Tanzania polls: Kabwe commits to challenge Samia, Chadema still undecided

Nairobi, May 12 -- Retired ACT-Wazalendo party leader Zitto Kabwe has become the first Tanzanian opposition politician to openly voice presidential aspirations for next year's general election. Speak... Read More

Kenya, DRC relations begin to thaw after Ruto 'special message' to Tshisekedi

Nairobi, May 12 -- There was hope on Thursday for a resolution of the diplomatic standoff between Kenya and the Democratic Republic of Congo, which has simmered for over a year, after a meeting betwee... Read More

Tanzanians must not shy away from dissecting hard Union issues

Nairobi, May 12 -- I am regularly seeing chickens coming home to roost in Tanzanian politics, when things we did or said in the yesteryear come back to our front porch and stare us in the face to tell... Read More

Viral disease cuts cacao harvests by half as trade drops

Nairobi, May 12 -- Chocolate and related products are coming under threat from the Cacao swollen shoot virus disease (CSSVD), which has slashed some harvests by up to 50 percent. Cacao, the primary i... Read More

Ecobank $183m impairment losses underscore risks in sovereign bonds

Nairobi, May 12 -- Pan-African banking group Ecobank has more than doubled its impairment losses on Ghana's distressed Eurobonds to $183 million, underscoring the extend of risks that African lenders ... Read More

South Sudan forex reserves at 'historic low' as inflationary pressures bite

Nairobi, May 12 -- The Bank of South Sudan (BoSS) expects more inflationary pressures and weakening of the South Sudanese pound as a result of the continuous decline in forex reserves, highlighting th... Read More

East African Cables to sell its Tanzanian subsidiary at a loss to ease debt

Nairobi, May 12 -- East African Cables could raise only Ksh31.29 million ($234,713) from the sale of its stake in the Tanzania subsidiary after the investment was impaired by over Ksh83 million ($628,... Read More

East Africa trades more with its African peers than with EU, Asia

Nairobi, May 12 -- East African Community (EAC) member states are increasingly trading with one another and with other African countries, while reduce their trade with Europe, Asia, and other parts of... Read More

Oral meds to replace painful daily injections for kala-azar

Nairobi, May 11 -- A new oral medicine for treating visceral leishmaniasis is in the offing in a Phase II clinical trial conducted in Ethiopia by Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi) and its... Read More

If I were put in charge of a $15m African kitty, I'd first deworm children

Nairobi, May 11 -- One of my favourite stories on pan-African action (or in this case inaction), one I will never tire of repeating, comes from 2002, when the discredited Organisation of African Unity... Read More

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