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The Ugandan and Congo armies are setting up an operations centre in the east of Democratic Republic of Congo for a joint offensive against rebels who have killed hundreds of people in the last year, Congo’s government said. On Sunday, a…

Tanzanian state house has introduced temperature checks, hand sanitisation and the use of masks as some of the measures to limit the spread of coronavirus. On Monday, President Samia Suluhu received foreign envoys who were screened and…

South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir on Monday night reconstituted parliament, paving the way for the formation of the Revitalized Transitional Legislative Assembly as stipulated in the 2018 peace agreement. Kiir appointed 550 lawmakers from…

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) executive board on Monday approved a financing plan to help mobilize resources needed for the fund to cover its share of debt relief to Sudan. The financing plan relies on a broad effort of IMF member…

A female peacekeeper from Malawi was killed in an attack by an Islamist militia in eastern Congo’s North Kivu province on Monday morning, the UN and the Malawian government said. A local civil rights group said separately that fighters…

Kenya on Monday suspended flights from Somalia, showing that relations between the two countries have not softened as announced last week. Flights departing for or arriving from Somalia will not be allowed for three months from May 11 to…

The Ugandan government has announced that the country is now in the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic after the number of infections increased by 81% between March and April. The government has warned of tough containment measures,…

Somalia on Thursday announced in a tweet that it has restored diplomatic ties with Kenya. Director of Communications of The Somali Presidency, Abdirashid M. Hashi said: “In interest of good neighbourliness, FGS resumes Diplomatic ties…

Former Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) Commander Dominic Ongwen has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Uganda. Ongwen faced 70 charges linked to a reign of terror in the early 2000s by the LRA,…

Kenyan judge Martha Koome is on track to be the first female chief justice in a country where the role is particularly sensitive. Koome has defended dissidents and helped to write women’s rights into the country’s constitution A child of…