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World Trade Organisation (WTO) Director General, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. File

What would a second Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala term mean for Africa?

Friday, October 18, 2024

Lieutenant General Mohan Subramanian, Force Commander of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), addresses journalists at the UN office in Juba on Thursday, October 17. Photo by Davis Higiro

Rwandan contingent 'backbone' of UN mission to South Sudan

Thursday, October 17, 2024

Kenya’s Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua was on Thursday, October 17, admitted to a hospital in the capital, Nairobi. Courtesy

Kenya’s DP Gachagua falls ill, takes no stand at Senate but trial continues

Thursday, October 17, 2024

Col. Nittin Mamgain, Sector North Commander of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (R) and Deputy RDF SpokespersonLt. Col. Simon Kabera during a press briefing in Malakal, on Thursday, October 17.

UN official lauds Rwandan peacekeepers in South Sudan

Thursday, October 17, 2024

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PHOTOS: Elephant "orphans" rescued and rehabilitated in Kenya

Thursday, October 17, 2024

Rwanda Defence Force dismisses false allegations of rape, sexual violence by Rwandan peacekeepers Central African Republic.

RDF dismisses rape allegations in CAR

Thursday, October 17, 2024

Burundi’s Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) on Tuesday, October 15, announced the timetable for the country's 2025 legislative. Internet

Burundi announces 2025 general elections’ timetable

Wednesday, October 16, 2024

Kenya's deputy president Rigathi Gachagua. Courtesy

Kenya: Court dismisses deputy president Gachagua case paving way for hearing in Senate

Wednesday, October 16, 2024

Uganda said a malaria vaccine would be added to the country's routine immunization schedule to fight the killer disease.

Uganda mulls adding malaria vaccine to routine immunization scheme

Wednesday, October 16, 2024

The Grand Egyptian Museum on Tuesday announced trial operations of its Main Galleries, starting from Oct. 16, 2024, offering visitors an exclusive preview of twelve exhibition halls with artifacts spanning from prehistoric times to the Roman era. This trial phase is part of the museum's ongoing efforts to ensure a seamless visitor experience ahead of its official opening. (Xinhua/Sui Xiankai)

Grand Egyptian Museum starts trial operation of 12 main galleries

Wednesday, October 16, 2024

Mombasa Port in Kenya. The World Bank has revised the economic growth projection for Sub-Saharan Africa to 3 per cent from 3.4 per cent as earlier indicated in April. Courtesy

World Bank slightly cuts growth projections for Africa in 2024

Tuesday, October 15, 2024

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US banking giant JPMorgan Chase gets Kenya entry approval

Tuesday, October 15, 2024

Workers at Kigali Leather Ltd, a factory in Kanzenze, Bugesera District. Photo File

Rwandan hides, skins traders decry challenges in EAC market

Tuesday, October 15, 2024

Rwandan peacekeepers from RwanBatt1 sort scholastic materials during a handover event at Kapuri Primary School, on the outskirts of South Sudan’s capital Juba on Monday, October 14. The peacekeepers, serving under the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), took part in humanitarian efforts to uplift local communities. Photo: Davis Higiro

How Rwandan peacekeepers are helping South Sudan communities

Monday, October 14, 2024

Workers laying tracks for the Standard Gauge Railway Phase 2A at Suswa section in Narok, Kenya 6 stations on August 1, 2018

Uganda, Turkish firm Yapi Merkezi ink deal to build standard gauge railway

Monday, October 14, 2024

The city of Arusha in northern Tanzania hosted the first-ever Global Land Rover Festival that attracted more than 1,000 Land Rovers.

Tanzania hosts first Global Land Rover Festival

Monday, October 14, 2024

South Africa’s former finance minister Tito Mboweni died in a Johannesburg hospital on Sunday, October 12. Courtesy

Rwandans, Africans pay tribute to Tito Mboweni

Monday, October 14, 2024

President Paul Kagame has paid his tribute to South Africa’s former finance minister and Reserve Bank governor, Tito Mboweni

Kagame pays tribute to Tito Mboweni as 'a giant voice' for Africa

Sunday, October 13, 2024

South Africa's former finance minister and Reserve Bank governor Tito Mboweni has died on Saturday, October 12. Internet

South Africa's former finance minister Tito Mboweni dies at 65

Sunday, October 13, 2024

Monique Nsanzabaganwa, Deputy Chairperson of the African Union Commission addresses delegates at Biashara Afrika 2024 in Kigali on Wednesday, October 9. Dan Gatsinzi

A conversation with Monique Nsanzabaganwa, the Deputy Chairperson of the African Union Commission

Saturday, October 12, 2024