Opinion - Kenya's KCB Group Limited will be the first foreign banking institution to join the Ethiopian financial sector under the government's liberalization drive, according to sources at the ...

Amnesty International has condemned the arbitrary arrest and detention of Tesfalem Waldyes, Editor-in-Chief of "Ethiopia Insider", calling the incident emblematic of a "troubling new reality" in the ...

Rwanda's withdrawal from the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS), on June 7, citing ongoing violations of the bloc's founding principles by DR Congo and its allies, "is no great loss ...

The organisers said the protest, scheduled to take off from Ikeja Underbridge at 7:30 a.m., will be peaceful and is aimed at highlighting worsening economic hardship, rising cost of living, and what ...

Repayment of foreign debt is slated to eat up close to 30 percent of the record 1.93 trillion Birr federal budget proposed to lawmakers for the 2025/26 fiscal year, according to Ahmed Shide, minister ...

MKP says the budget will not create enough jobs for the huge number of unemployed youth. The party wants a wealth tax and says fuel hikes will make food and transport too expensive.

Analysis - Women in Africa are often framed as especially vulnerable to climate change. Our earlier research suggested that women entrepreneurs often face a "triple differential vulnerability" to ...

Analysis - A new report from the International Labour Organisation outlines a set of propositions on how countries should go about formalising the informal economy. The report provides the basis for ...

The Zimbabwe Nurses Association (ZINA) has issued a chilling warning over the state of the country's public health system, describing it as a "national emergency" that is costing lives daily.

Pressure is rising against Uganda's new Electronic Penalty System as MPs and the public decry steep fines, inadequate signage, and concerns over a private company profiting from penalties.

At the Third UN Ocean Conference in Nice, the "catch of the day" wasn't a seabass or a red mullet - it was a figure: 35 per cent. That's the share of global fish stocks now being harvested ...

The Ministry of Health has dismissed reports suggesting a resurgence of COVID-19 in Uganda, calling the claims misleading and based on recycled information.