Mwanza. Residents of the Lake Zone and neighbouring countries will soon be able to cross the Kigongo-Busisi stretch in just five to 15 minutes, thanks to the imminent opening of the John Pombe ...

Opinion - I'd promised myself that I wouldn't watch Donald Trump's inauguration, but I failed miserably. On Monday, overcome with morbid curiosity and armed with a hot cup of tea, I watched the ...

I’d promised myself that I wouldn’t watch Donald Trump’s inauguration, but I failed miserably. On Monday, overcome with morbid curiosity and armed with a hot cup of tea, I watched the ceremony as if ...

Kenya has announced a shift in its travel policies, allowing citizens of nearly all African countries to visit without prior ...

Mostly cloudy with a high of 83 °F (28.3 °C). Winds S at 7 to 9 mph (11.3 to 14.5 kph). Night - Partly cloudy. Winds variable at 4 to 7 mph (6.4 to 11.3 kph). The overnight low will be 71 °F ...

Signs of Burundian troops in the eastern DRC province of South Kivu have been mounting in recent weeks, even if both Gitega and Kinshasa insist the Forces armées du Burundi (FAB) are not present on ...

The President of Burundi, H.E Èvariste Ndayishimiye has today arrived in Uganda to attend the African Union Extraordinary Summit on Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP). The ...

In mid-November the Indian company KEC International, which has been making big dents on the African market (AI, 19/10/20), won the tender for the construction of a 77km-long electricity transmission ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A girl holds a portrait of U.S. President Jimmy Carter in a market in Lagos, Nigeria, March 31, 1978, the ...

Flipping through a family album, Keachia Bowers paused on a photo of her as a baby on her father’s lap as he held the 1978 album “Africa Stand Alone” by the Jamaican reggae band Culture.

But she stopped short of saying BRICS (consisting of Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Iran, Egypt, Ethiopia and the United Arab Emirates) can fill the void.

This move follows broader trends across West Africa, with nations like Senegal and Chad also reevaluating their defence partnerships and asserting greater sovereignty. In a televised year-end ...