AFRICA

Goma, DRC | THE INDEPENDENT | The March 23 Movement (M23) rebels have announced that former Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) President Joseph Kabila Kabange has officially arrived in Goma, the capital of North Kivu Province, where he intends to stay. In a statement, Lawrence Kingston Kanyuka, the M23 political …

Africa’s banking sector is integrating green finance from within, using existing institutions to bypass the cost and complexity of standalone green banks. The result is a strategic, locally grounded model tackling the continent’s climate finance shortfall. SPECIAL REPORT | BIRD AGENCY | African banks are increasingly integrating green finance instruments …

Why Ugandans of all political persuasions should reject European interventions into our domestic affair THE LAST WORD | Andrew M. Mwenda | On Wednesday, May 21, I attended a meeting of Gen Salim Saleh with EU ambassadors in Gulu. What was reported in the press and social media video clips, were fragments that …

Nairobi, Kenya | AFP |  The United States expressed concern Saturday over the “mistreatment” of two east African activists in Tanzania, days after they were detained and reportedly tortured. Prominent campaigners Boniface Mwangi of Kenya and Agather Atuhaire of Uganda travelled to Tanzania this week in solidarity with detained opposition …

ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA | Xinhua | Africa has recorded more than 2,400 deaths due to ongoing cholera outbreaks in different parts of the continent in 2025, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has said. During an online media briefing on Thursday night, Yap Boum II, deputy …

The Uganda High Commission in Dar takes off with ID registration as it hosts first diaspora convention in Tanzania to bolster national transformation Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | THE INDEPENDENT | Ugandans in Dar es Salaam have become the first diaspora community to register for and renew national identification cards …

Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT | The East African Civil Society Organisations’ Forum (EACSOF) has castigated the government of Tanzania over its treatment of human rights activists from the East African Community (EAC). The group voiced its “deepest concern regarding the detention, denial of entry, and deportation” of citizens of …

Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT | Kenyan human rights activist Boniface Mwangi has revealed that Agather Atuhaire, a Ugandan lawyer, journalist, and social justice activist whose whereabouts are unknown, was tortured by Tanzanian security. “The last time I was in the same space with @AAgather was Tuesday morning. We had been …

  The selected startups will receive free hardware platforms, mentorship, business coaching, access to engineering consultations for product development, and guidance on protecting intellectual property.  Aframend, Nigeria: AI-driven drug discovery with African phytochemicals AmalXR, Tunisia: AI-powered VR rehabilitation with clinical validation and progress simulations Archeos, Benin: Solar/IoT pisciculture automation for …

Washington, US | BBC | Three months into Donald Trump’s second term, foreign leaders should be aware that a coveted trip to the Oval Office comes with the risk of a very public dressing down, often straying into attempts at provocation and humiliation. Wednesday’s episode with South Africa’s President Cyril …