AFRICA

Kigali, Rwanda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Appellate Division of the East African Court of Justice (EACJ) will, on February 24, 2025, hear an appeal filed by four East African civil society organisations (CSOs) seeking to reverse a judgment made by the First Instance Division of the EACJ. The case …

The 2025 edition is expected to be the largest in the event’s history, drawing over 6,000 delegates, including Heads of State, business leaders from Africa, the CARICOM region, and beyond Lagos, Nigeria | THE INDEPENDENT | Nigeria and Afreximbank have signed the Host Country Agreement for the 32nd Afreximbank Annual Meetings …

Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has said it is not true that the Ugandan army UPDF has deployed troops in Eastern Congo to help the Congo government fight the M-23 rebels. STATEMENT IN FULL I need to clarify one misinformation I saw on Al-Jazeera TV, the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Following the recovery and discharge of the eight Ebola Sudan Virus Disease patients who were contacts of a health worker who succumbed to the disease in January, experts say continuity of a study to find treatment will be hard. There is currently no confirmed …

Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Chief of Defense Forces of the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF), General Muhoozi Kainerugaba is in Nairobi to attend a high-level meeting of East African Community (EAC) military chiefs. The gathering aims to address the escalating crisis in the eastern Democratic Republic of …

Nairobi, Kenya | UGC MEDIA | The DP World Tour Magical Kenya Open is undoubtedly the grandest stage for any golfer coming out of Uganda. With a huge gallery, a global television network and the cream of the DP World golfers on the draw, stage fright is almost certainly going …

KINSHASA, DRC | Xinhua | Traffic on Lake Kivu between Bukavu and Goma, two provincial capitals in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), resumed Tuesday after weeks of suspension due to clashes in Goma. The fighting, which erupted in late January, saw the March 23 Movement (M23) rebels …

The case comes at a trying time for South Sudan, one of the world’s most impoverished countries, which is heavily reliant on oil exports for government spending South Sudan | Felix Thompson | The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) is suing the Republic of South Sudan for allegedly failing to repay US$657mn in …

Bukavu, DRC | THE INDEPENDENT | The March 23 Movement (M23) rebels have claimed the capture of Bukavu, the largest city in South Kivu Province, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The city reportedly fell into the hands of the rebels on Friday night after the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic …

As US President Donald Trump ends nearly all foreign aid funding, access to medicines that have suppressed an epidemic for decades will disappear. Kampala, Uganda | Nakisanze Segawa Global Press Journal Uganda |  Clinics that provide medicine to people with HIV/AIDS, as well as drugs that prevent transmission of the virus, closed here …