Politics

The East African Community has deployed a 61-member Election Observation Mission to monitor Uganda’s general elections scheduled for Jan. 15, 2026, as authorities announced...

Senior officials from Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo have exchanged pointed accusations on social media, underscoring deepening tensions between the neighboring countries...

The African Union on Monday demanded the immediate and verifiable withdrawal of M23 rebels from the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo city of Uvira,...

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — The African Union’s Peace and Security Council on Tuesday strongly condemned what it described as Israel’s unilateral recognition of Somaliland, calling...

BUJUMBURA, Burundi — Burundi’s President Évariste Ndayishimiye used his New Year address to deliver a pointed message on relations with neighbouring Rwanda, accusing Kigali...

BUJUMBURA, Burundi (BT)— More than 90,000 people fleeing escalating violence in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo have crossed into neighboring Burundi since early...

The East African Community and the African Union on Saturday rejected any recognition of Somaliland as an independent state and affirmed their position that...

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Saturday accused Rwanda of violating a recently signed peace agreement with the Democratic Republic of the Congo,...

Burundi’s foreign affairs minister Edouard Bizimana accused neighboring Rwanda on Monday of fueling a sharp deterioration in security along the border with the Democratic...

The Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda on Thursday signed a U.S.-brokered peace accord in Washington aimed at ending decades of hostilities in the...