East Africa

Hundreds of Ugandan students are demonstrating against the European Union parliament, after it opposed an oil pipeline project with neighbouring Tanzania. EU lawmakers earlier this month passed a resolution warning of human rights abuses and the social and environmental risk posed by the project. The students are marching in the …

Five people died from Ebola in Uganda and another 19 deaths were likely caused by the disease, President Yoweri Museveni said on Wednesday. In a televised address President Museveni said that in addition to five confirmed Ebola fatalities, another 19 deaths in the community were likely due to the disease. …

UNAids Uganda executive director Winnie Byanyima blasted an MP saying he “lacks the skills, competence and integrity of an MP”. MP Mwesigye Frank had accused the opposition leader Bobi Wine of double-speak using Ms Byanyima’s photos. The UN boss, who is a Ugandan national and married to politician Kizza Besigye, …

Kenyan President William Ruto on Tuesday appointed former central bank governor Njuguna Ndung’u as the new finance minister. Ndung’u, a professor of Economics, worked as the Central Bank of Kenya Governor between 2007 and 2015. He stepped down in March 2015 after serving the maximum of two four-year terms. Ndung’u, …

Kenya’s new president, William Ruto, said in an interview that his country is ready to buy fuel from Russia, the BBC reported. Several countries have refused to engage with Moscow since the invasion of Ukraine but Mr Ruto said he’s considering all available options, the report said. “I am now …

The number of suspected Ebola infections continues to rise in Uganda as the health ministry reported 34 suspected cases and 21 deaths possibly caused by the virus. Health teams are continuing to trace any people that may have come into contact with it. The outbreak began in the central district …

Videos shared on social media show people removing bales of maize meal from a truck that overturned on a major highway in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi. The crowd of looters include motorists, motorbike taxi operators and pedestrians. The cause of the accident is unclear and there were no police officers on …

Uganda’s health ministry reported six new Ebola cases after officials confirmed an outbreak in the country earlier in the week in the central district of Mubende. The authorities are also investigating whether seven other deaths, including that of a one-year-old girl, were due to Ebola. Of the six new cases, …

French President Emmanuel Macron met with Rwandan President Paul Kagame and his Congolese counterpart Felix Tshisekedi to discuss tensions between the two neighbors over rebel activity near their common border. The meeting came moments after Rwandan President Paul Kagame told the UN General Assembly that “blame game doesn’t solve problems”. …

An outbreak of the skin condition scabies affected about 25,000 people in an eastern district near the capital, Kampala, the BBC reported citing health authorities. Head of health services in Pallisa district, Geoffrey Mulekwa, is quoted by the BBC as saying that those affected were from fishing villages in Kasodo …