The East African Crude Oil Pipeline is a 1,443-kilometre heated pipeline that will run from the oilfields in Lake Albert in Northwestern Uganda to Tanzania’s Indian Ocean port of Tanga. Photo/Courtesy By AFP A regional court on Wednesday threw out a legal challenge to a multi-billion dollar oil pipeline project in Tanzania and Uganda that

By Reuters The top European Union court ruled on Tuesday that public authorities in member states can prohibit employees from wearing signs of religious belief, such as an Islamic head scarf, in the latest decision on an issue that has divided Europe for years. The case came to the Court of Justice of the European

File Photo Somali Times/Abiy Ahmed LSE By Yohannes Woldemariam Abiy Ahmed is using Eritrea and ownership of the Red Sea to divert attention from the resistance to his rule by paramilitary forces and Ethiopia’s intractable ethnic challenges. With governance over the whole country increasingly tenuous, the prime minister is looking for a unifying narrative to

Kenya’s president William Ruto. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga, File) By The Associated Press The International Criminal Court prosecutor’s office announced Monday it is halting its long-running investigation into deadly violence that broke out in Kenya after the African nation’s 2007 presidential election. The decision was announced at a time when the prosecutor’s office is appealing for

Israeli journalist Gideon Levy By Anadolu Agency – ‘Peace will not come from Israeli society. Israelis will not wake up one morning and say ‘occupation is too cruel, apartheid is illegal, let’s put an end to this,’ says Gideon Levy – ‘It will only happen if Israelis start to pay for the occupation, to be

By The African Exponent In a dramatic turn of events, Kenyans are gearing up for a resurgence of mass demonstrations, commonly known as “maandamano,” as frustration mounts over unfulfilled promises by the Kenya Kwanza government. The apparent failure to address the concerns of citizens and deliver on electoral pledges has fueled discontent, prompting a vocal

Security forces in action after a bomb attack during the passage of an Atmis convoy in Mogadishu, Somalia on April 3, 2023. Photo/AFP By The East African The Heads of State Summit has accepted Somalia into the East African Community, becoming the eighth member of the regional bloc boasting more than 300 million people, about

By Anadolu Agency Britain’s King Charles has been secretly profiting from dead citizens’ assets, according to British daily The Guardian. “The Duchy of Lancaster, a controversial land and property estate that generates huge profits for King Charles III, has collected tens of millions of pounds in recent years,” The Guardian reported on Thursday. The daily

By Egypt Independent The Egyptian Justice Party said that Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s attempts to demand maritime access to a port on the Red Sea has raised concerns among Ethiopia’s neighboring countries. Read: Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed has expressed his country’s intention to forcefully take maritime territory A statement from the party said: “The

By The East African Somalia has been admitted as the eighth member of the East African Community on Friday November 24, 2023, just over a year after the latest entrant, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) was admitted into the bloc. Mogadishu’s admission into the bloc was approved by the region’s leaders during the 23rd