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Kenyan truck drivers face new danger in South Sudan

Nairobi, April 30 -- Truck drivers plying the Nimule-Juba route into South Sudan are facing a new threat after a militia group circulated leaflets warning they won't move without its permission or ris... Read More


Uganda taxation: Is targeting small business the answer?

Nairobi, April 30 -- Uganda, with a fiscal deficit of 5.6 percent in 2023, has increasingly turned to local resources to make up for its revenue shortfall since the World Bank suspended its funding on... Read More


To get Mabirizis off your backs just take your duties seriously

Nairobi, April 29 -- Ugandans tend to get wary of lawyer Male Mabirizi's relentless pursuit of justice in courts of law. We are a fatalist society and get impatient when someone insists on pursuing so... Read More


EAC's 'fragile' states set for fastest GDP growth

Nairobi, April 29 -- The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has named South Sudan, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo as the East African Community (EAC) member states poised for the quic... Read More


Lawyers lobby fault nomination of Kenyan as judge to regional court

Nairobi, April 29 -- Kenya has nominated Dr Zablon Muruka Mokua to the East African Court of Justice to replace Justice Charles Nyachae who resigned in January. But the nomination has been queried by... Read More


Somalia stabilisation force: Uganda troops answer call up; anyone else?

Nairobi, April 29 -- Ugandan authorities have confirmed that the country's forces will remain in Somalia after the expiry, at the end of this year, of the current mandate of the African Union mission,... Read More


Agoa to be expanded to all of Africa and extended to 2041

Nairobi, April 28 -- The US Congress has put forward proposals that would see the African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa) extended to 2041. Senators Chris Coons of Delaware and James Risch of Idaho... Read More


Uganda's fight against cattle raiders dividing Karamoja people

Nairobi, April 28 -- In the Karamoja region of north-eastern Uganda, a four-year outbreak of violent raids for livestock is finally subsiding - the result of a ruthless, informer-driven disarmament ca... Read More


At 60, though the Union isn't perfect, it can be made better

Nairobi, April 28 -- Tanzania turned 60 this past week. It is an important milestone and one that deserves to be celebrated with pride, and with thought. In other words, it is a celebration that needs... Read More


East Africa is set for higher growth rate due to its diversified economies

Nairobi, April 28 -- The International Monetary Fund's deputy division chief in the Africa Department spoke to Julians Amboko and shed light on its forecast for East Africa and policies that are likel... Read More