East Africa

Tanzanian Vice-President Philip Mpango has threatened to resign over a prolonged water shortage affecting residents from the northern Mwanga district, local media reported. Mr Mpango on Thursday accused contractors working on a major project aimed at supplying water in the region of taking too long time to complete it. The …

TikTok is accused by Kenyan authorities of spreading propaganda, facilitating fraud and distributing sexual content. Kenya is demanding that TikTok demonstrate its compliance with local laws on data protection and user verification “The government, through the office of the Data Protection Commissioner, has contacted TikTok and raised concerns about its …

Authorities in Rwanda have received 91 refugees and asylum seekers from Libya under a programme backed by the UN’s refugee agency, African Union and European Union. The arrivals include 38 Sudanese people, 33 Eritreans, 11 Somalis, seven Ethiopians and two people from South Sudan. The refugees and asylum seekers were …

Unidentified assailants have killed 15 individuals including the commissioner in South Sudan’s Pibor region, according to reports. The fatal attack occurred when the commissioner of Boma County in Pibor was returning from a village visit. “The commissioner and his team visited Nyat village, and upon their return, they were ambushed, …

The Kenyan second largest bank, KCB Group, has sold its subsidiary National Bank of Kenya (NBK) to Nigeria’s Access Bank Group. Kenyan Commercial Bank Group (KCB Group) confirmed the purchase in a statement on Wednesday. KCB Chief Executive Paul Russo said the deal was struck at 1.25 times book value, …

Tanzania has agreed to let Sudanese football club Al Hilal compete in their premier league, while war continues to rage in Sudan. Al Hilal will compete in the Tanzania Mainland Premier League starting in August, under special conditions. The Sudanese club will not be able to win the league and …

At least 78 people had to be hospitalized and 9 others died in the Tanzanian archipelago of Zanzibar after eating sea turtle meat. Eight of the deceased are children. Eating sea turtle flesh can cause chelonitoxism, a rare but potentially fatal food poisoning. No antidote is known to counter intoxication. …

Ugandan authorities have reportedly halted the recent ban on meat sales in the capital, Kampala, amid an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease. Health officials had last week imposed the ban and ordered the closure of all slaughter places to curb the spread of the outbreak. But Minister for Kampala City and …

Popular Tanzanian singer Zuchu has apologized after authorities in the Zanzibar archipelago suspended her. She was suspended from all artistic activities on the archipelago for six months over a performance they deemed inappropriate. Zuchu’s performance on Zanzibar’s Kendwa island last month featured sexually explicit language and gestures. The Zanzibar Arts, …

Somalia has become a full member of the East African Community (EAC) after completing all the steps required to gain complete membership of the regional bloc. The EAC secretariat on Monday shared on X, formerly Twitter, that Somalia had gained full membership “after depositing her Instrument of Ratification with the …