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World
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Africa
4/26/2025 5:14:40 PM
Uganda declared the end of an Ebola virus outbreak Saturday, which has killed at least two people in the East African nation since late January.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
3/24/2025 6:38:27 PM
Egypt is preparing to host the second ministerial meeting of the Khartoum Process, a forum focused on migration from East Africa to Europe, scheduled for 9 April 2025.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
3/14/2025 12:00:01 PM
The U.S. and Israel have reached out to officials of three East African governments to discuss using their territories as potential destinations for resettling Palestinians uprooted from the Gaza Strip under President Donald Trump's proposed postwar plan, American and Israeli officials say.
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World
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Africa
3/12/2025 7:54:58 PM
An east African regional bloc warned on Wednesday that recent clashes in South Sudan were pushing the country "ever closer to the brink of war".
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World
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War in Sudan
12/30/2024 1:17:22 PM
The east African bloc IGAD's envoy to Sudan said Monday he planned a visit to the war-torn country next month where he is trying to act as a mediator.
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World
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Africa
11/30/2024 8:28:36 PM
East African heads of state made another push for peace in eastern Congo on Saturday but its prospects remained bleak following a regional summit that was marked by the Congolese president's absence and an early departure of his Rwandan counterpart.
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Life & Style
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Health
11/19/2024 12:14:19 PM
The spread of a mosquito in East Africa that thrives in urban areas and is immune to insecticide is fueling a surge in malaria that could reverse decades of progress against the disease, experts say.
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Egypt
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Society
10/2/2024 8:54:00 PM
United Media Services Company (UMS) launched Q News on Tuesday as Egypt's first English-language online digital news channel targeting non-Arabic-speaking audiences and focusing on developments in the Middle East, Africa, the Nile Basin, and the Horn of Africa region.
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Business
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Markets & Companies
9/30/2024 7:00:18 PM
Mastercard and Amazon Payment Services said Monday in a statement that they have made a multi-year partnership to digitize payment acceptance across the Middle East and Africa.
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Sports
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Omni sports
9/3/2024 4:46:00 PM
A Ugandan Olympian is in intensive care in a Kenyan hospital after being doused with petrol and set on fire allegedly by her partner, officials said Tuesday, the latest horrific incident of gender-based violence in the East African country.
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World
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Africa
8/8/2024 6:59:50 PM
Kenyan police on Thursday fired tear gas at protesters in Nairobi calling for the president's resignation as a new Cabinet was being sworn in, the latest in the deadly turmoil that has gripped the East African nation over the summer.
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World
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Africa
7/30/2024 4:56:29 PM
Ethiopia's currency lost 30% of its value Tuesday, the day after the central bank began implementing a flexible exchange rate policy backed by the International Monetary Fund as part of new measures to stabilize the eastern African nation's economy.
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Life & Style
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Health
7/18/2024 2:28:30 PM
Ain Shams University provides telemedicine techniques through a pioneering programme with East Africa University in Somalia.
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World
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Africa
7/12/2024 1:24:28 PM
Rwandans vote Monday in an election that will almost certainly extend the long rule of President Paul Kagame, who is running virtually unopposed after three decades in power in the eastern African nation.
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World
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Africa
6/29/2024 11:28:59 AM
At least 30 people died in protests in Kenya this week sparked by a government drive to substantially raise taxes in the East African country, Human Rights Watch said Saturday.
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World
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Africa
6/13/2024 12:28:23 PM
Kenya's finance minister is due to present Thursday the East African economic powerhouse's biggest ever budget, alongside a contentious finance bill that contains a raft of new or increased taxes.
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Opinion
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6/12/2024 4:42:31 PM
The recent European Union elections have witnessed a notable rise in support for far-right and populist parties across various member states, with this surge in their popularity raising concerns about the EU’s future direction and its impact on key issues like immigration, trade, and democratic values protection.
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Business
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Economy
6/10/2024 8:11:51 PM
Egypt is a regional hub for the Middle East and Africa, given its unique location and dry ports, said Dilma Rousseff, the president of the BRICS’ financial arm, the New Develoment Bank (NDB).
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World
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Africa
4/29/2024 10:59:15 AM
Kenya said Monday that it would postpone the reopening of schools by one week due to "ongoing heavy rains" that have triggered deadly floods in the East African nation.
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World
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Africa
4/25/2024 4:50:27 PM
At least 155 people have died in Tanzania as torrential rains linked to El Nino triggered flooding and landslides, Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa said Thursday.
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