AFRICA

NAIROBI, | Xinhua | Central banks of the East African Community (EAC) member states on Friday projected regional economic growth at 5.8 percent in 2025. Kamau Thugge, governor of the Central Bank of Kenya and chairperson of the EAC Monetary Affairs Committee, said the growth outlook will be supported by …

Officials break ground on new sh18 billion High Commission Chancery in Dodoma’s Government City Dodoma, Tanzania | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda is set to start building a new High Commission Chancery on land donated to it by Tanzania. The project, valued at over TZS 14 billion (sh18.9 billion), is expected to be …

 East Africa Powers Airtel Africa’s growth with strong performance across voice, data and mobile money Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Airtel Africa has reported a resilient performance in its East African operations for the financial year ending March 31, 2025, underscoring the region’s strategic role in the company’s overall success. …

Harare, Zimbabwe | THE INDEPENDENT | Two former Uganda Open champions made the cut at the end of day two of a highly competitive Sunshine Tour golf event in Harare, Zimbabwe on Friday. Leading the pack and keeping home hopes alive is Zimbabwe’s Robson Chinhoi (71 & 68,) who won …

KAMPALA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | The regional investments by both the private and public sectors in Uganda and Kenya in water transport are beginning to bear fruit as Kenya’s Port of Kisumu quickly becomes a key transit hub. Over the last three years, the two countries have intensified efforts …

The hospital is the only one in Fangak County, which has a population of more than 110,000 people ANALYSIS | AGENCIES | At least seven people have been killed after a hospital and market were bombed in South Sudan, a medical charity has said, as fears grow of a return to …

Resource exploitation attracts foreign military and economic interest, whose presence fuels conflicts that devastates populations ANALYSIS | ANN-YOUNG MAHARAJ | Africa’s Peace and Security continues to be under threat, 72 years after Nelson Mandela warned against future instability in the continent. On the 23rd of August 1953, Mandela made a speech …

  Ituri, DRC | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda and DRC have signed a deal to jointly address problems at the border, and for greater cooperation of the districts bordering the Democratic Republic of Congo. The cross-border peace agreement , which is aimed at mitigating  the cross border crimes and controlling illegal …

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa | Xinhua | The withdrawal of South African peacekeepers deployed to the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), along with their military equipment, has begun, South African Minister of Defense and Military Veterans Angie Motshekga announced on Sunday. “This announcement follows extensive regional diplomatic engagements, high-level consultations …

LOME, TOGO | Xinhua | Jean-Lucien Savi de Tove was elected by the Togolese parliament on Saturday as the West African country’s new president, said the president’s office. He will succeed Faure Gnassingbe, who was sworn in earlier on Saturday as the President of Togo’s Council of Ministers. In May …