The EastAfrican

Seven poll officials fired on eve of Kenya elections

The officials included a presiding officer, two deputy presiding officers and a clerk.

Afropop star Kizz Daniel arrested in Tanzania

The Nigerian afrobeats singer-songwriter Kizz Daniel failed to show up for a paid concert on Sunday night in Dar es Salaam.

Tanzania to sell first T-bond to EAC, SADC citizens

The five-year paper will be auctioned by the Bank of Tanzania at a coupon rate of 8.6 percent.

Northern Corridor most costly in the world

Transport costs in the region are at $1.8 per km, which is way above international best practices.

Kenyans are reading, who is writing?

There may be a big book and literary revival taking place in Kenya, even if some of the works being released are not of the highest standards.

News

President Kiir fires his press secretary Ateny

Until his sacking on Friday, Mr Ateny Wek Ateny had served as President Kiir's press secretary for nine years.

Blinken kicks off Africa tour to counter Russian influence

Visit comes after an extensive tour of Africa by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in July. ...

Kenya police under pressure to break post-polls chaos cycle

Once feared ex-Shabaab boss lands Somalia minister post

Kenya polls: Deep fakes, propaganda, libel inundate social media

Uganda opposition unites to counter ruling NRM

Security and complex Banyarwanda equation in DRC

How US, Rwanda relations have evolved since genocide

Business

Competition from new EA ports boon for importers

Bagamoyo and Lamu ports force Mombasa and Dar to up their game.

Tanzanian businessman faces Interpol arrest

Guarav Jayesh Kumar Kotecha fails to stop warrants issued to Interpol for his arrest before a......

Uganda mulls revised borrowing model to manage debt

DRC auctions 30 oil blocks

Why cryptocurrency is becoming popular in Africa

Capital flight shakes East Africa stock markets

Virtual Pay extends East African footprint to Tanzania

Greenpeace opposes DRC oil and gas project

Videos

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Somalia renews push to join EAC

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Tanzania tests electric train on new SGR

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Tanzania's Suluhu seeks to strengthen ties with Uganda's Museveni

Opinion

OBBO: Even with electoral skulduggery, Kenya polls are region’s star

When it comes to teaching how to negotiate, make deals, and divvy power through the vote in an ethnically and culturally diverse nation, Kenya is a Grand Master.

EDITORIAL: Next 72 hours to polls can make or break Kenya

Kenya owes the region and Africa a peaceful election for obvious reasons....

NGUGI: Kenya voters’ choice is between two sets of values

EYAKUZE: Kenyans, pick a good one for EAC meetings

OBBO: How rebel Bob Marley broke EA's old borders

EYAKUZE: I won’t wear ‘national dress’ and nobody can make me!

BUWEMBO: Uganda should pay for its imports with energy

NGUGI: Kenya’s Transport minister should have resigned

Magazine

Gakunju: A life shaped by Mau Mau uprising

Mzee Kunyiha Gakunju in a rich but soft voice, recounts Kenya's turbulent era of the bloody fight for freedom, which is intertwined with his life as a young man.