East African Community

Burundi, DRC, Rwanda
Great Lakes Conference seeks to coordinate regional mediation

The regional organisation is working on its strategy for managing conflicts linked to mining resources.

Rwanda
Opposition politician Victoire Ingabire eyes regional appeal after Rwandan court defeat

Rwandan opposition figure Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza is still hopeful she can run in this year’s presidential polls.

Kenya, Uganda
Tarus affair adds to tensions between Kenya and Uganda

The incident that has blown up around former Kenyan diplomat and minister Stephen Tarus, who has been accused of gold trafficking in Uganda, has crystallised tensions between the two countries.

The New Guard
Nigeria, Kenya, Somalia

Every Wednesday, Africa Intelligence spotlights a new generation of movers and shakers in business and politics.

Nigeria Tolu Obamuroh, Abuja's young legal eagle

Kenya Wanjiku Thiga fights rising femicide rates

Somalia Mohamed Osman, the president's economic expert

Kenya
Big tobacco steers Nairobi's cigarette tax revamp

After months of tobacco industry lobbying, the Kenyan government is working on a new formula for taxing cigarettes, which could benefit certain manufacturers. Health campaigners are worried.

Kenya, Uganda
Museveni and Ruto set up Kampala meeting

Relations between Kenya and Uganda are currently fraught on account of a trade dispute over oil imports, but the two heads of state are due to hold bilateral talks on the sidelines of the Non-Aligned Movement summit in Kampala.

Kenya
Financial Action Task Force puts Kenyan Treasury in the hot seat

The international Financial Action Task Force on money laundering and terrorism financing will soon make a decision about the reforms made by William Ruto's administration. Kenya could face the financial consequences of being placed on the grey list.

Burundi
Agathon Rwasa's beef over regional assembly nominations hits dead end

Almost exactly a year after Agathon Rwasa asked it to [...]