-East-Africa

Do you have an idea for The New Times to cover? Submit it here!
Search Results for "-East-Africa" (37774 articles)
Some of the more than 80,000 pilgrims from around the world attend the celebration of the Feast of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary in Kibeho, Nyaruguru District, on Saturday, August 15. Courtesy

Kibeho 15th August: Faith was ready, but were the services?

Friday, August 21, 2026
GAMICO Managing Director Evode Imena speaks to journalists during a guided tour of Gamico mining tunnel in Nyarugenge District on August 14. Photos by Craish BAHIZI
Tourism

How abandoned mining tunnels could boost tourism

Friday, August 21, 2026
Traders at Inkundamahoro Market in Kigali. Rising fertiliser and food prices amid the Strait of Hormuz crisis underscore the need for resilient agriculture, a key focus of the Africa Food Systems Forum 2026. Bahizi
Featured

Africa can turn the current crisis into resilient food systems. Kigali is where it comes together

Friday, August 21, 2026
Some of the more than 80,000 pilgrims from around the world attend the celebration of the Feast of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary in Kibeho, Nyaruguru District, on Saturday, August 15. Courtesy
Rwanda

Kibeho 15th August: Faith was ready, but were the services? 

Thursday, August 20, 2026
US President Donald Trump interacts with Democratic Republic of the Congo President Félix Tshisekedi during the signing ceremony of the Washington Peace Accords on December 4, 2025. Courtesy
Africa

Congress members ‘alarmed’ by US-DR Congo mineral deal

Thursday, August 20, 2026
L-R) President Paul Kagame, co-founder of ASG, Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama, Founder and Champion of the Accra Reset Initiative, former Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn, co-founder and Chair of ASG, and former Namibian First Lady Monica Geingos, Founder and Chairperson of Leadership Lab Yetu. COURTESY
Rwanda

Who are the leaders expected at Africa Reset Mindset Forum?

Wednesday, August 19, 2026
A cabbage farmer works in her plantation in Muko Sector, Musanze District. Photo by Sam Ngendahimana.
Agriculture

Why Rwanda needs to scale up agroecology

Thursday, August 20, 2026
L-R: Equity BCDC Managing Director Willy Mulamba, Equity Group Managing Director and chief executive Dr James Mwangi, Equity Bank Kenya Managing Director Moses Nyabanda, and Equity Bank Rwanda Managing Director Hannington Namara during the H1 2026 Investor Briefing. PHOTO/COURTESY
Featured

Equity Bank Rwanda profit rises 12% as Group posts strong H1 2026 growth

Wednesday, August 19, 2026
A resident drinks clean water at Sharita island, in Bugesera District. Rwanda is hosting the Africa Water & Sanitation Systems Leadership Symposium at the Kigali Convention Centre this week. Photo by Sam Ngendahimana

Safe water needs systems, not projects

Wednesday, August 19, 2026
Raoul Rugamba, is among the speakers at the upcoming 2026 Africa Creative Economy and Investment Forum (ACEIF),
Featured

Rwanda to host Pan-African forum on creative economy

Wednesday, August 19, 2026
President Paul Kagame greets residents during the outreach in Rubavu. File

I am a “praise singer for Kagame”? If so, it’s the easiest job!

Wednesday, August 19, 2026
President Évariste Ndayishimiye currently holds the rotating chairmanship of the African Union for 2026. Courtesy

When rhetoric tests responsibility: Burundi, Rwanda and the burden of African Union leadership

Tuesday, August 18, 2026