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China writes off interest-free loans given to Zimbabwe

Nairobi, April 18 -- China has written off an unspecified amount of Zimbabwe's interest-free loans and pledged to help the Southern African country find a way out of its debt crisis, even as activists... Read More


President Ruto announces death of Kenya military chief Francis Ogolla

Nairobi, April 18 -- Kenya's Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) Francis Ogolla is dead, President William Ruto has confirmed. General Ogolla died on Thursday afternoon after a Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) h... Read More


Kenya army chief involved in deadly chopper crash

Nairobi, April 18 -- A Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) helicopter Thursday afternoon crashed and caught fire in Sindar area on the border of West Pokot and Elgeyo Marakwet counties. The chopper was carryin... Read More


Why solving Sudan war may require calming sesame tensions

Nairobi, April 17 -- Sudan, at war since April 2023, has not considered Ethiopia an enemy. However, the conflict within Sudan may require calming the ongoing sesame "wars" with Ethiopia before more f... Read More


Kenya's shilling is gaining value, but don't expect it to last, expert says

Nairobi, April 17 -- Shortly after Kenya's 2022 elections, the shilling depreciated rapidly against the US dollar - the country's main currency for international transactions - fuelling a wave of poli... Read More


Nairobi Securities Exchange wealth falls by $968m on profit-taking

Nairobi, April 17 -- Profit-taking by investors at the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) in the past two weeks has cut investor wealth at the bourse by Ksh127.4 billion ($968.8 million) over the perio... Read More


What it would take to remove presidential term limits in Kenya

Nairobi, April 17 -- A member of parliament in Kenyan President William Ruto's governing coalition created a firestorm by suggesting that there was a plan to remove presidential term limits in the cou... Read More


Tanzania 2025 elections: Why Magufuli legacy persists despite Samia's political reforms

Nairobi, April 16 -- It's been three years since the death of Tanzania's former president John Magufuli and the rise to power of current president Samia Suluhu Hassan. Magufuli was Tanzania's fifth p... Read More


Kenya diaspora remittances up 19pc in first quarter as inflationary pressure eases

Nairobi, April 16 -- Kenyans living and working abroad sent home a total of $1.2 billion (Ksh158 billion) during the first three months of this year, marking an 18.8 percent jump from the inflows reco... Read More


Burundi-Rwanda rivalry: RED-Tabara rebel attacks add to regional tensions

Nairobi, April 16 -- The RED-Tabara armed group, based in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), has renewed attacks in Burundi since late 2023. The group - which is an abbreviation of the French Res... Read More