Outgoing Japan Ambassador to South Sudan is confident the country will fulfil all the outstanding tasks of the peace deal roadmap even though it might miss the timelines.  In an...

ADDIS ABABA - The African Development Bank has withdrawn all its international staff from Ethiopia immediately.  Through a statement on Wednesday, the Bank said the office will remain open under...

NAIROBI - The newly appointed envoys’ performance will be pegged on the increase volume of trade between Kenya and their host states.  Addressing new ambassadors, high commissioners, consuls-general and deputy...

CAIRO - The fourth and final round of negotiations on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam failed on Tuesday in Addis Ababa. Egypt's Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation on Tuesday...

NEW YORK - The UN Security Council on Tuesday unanimously adopted the resolution initiating the phased down of MONUSCO, the UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo, in...

NAIROBI - Kenya's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has moved to forestall a diplomatic row with Kigali following remarks by Roads and Infrastructure Minister Kipchumba Murkomen, who termed Rwanda's government as...

ARUSHA - The East African Community will not observe DRC elections set for Wednesday, December 20.  Through a statement on Monday, EAC Secretariat said although it was ready to participate...

NAIROBI - Former Kenya's President and Facilitator of the EAC-led Nairobi Peace Process Uhuru Kenyatta has differed sharply with his successor, William Ruto, over the handling of DRC opposition figures...

NAIROBI - Kenya and the EU on Monday signed an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) to boost bilateral trade in goods, increase investment flows, and contribute to sustainable economic growth.  Following...

AfDB has announced $696.4 million financing for Burundi and Tanzania to start Phase II of the Joint Tanzania-Burundi-DR Congo Standard Gauge Railway Project.   In a statement on December 12, AfDB...