The East African

Somalia threatens to leave Igad over Kenya dispute

Igad's fact-finding mission says there is no evidence that Kenya violated Somalia's sovereignty.

Magufuli warns Tanzanians against Covid-19 jabs

He warns against embracing some foreign vaccines.

Kenya shrugs off inflation fears to retain key loans rate

MPC chairman and CBK governor Patrick Njoroge said leading indicators for the economy point to a recovery.

Rwanda to vaccinate pigs amid bacterial disease outbreak

The vaccine was shipped into the country this week and an official says vaccination will begin soon.

Uganda withdraws troops from Bobi Wine's house

The High Court said his "continued indefinite restriction and confinement" was unlawful.

News

UK records over 100,000 Covid deaths: official data

The news was delivered by an ashen-faced Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

Tanzania wants smuggled chameleons returned from Austria

Austrian authorities stopped a man at Vienna airport as he tried to smuggle 74 chameleons into......

S. Sudan authorities arrest two people with $1.8m counterfeit cash

February date set for next EAC Heads of State summit

House sends Trump impeachment article to Senate

Cyclone Eloise leaves hundreds homeless in Mozambique

Joe Biden to reinstate Covid travel bans: White House official

Covid-19: Sierra Leone capital goes into 2 weeks lockdown

Business

Choppies to pay $12m as it exits EA market

Its Kenyan operations have an outstanding debt of $2.75 million with Absa Bank.

Kenya shrugs off inflation fears to retain key loans rate

MPC chairman and CBK governor Patrick Njoroge said leading indicators for the economy point to......

Covid-19, political noise dampen NSE recovery

East Africa's airlines fly into more turbulence

Digital health screening speeds up passenger clearance at Kenya airport

Kenya joins Tanzania and Uganda in taxing digital deals

KRA lists new measures for taxpayers

EAC seeks support to reap more AfCFTA benefits

Opinion

OBBO: Exit riveting poll season, enter oil diplomacy and its big money

Museveni's actions against election rivals are pointers to how he and his government are likely to act regionally.

ULIMWENGU: Despite the hullaballoo about US elections, little has changed

Biden went to his new office and immediately set about dismantling systems put in place by Trump....

EDITORIAL: Without an accent on peoples’ rights, EAC federation is on a perilous path

BUWEMBO: Free trade bloc, debt, Covid weighs seriousness of our leaders’ wisdom

ULIMWENGU: New battles will have to be fought in America over ancestral lands

NERIMA: On the Internet, some individuals have more freedom than others

NGUGI: Trump’s delusions of grandeur - Hillary had warned Americans

OBBO: Even a bad poll is good enough, it keeps the flame of democracy alive

Magazine

Kenyan series to stream on Showmax

Showmax and CANAL+ have begun production on the show, a gritty police procedural and legal drama set in Nairobi.

Will Burundi’s tourism turn the tide?

2021 could herald a new era as the new government looks determined to pull out all the stops to......

DISCOVERY: Afternoon well spent at Naivasha basin

Nakisanze merges high fashion with traditional art

Mtaki: Portrait of upcoming young artist

Google translations reveal Kinyarwanda is not so simple

Ajok's 'Still a Mum' narrates infertility in marriage

CHEBET: I find gratification in solving problems

Science & Health

Countries push for IP waivers on Covid-19 vaccine access

Coalition wants the WTO to remove the restrictions that exist on exports of medicine and vaccines.

Kenya records two cases of new SA coronavirus variant

Scientists say the new coronavirus strain appears to be more transmissible than earlier variants....

African countries to start Covid-19 vaccine pre-orders

South Africa's Covid-19 strain more contagious, experts confirm

Africa's Covid-19 cases surpass 3.2m: Africa CDC

EAC to get 39m Covid vaccine doses from African Union

New coronavirus variant could be circulating in Kenya, Kemri warns

You will need digital health pass to leave, enter Kenya

Sports

Zimbabwe soccer national team hit by Covid-19 outbreak

The nine tested positive when they returned to camp after a Christmas break.

Tanzanian football club flies East African flag to CAF

The competition heads into the group stages next month....

Why masked and muted Olympics will still dominate crowded 2021 in sports

Football great Diego Maradona dies at 60

Fifa orders Kenyan team to pay ex-player $18,000

Cameroon football legend Samuel Eto’o survives road crash

Tokyo Olympics organisers launch refunds for tickets

Cheptegei breaks 10,000m track world record

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......