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EALA MPs during a plenary session on November 8, 2023, in Arusha, Tanzania, the headquarters of the EAC. The assembly is in Kigali in line with the rotational sittings principle in the EAC Partner States’ capitals to bring the community closer to the people. Courtesy photo
Africa

EALA: What are the bills, motions regional lawmakers plan to discuss in Kigali?

Friday, November 24, 2023
Passengers board a RwandAir's plane at Kigali International Airport. Kagame recently said ''Any African can get on a plane to Rwanda whenever they wish and will not pay a thing to enter our country.” File
Aviation

Three things to know about Rwanda’s visa-free policy

Wednesday, November 15, 2023
EAC Secretary-General Dr Peter Mathuki (left) converses with Comoros President Azali Assoumani, who is also the African Union Chairperson, on the sidelines of the Africa Investment Forum in Marrakech, Morocco, on November 8. PHOTO: POOL
Africa

Mathuki: Somalia could join EAC this month

Friday, November 10, 2023
South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir. PHOTO: PCS
Africa

South Sudan set to take EAC chairmanship

Thursday, November 09, 2023
Congolese refugees at Kigeme Refugee Camp in Nyamagabe district protest against the genocidal violence committed against Congolese Tutsi in eastern DR Congo, on December 12.2022. Willy Mucyo
Africa

How DR Congo chose to externalize its internal problems, scapegoat Rwanda

Wednesday, November 08, 2023
Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr Vincent Biruta speaks at the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF) meeting in Yaoundé, Cameroon. Courtesy
Africa

Biruta refutes DR Congo’s "baseless accusations" at Francophonie summit

Tuesday, November 07, 2023
President Paul Kagame meets with Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken in Kigali, on August 11, 2022. Kagame and Blinken, on Monday, November 6, held a productive call on the deterioration of the security situation in the East of DR Congo. PHOTO BY VILLAGE URUGWIRO
Security

DR Congo crisis: Kagame, Blinken discuss deteriorating security situation

Monday, November 06, 2023
Militiamen of the FDLR, a genocidal group that is among others that are destabilising DR Congo. A SADC summit held on Saturday discussed the strategy of deployment by SADC states into eastern DR Congo for peace.
Africa

SADC leaders discuss military deployment in DR Congo

Sunday, November 05, 2023
Cars passing by a destroyed military vehicle in Rugari, after clashes between the Congolese army and M23 rebels in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo on January 6, 2023. PHOTO: AFP
Africa

DR Congo ceasefire breaches: AU rethinks peace interventions

Tuesday, October 31, 2023
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Security

DR Congo crisis: Rwandan civilian injured amid escalating fighting along border

Tuesday, October 24, 2023
EAPC Secretary and Chief Executive Officer of the Media Council of Kenya, David Omwoyo speaks during the launch of the East Africa Press Council in Arusha, Tanzania on Thursday, October 19. Courtesy
Africa

East African Press Council launched for free, stronger media

Thursday, October 19, 2023
Dr Vincent Biruta, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation during the diplomatic briefing on October 11. Courtesy
Africa

Rwanda concerned over 2,000 mercenaries in DR Congo, Kinshasa-backed FDLR

Friday, October 13, 2023