EALA calls for liberalization and domestication of the East African air space
The East African Legislative Assembly on Tuesday called on member states to expedite the liberalisation and domestication of the East African Community airspace.
A motion in the East African Legislative Assembly was moved by Paul Musamali and Kennedy Musyoka calling on the council of ministers and partner states as per Article 89 of the...
AU approves SADC deployment despite Rwanda’s protest
A virtual meeting was held on 4th March 2024 by the African Union Peace and Security Council to consider the situation in
East Africa’s economy to grow by 5 percent in 2024
CEO Roundtable Meeting on East African Integration and Economic Outlook 2024 organized by the East African Business Council (EABC) in
Somalia becomes 8th EAC member state
Somalia has now officially become a full member of the East African Community after the country deposited its ratification instrument of the treaty of accession on Monday.
World Bank: Gender disparity still high
Women enjoy fewer than two-thirds the rights of men.
A new World Bank Group report shows that global gender gap for women in the workplace is far wider than previously thought as women enjoy fewer than two-thirds the rights of men.
“No country provides equal opportunity for women not even the...
Kiir arrives in Bujumbura over DRC, Rwanda talks
South Sudan president Salva Kiir Mayardit this Friday landed at Melchior Ndadaye International Airport in Bujumbura where he is expected to meet Burundi president Evariste Ndayishimiye to address the growing tension between Burundi-Rwanda relations and the crisis in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
This is the first time the South Sudan president Salva...
UN agencies sound alarm over renewed clashes in eastern DR Congo
Amid reports of a renewed escalation of hostilities in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC),
Fuel price in Burundi drops by 8 percent
Burundi’s Minister of Energy and Mines Ibrahim Uwizeye yesterday said that following the decline in the world prices of petroleum products, “there was also a decrease in the costs of transporting these products by
Burundi: More than 500 prisoners released under presidential amnesty
Atleast 558 prisoners with minor offenses were released in Burundi as part of President Evariste Ndayishimiye’s amnesty.
Rwanda under pressure for supporting M23 rebels
Kigali is now increasingly getting under immense pressure accused of supporting the M23 rebel group that has continued to destabilise the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Now the United States of America condemned worsening violence in the eastern DRC on February 17th, 2024 which it says is caused by the ‘actions...