{A Zimbabwean court on Friday confirmed a traditional chief's ruling that former President Robert Mugabe's remains must be exhumed for reburial at a national shrine.}

{Tanzania's fifth President John Magufuli was buried Friday evening at his home in Chato, northwestern Tanzania.}

{Rwanda National Police (RNP) has dismissed about 386 police officers over gross misconduct in its latest bid to clean up law enforcement. }

Tanzania has rolled out the new electronic East African Community (EAC) passports to replace the existing national documents, set to be phased out by January 2020.

{South Africa's Afrikaanse Protestante Kerk church in Orania Sunday barred two black journalists from attending a service.} An official told the journalists “the church is only for whites”. Orania is an Afrikaans-only South African town located along the banks of the Orange River, in the arid Karoo region of the Northern Cape Province. The journalists […]

{The United States has raised concerns that future trade and investment deals with East African countries based on a continent-wide free trade agreement may be unrealistic due to their diverse interests.} According to Washington, the differences could lead to a lowest common denominator agreement and consensus on the African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa) would […]

{Rwandan shippers are protesting at Kenya’s continuing to charge fees for its electronic cargo tracking system in spite of the free integrated system being in place.} Uganda, Kenya and Rwanda integrated their electronic cargo tracking systems, replacing the old, individual country-owned ones. However, Kenya has maintained the old system that is run by private providers […]

{Five years ago, the East African Tourism Platform was set up to promote regional tourism. In that time, national tourism roundtables have been established and operationalised in all five partner states.} And, as the push for open skies in the region seems to be coming to fruition, low-cost flights across the EAC may soon be […]

{Kigali city commuters could soon have Wi-Fi connectivity running smoothly again when Korea Telecom Networks Rwanda (KTRN) gets rights to vend the service directly to bus operators.} Senior engineer in charge of ICT infrastructure development at the Ministry of Youth and ICT Emmanuel Dusenge said an agreement and exclusive contract had been finalised to allow […]

{China has said it is ready to finance the construction of the standard gauge railway from Kisumu in Kenya to Uganda and Rwanda as long as the three countries agree to handle the project jointly.} According to Beijing, such an agreement among the three countries would minimise political risks and plug missing links. There have […]