Museveni mourns Magufuli, describes him a “pragmatic leader”
“….he was a pragmatic leader who believed in and worked for the economic empowerment of East Africans,” President Museveni.
Category: Regional
S. Sudan: Rampant abusive surveillance by NSS instils climate of fear—Amnesty Intl.
A former employee of the telecoms company MTN South Sudan told Amnesty International that, in 2013, the NSS, through an Israeli company, installed a ‘box’ at their company. ‘Box’ installations could be how the government, including the NSS, gains direct access to data from service providers.
The role of technology in unlocking trade value in East Africa
“For countries and ports of trade that have updated their infrastructure through investments into new technology, these income gains will be easier to realise,” Mr Pedro Guerreiro.
Gashumba: “Banyarwanda are Ugandans, no one chooses their tribe”
The Banyarwanda predicts that tribal discrimination might cause violence, division and disunity in Uganda. Open…
Tanzania cracks whip on WhatsApp groups over ‘inciteful’ Covid-19 messages
Dodoma—August, 3 2020: According to Citizen Digital, Kenya, the government of Tanzania has now launched…
CDF Gen David Muhoozi flags-off UPDF aviation unit to Somalia
Nakasongola—22, July 2020: On Tuesday, 21 July this year, the Chief of Defence Forces (CDF)…
Burundi’s outgoing President Pierre dies
Bujumbura—9, June 2020: Burundi’s President Pierre Nkurunziza, aged 55, has died after suffering a cardiac…
HelpAge Intl protests Kenya govt move to tax older people’s pensions as source of income
Nairobi, June 5, 2020: Measures by the Kenyan government to introduce taxation on pensions as…
Resolve current border logjam or risk losing lives: Kenya tells Uganda
By Omara Justin Kampala – 24, May 2020: Kenya Transport Association (KTA) has asked the…
311 Congolese refugees arriving in Uganda daily
By Komakech Jimmy Around 7,500 Congolese refugees have arrived in Uganda since the start of…
Somalia: 2 million people at risk of starvation as drought returns
More than 2 million people could face starvation by the end of the summer, unless…
Sudan🇸🇩 Crisis: Death toll rises to 60, opposition says
The number of people killed in Sudan has risen to 60, an opposition doctors’ group…