Nairobi, May 4 -- It's that time of the year when we bring you a conversation with an East African who has subversive ideas and is happy to talk to us on condition of anonymity for fear he could lose ... Read More
Tanzania, May 2 -- After weeks of heavy rainfall and flooding, East Africa has just had horror disaster days as rivers overflowed and dams burst. Hundreds were swept away to their deaths and thousands... Read More
Uganda, April 30 -- On May 10, Uganda will have a population census. Sometimes it stumbles, but counting people is something Uganda does quite well when it gets down to it. The Uganda census is also ... Read More
Nairobi, April 27 -- It is turning out to be the year from hell, in terms of climate disasters for East Africa. As it closes the first quarter alone, nearly 200 people have so far been killed and thou... Read More
Tanzania, April 24 -- By the end of last month, there were 58,330 uncollected passports at various Immigration offices across Kenya, and the government was begging fellows to pick them up. That was o... Read More
Uganda, April 23 -- Opposition National Unity Platform (NUP) leader Robert Kyagulanyi (more popularly Bobi Wine by his musician name) just came off a sold-out concert in London where he soaked in the ... Read More
Nairobi, April 20 -- The sharp escalation of the hostilities between Iran and Israel could have major geopolitical consequences for Eastern Africa, which is already feeling the economic heat from disr... Read More
Tanzania, April 17 -- Writing about the controversy-and scandal-surrounding the Beijing Half Marathon on Sunday, TIME magazine said: "It was a dramatic, film-worthy display of sportsmanship-or cheatin... Read More
Uganda, April 16 -- In the two weeks between March 29 and April 13, three seemingly unrelated events happened in Uganda; but they were. As in other parts of the Christian world, on March 29 there wer... Read More
Nairobi, April 13 -- South Africa's wobbly unit, the rand, notched its highest level against currencies like the US dollar in the middle of the week but then fell sharply to the bottom of the well aft... Read More