Gabon, condemned like the other ‘coup boys’ including Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso, quickly reset its relations with the West ...

In 1985, Golden Sounds, a band primarily of Cameroon’s Presidential Guard, released an album whose title track, Zangalewa, ...

Ethiopian President Sahle-Work Zewde left office on Monday, weeks after speculation swirled around her tenure. Ethiopia’s ...

The medical community that has been the first line of defence in the fight against the Marburg virus in Rwanda is paying the ...

An outbreak of the disease at one of Uganda's overcrowded prisons could become a major concern for health authorities.

Cameroon has become the latest country to receive an office donation from the Chinese, reflecting Beijing’s continued policy ...

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Uganda is close to achieving something no free country in peacetime has managed in the modern era. In under three months on ...

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Hundreds of Tanzanian men and women, under Nyerere's orders, gave their lives to save Ugandans from dictatorship.

Such practices weaken domestic institutions, decrease private investments and escalate inequalities in society.