS Dr. Rashid Aman Nairobi - A toddler and 14 other people have tested positive for coronavirus...
9 Kenyan truck drivers from Tanzania among 28 new COVID-19 cases, rising Kenya’s infections to 700
Kenya's Health Ministry CAS Dr. Rashid Aman Nairobi - Nine Kenyan truck drivers who arrived in the country from Tanzania...
165 Kenyans stranded in China amid COVID-19 pandemic return home
Kenya's Ambassador to Kenya, Amb. Sarah Serem seeing off 165 Kenyans at Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport. AGENCIES | Guangzhou/Nairobi -...
Rwanda records only 2 new COVID-19 cases after Gov’t partially lifts lockdown
Rwanda's President Paul Kagame Kigali - Rwandan Ministry of Health, on Friday, May 8, announced two new cases of novel...
14 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed as recoveries rise to 202 with infections hitting 621 in Kenya
Kenya's Health Ministry CAS Dr. Rashid Aman Nairobi - Fourteen more people have tested positive of the novel coronavirus, rising...
KENYA: How Public health Volunteer, 6 people infected 81 others with COVID-19 in Nairobi, Mombasa
Health workers demonstrate handwashing as a way to curb the spread of COVID-19 AGENCIES | Citizen Digital | Nairobi -...
BUSINESS: Tanzania’s NMB, transport stakeholders unveil e-Fare payment system
Commuters will enjoy seamless payment of their fares with the new platform Dar es Salaam - Tanzania's National Microfinance Bank...
COVID-19: Kenya orders testing of truck-drivers 48hours before dispatch
Truck drivers awaits testing at border point before dispatching. (AGENCIES PHOTO) Nairobi - Kenya's government has now ordered that all...
KENYA: Markets, restaurants closed in Eastleigh, Mombasa as 2 succumb to COVID-19 with 47 new cases confirmed tallying to 582
Kenya's Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe Nairobi - Kenya has recorded 47 new COVID-19 cases marking the highest number of...
Govt to forcibly evict Kenyans in flood-hit areas as death toll hits 194
Residents use a boat to evacuate with their animals from the floodwaters after River Nzoia burst its banks and due...
45 new cases recorded as Kenya become host to highest COVID-19 cases in East Africa with 535
Kenya's Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe. (FILE PHOTO) Nairobi - Kenya Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe on Tuesday announced 45...
BUSINESS: Kenya’s Importers protest halt in motor vehicle deliveries
Mombasa - Kenyan Motor vehicle importers have lobbied for the reclassification of the units as essential goods in protest to...
VIDEO: Night burials amid Tanzania’s coronavirus defiance
Tanzania President Magufuli AGENCIES | BBC News| Videos of night burials have been circulating on social media in Tanzania causing...