The East African

Nigeria separatist leader pleads not guilty to terrorism

Nnamdi Kanu, leader of an outlawed Biafran separatist group, was charged with seven counts including treason and terrorism.

Kenya extends bars, eateries operating hours after curfew lift

Bars and restaurants will be allowed to close at 11 pm from next week.

Benin MPs vote to legalise abortion

New law allows women in Benin to terminate pregnancy within the first three months.

Uganda cannabis exports firm eyes local market

Industrial Hemp says it has developed 10 products of medical cannabis for the Ugandan market.

Kenya to set up vaccine plant in six months

President Kenyatta directed the Health ministry to establish the Kenya Biovax facility by Easter next year.

News

Benin MPs vote to legalise abortion

New law allows women in Benin to terminate pregnancy within the first three months.

Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera, the new SADC chairman.

Kenya, Malawi ink deals to cement “intricate” ties

President Chakwera said Kenya and Malawi will cooperate to finalise discussions on the future......

Rival Sudan camps gear up for protests as tensions rise

Museveni to address NMG’s Kusi Festival

Uganda kept schools closed longest – Unicef

Trump announces plans to launch new social network 'TRUTH Social'

Africa's top university to bar unvaccinated from campus

Queen Elizabeth II 'advised to rest' on medical grounds: palace

Business

Uganda cannabis exports firm eyes local market

Industrial Hemp says it has developed 10 products of medical cannabis for the Ugandan market.

Uhuru pledges $225m stimulus for jobs before 2022 polls

The sub-sectors set to benefit from the stimulus package include tea, coffee, sugar, and......

Why Sudan’s Red Sea ports are coveted by regional powers

Kenya, Uganda set November date for sugar, milk trade talks

ALTX calls for probe of Uganda CMA

EA states entangled in lenders’ debt relief fiasco

Sudanese traders divert shipments to neighbouring countries

Dar orders five planes to bolster Air Tanzania

Opinion

NGUGI: Trial of Sankara killers a sign of justice

Sankara was a pan-Africanist, anti-imperialist and Marxist revolutionary.

AKINYEMI: New realities and opportunities have been birthed ,grabbed

Covid has reshaped humanity in ways most of us did not think possible....

BUWEMBO: Uganda’s land belongs to us all, but we are now worried about it

ULIMWENGU: Wole peeled my eyes to spot charlatans from afar

EYAKUZI: Controversies in Prof Gurnah’s Nobel Prize win

OBBO: It's East Africa's turn for Nobel Prize

EDITORIAL: Marine dispute shouldn’t cost blood and life

NYAWANDA: Cross-border trade procedures and processes made easy

Magazine

Camouflage artist brushes through post-Covid jungle

His subject choice of lions, cows and other animals are inspired by an interest in nature and conservation.

Famed gorilla dies at 35 in Congo park

Mugaruka lived alone having lost an arm in a trap at the age of three....

SHORT STORY: What a restless night like no other

Kenya's northern drylands surprise with its teeming wildlife, springs

Ikirezi bookshop reminder of a bygone era of reading

'Tropical Fish' play comes to Kampala

Head hunters devise ways to recruit, match job seekers

Powerline threat to Grey Crowned Crane survival

Science & Health

Air pollution second largest cause of death in Africa

Air pollution is responsible for more deaths than tobacco, alcohol, road accidents, and drug abuse.

COP26: Book calls for more scientific research to advance blue economy

The Global Ocean Science Report of 2020 concludes that major disparities exist in the capacity......

Rwanda introduces vaccine mandates

DRC starts Ebola vaccinations

Africa’s conservation drive bags $5b to protect 30pc of land, sea

Alarm in Uganda over rising cases of dementia

WHO in new strategy to ramp up global vaccination

Africa seeks more Covid-19 vaccine doses from India

Sports

Kenya's world record holder found dead

Tirop was found dead in her house on Wednesday, in what Athletics Kenya said is a suspected homicide.

Uganda Cranes coach 'Micho' sentenced for sexual assault

Micho was handed a suspended jail term after being convicted on two counts of sexual assault in......

Grit, social media elevates EAC cycling event to global audience

Rwanda to host 2025 World Road Cycling Championships

Samuel Eto'o to vie for Fecafoot presidential seat

Harambee Starlets to face Uganda in 2022 AWCON qualifiers

Kenya, Mozambique clash for spot in AfroBasket quarters

Kenya's lacrosse team: The game's sleeping warriors

KUSI IDEAS

WASUNNA: Strong leadership fought Covid: next step is research

Most of the research taking place for Covid-19 is happening in North America and Europe, yet Africa has a different genetic profile.

NDUNG'U: Africa can turn the negative impacts of illness into a chance to build itself

The pandemic has had a devastating effect on African economies. In order to move forward, we......