Addis Ababa, Ethiopia — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in Addis Ababa on his first-ever official visit to Ethiopia, marking a historic milestone in India–Ethiopia relations and underscoring New Delhi’s growing engagement with Africa and the Global South. Prime Minister Modi was personally received at Bole International Airport by Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed…
When Meja Mwangi wrote about the dispossessed, the hustling, the broken and the stubbornly hopeful, he was not merely inventing characters. He was holding up a mirror to post-independence Kenya and daring the nation to look. With his death on December 11, 2025, in Malindi, Kenya, at the age of 78, East Africa has lost…
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia — The Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), H.E. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, has expressed deep concern over the rapidly deteriorating security situation in the Great Lakes region, urging all parties involved to show maximum restraint and return to dialogue. In a statement released on Thursday, the Chairperson cited escalating tensions in…
Cape Town, South Africa — Brumelda Zuma, daughter of former South African President Jacob Zuma, was sworn in as a Member of Parliament (MP) on Wednesday, stepping into the seat vacated by her half-sister Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla amid a high-profile political controversy. Brumelda took her oath of office on 10 December 2025, representing the uMkhonto weSizwe…
A newly released United Nations expert panel report has accused Uganda of breaching a longstanding UN arms embargo on South Sudan by deploying troops, tanks, armoured vehicles and military helicopters into the country beginning in March 2025, at the height of renewed fighting between government forces and militias loyal to former First Vice President Riek…