East Africa

Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu has appointed Stergomena Tax as the country’s defense minister to replace Elias Kwandikwa, who died in August. The president also fires the Communication Minister Faustine Ndugulile, the Transport minister Leonard Chamuriho and Medard Kalemani the Energy minister. President Suluhu brought back January Makamba whose appointment had …

Rwandan opposition figure Christopher Kayumba is in the hands of the police. The university lecturer is detained over rape allegations. Mr Kayumba who had honoured summons from the investigating bureau on Thursday has been handed over for prosecution after the bureau said it had closed investigations. Christopher Kayumba was accused …

Kenyan police say they are holding two people posing as doctors who allegedly gave fake Johnson & Johnson vaccines to many unsuspected Kenyans. The Criminal Investigations Directorate said the two men charged many unsuspecting Kenyans $ 30 per injection, despite all Covid-19 vaccines offered in Kenya being free. “We have …

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has threatened to withdraw the country’s troops from the African Union’s peacekeeping mission in Somalia. The warning follows a row between the Somali president Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo and the Prime minister Mohamed Roble over the choice of intelligence chief and the prime minister’s dismissal of the …

Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni has condemned the military coup in Guinea. He called the coup leaders to get out and said that the takeover was a “step backwards”. “They should be told to get out because they are not the solution for the country,” Mr Museveni told France 24. “We …

Rwandan President Paul Kagame urged his fellow citizens not to visit Uganda. Indeed, relations between the two countries are deteriorating. In a televised interview on Sunday on State agency, Rwanda Broadcasting Agency, President Kagame said Rwandans fear travelling to Uganda due to the alleged illegal arrests and torture they face.  …

Elinaza Luvanda, the judge in the trial of Tanzania’s main opposition leader has stepped down after the defendants told the court that they had no confidence in him. The case against Freeman Mbowe and three others has been adjourned. They were arrested in July and charged with terrorism offences. Read …

Government in Uganda will receive up to 647,000 doses of the American-made Moderna Covid-19 vaccines on Monday. It has been confirmed by the government chief adviser on vaccine access, Prof David Sserwadda. The vaccine doses that have been donated by the US government are expected to arrive at 6pm.  “Logistics …

The Most Reverend Orthodox Archbishop of Uganda, Metropolitan Jonah Lwanga has died. His death has been confirmed by the Orthodox church in a statement on Sunday. “Our spiritual Father is gone to meet the Lord,” the statement said. The Church  early Sunday virtually held an intercessory prayer, also informing  congregants that …

The government in Uganda has suspended planned mandatory Covid-19 test for all international travellers. An inter-ministerial committee convened by Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja cited unpreparedness and postponed implementation for two weeks. Health Minister Dr Jane Ruth Aceng had on August 20 announced that all travellers arriving in Uganda, including citizens …