The President of Tanzania John Magufuli has ordered the resignation of senior public officials in his country following a probe into a mining contract awarded to Petra Diamonds Ltd.
Uganda has declared ‘war’ on pornography by forming an anti-pornography committee with the mandate to prevent the use and distribution of such pornographic materials in the country.
Police in Kenya have been allowed by the court to detain a schoolgirl who is alleged to have deliberately caused the fire outbreak at a girls school in the capital Nairobi.
A Tanzanian court has sentenced six men to 20 years in jail each for chopping off the hand of an albino boy in the hope of selling it as a witchcraft charm.
Kenya's opposition leader and leader of the National Super Alliance (Nasa) leader Raila Odinga on Tuesday said he was not ready to participate in the re-run of presidential election slated for October 17, the date set by the country's electoral commission.
The government of Uganda has initiated moves to have plastic bag manufacturers in Kenya relocate to the country's capital, Kampala after Kenya begun enforcing a ban on the product.
Kenya's Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has set October 17 for the fresh presidential election ordered by the country's Supreme Court after nullifying the August 8 electoral victory of incumbent President Uhuru Kenyatta.
Officials in Kenya have said that the fire outbreak at a school dormitory that killed 9 teenage girls was started deliberately. Kenya's education minister Fred Matiangi said on Monday that arson was to blame for the incident.
Judges in Kenya have condemned the country’s president, Uhuru Kenyatta who on Friday attacked the judiciary following the Supreme Court’s ruling nullifying his election victory on August 8.
Some new apartments built at the residence of the Nigerian High Commissioner in Ghana’s capital city Accra, have been demolished by bulldozers.
The apartments have been constructed to...
Ghanaian health officials on Saturday said over 10,000 persons infected with the coronavirus have now recovered.
The significant number of recoveries means the country now...
Zimbabwe's Health Minister Obadiah Moyo has been arrested over corruption allegations related to procurement of medical equipment worth $60 million.
Moyo is accused of illegally...
