Efforts to broker a ceasefire in South Sudan have continued with a US special envoy and other mediators meeting the…
Israelis are filing past the body of ex-Prime Minister Ariel Sharon who has died aged 85 of heart failure after…
Ariel Sharon was known as The Bulldozer: a larger-than-life, blustering figure who came to dominate the domestic political scene as…
-Former Forum for Democratic Change leader Kizza Besigye, Kampala Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago, Rubaga North MP Moses Kasibante and several…
Emergency evacuations of the first of thousands of foreigners stranded in the conflict-ridden Central African Republic are due to begin…
Central Africa Republic's interim President Michel Djotodia has resigned at a regional summit aimed at ending violence that has engulfed…
Kenya's military says it has carried out an air strike on an Islamist camp in Somalia, killing 30 militants, including…
Islamist militants in Somalia have issued a directive banning companies from providing internet services.The al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabab group has given firms…
Rebel forces in South Sudan say there will be no ceasefire in the country unless the government released a group…
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has asked East African countries to tread carefully on their monetary union plan even as…