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Ethiopia led Nile treaty gains ground as Burundi joins
Ethiopian authorities have expressed their contentment over Burundi’s decision to sign a new Nile water equitable sharing treaty that will end Egypt's historical control...
Burundi: Lightning and torrential rains kill several children
Several school going children have been killed after lightning struck the provinces of Karuzi and Bubanza in Burundi. Torrential rains and lightning incidents have...
Lightning kills several school children in Burundi
According to reports from Burundi's national radio, several people, including 12 school going children and a teacher, were killed and some seriously injured, when...
Burundi: Fear of civil war looms
Fear of looming rebellion is gripping Burundi following the discovery of fourteen bodies, some of them mutilated with machetes, in a river west of...
In Burundi, 2nd editor arrested in less than a month
Burundian police on Tuesday arrested Thierry Ndayishimiye, chief editor of the private weekly Arc-en-Ciel, on defamation charges related to a story about alleged government...
East Africa not ready for electoral violence
The states that make up East African Community (EAC) have said that they are not ready to handle post electoral violence.
Even today, East Africa...
Al-Shebab extends Uganda-Burundi threats abroad
Al-Shehab, the notorious Somali Islamist rebel group, will strike Ugandan and Burundian targets around the world. The announcement which was made Friday seeks to...
African Union summit ends with anti el-Shabab plan
As the 15th AU summit closed today in Kampala, African Union chairman, also president of Malawi Bingu wa Mutharika said that the big turn...
Rwanda: Kagame commended over corruption rate
Amidst accusations of tyranny and rights abuses, Rwandan President Paul Kagame, has been credited for Rwanda's transparency, after anti-corruption watchdog Transparency International revealed that...
East Africa’s most corrupt country
Kenya has relinquished its position as the most corrupt country in East Africa to Burundi, according to the East African Bribery Index 2010 by...
NYERERE centre for peace research begins new training programs in Arusha
The East African Community Nyerere Centre for Peace Research (EAC-NCPR) in cooperation with Arcadia University in the USA has offered new scholarships to undergraduate...
African countries’ reluctance to ratify Kampala Declaration questioned
Uganda government has expressed its unhappiness towards African countries over delays in the ratification of the Kampala Declaration, which aims at ensuring that African...
Burundi: A bloody presidential election
Burundians went to the polls on Monday to re-elect incumbent head of state Pierre Nkurunziza, who was the only candidate to run for president...
East Africa: Rwanda government condemned over murder
The media fraternity in the east African countries of Kenya, Burundi, Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda have condemned the brutal killing of Jean Leonard Rugambage,...
East Africa getting ready for internet revolution
The recent deployment of the SEACOM broadband cable off the coast of east Africa has sparked “the dawn of a new era” in Internet...
EAC- EC economic partnership agreement negotiations held in Dar Es Salaam
The third negotiations session between the East African Community (EAC) Partner States and the European Commission (EC) on the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) ended...
Uganda: Ethiopian led river Nile agreement signed without Egypt and Sudan
River Nile basin states have today signed an agreement on the Nile river basin cooperative framework in which they agreed to collectively work towards...
Brazil lauds EAC, seeks closer ties: Country ready to co-operate in areas of technology, energy, railways and environment
Brazil has commended the East African Community (EAC) integration process and has expressed its desire to work closely with the five-nation regional bloc. Brazil's...
Eastern Africa commemorates World Press Freedom Day 2010 (Burundi, Uganda, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Tanzania, Madagascar)
UNESCO Offices in Dar es Salaam, Nairobi and Bujumbura, together with the United Nations Communication Group in Tanzania and media stakeholders in the East-African...
Uganda: 3rd East African Investment Conference
The 3rd East African Investment Conference was held at the Commonwealth Speke Resort, Munyonyo from 27th - 30th April 2010 under the theme "EAC...
East African Community (EAC) adopts one laptop per child initiative
The East African Community today partnered with the One Laptop per Child (OLPC), a nonprofit organisation whose mission is to help provide every child...
East African Community Investment Conference lauds development
Uganda's president ,Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has today officially opened the 3rd East African Community Investment Conference at Munyonyo Resort hotel in the outskirts of...
Egypt better off settling water spat with Ethiopia led Nile Basin negotiations
Negotiations between the ten countries of the Nile Basin Initiative (NBI), April 13 in Sharm Al-Sheikh, hit the wall over Cairo's refusal to give...
USADF Signs Two Grants to Support Marginalized Populations in Burundi
In an effort to work with under-served groups to alleviate poverty, the United States African Development Foundation (USADF) recently awarded two grants with organizations...
EAC inter-state security ministers meet in Bujumbura: Meeting witnesses public destruction of illicit arms
The Deputy Secretary General of the East African Community (EAC) in charge of Political Federation, Hon. Beatrice Kiraso, has said that the region's stability...
East African Community: Clarification on the use of the East African passport
Following a Media Conference two weeks ago, which the Secretary General of the East African Community had held in Arusha to announce and promote...
EACJ scales up sensitisation on arbitration in the partner states
The East African Court of Justice (EACJ) has organised a series of sensitisation workshops on its arbitration jurisdiction in the capitals of the five...
EAC steps up preparations for 3rd EAC investment conference / World Bank to launch report on doing business in the EAC at Conference
The East African Community Secretariat has stepped up preparations for the 3rd EAC Investment Conference confirming the date and theme for the event due...
Tanzania: 20th ordinary meeting of the EAC Council of Ministers to begin Friday 19 March in Arusha
The 20th Ordinary Meeting of the East African Community Council of Ministers is scheduled to run from 19 to 26 March 2010 at the...
United States Breaks Ground on 100th Diplomatic Facility with the New Embassy Compound in Bujumbura, Burundi
U.S. Ambassador to Burundi Pamela J. H. Slutz; Mayor of Bujumbura Mr. Evrard Giswaswa; and Acting Managing Director for Operations of the Bureau of...