DRC: 5.6 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Eastern Region
A 5.6 magnitude earthquake struck the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo early on Friday local time at a relatively shallow depth of […]
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Burundi: Uganda President starts mediation role
Uganda’s president Yoweri Museveni has started mediating talks between Burundi’s government and opposition groups to help ease tensions that have arisen over plans by President […]
Coffee giant Starbucks to open stores in Sub Saharan Africa in 2016
After it struck a deal with Taste Holdings on Tuesday, the coffee giant Starbucks says it will open stores in sub-Saharan Africa for the first […]
Foreign investment: Rwanda targets $1.2 Bln in 2015
Rwanda aims to increase foreign direct investment in 2015 to $1.2 billion, a fourfold jump from two years ago, helped by a new investment Code […]
Tanzania earmarks $ 2 billion for roads construction in Dar Es-Salaam
The Tanzania government is planning to invest 4.394 trillion shillings ($ 2 billion) to build new road infrastructure and launch a rapid transit bus to […]
China Wu Yi Co to build roads in Kenya, Uganda and Ethiopia for $ 73 million
The construction firm China Wuyi Co Ltd announced on Monday it had won $73.2 million worth of contracts for the construction of roads in Kenya […]
DR Congo: Army takes over main FDLR base
The Congolese army announced it had taken over a main rebel base located inside the Virunga National Park in the eastern part of the country, […]
Rwanda: The solar plant Agahozo increases national energy capacity by 6%
Considered as the largest solar power plant in Central Africa and the East, the Agahozo solar plant, with its 8.5 MW capacity spread over 21 […]
DR CONGO: UN temporarily halts support in fight against FDLR
UN have decided to suspend its joint military operations with the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) against the Democratic Forces for […]
Rwanda: Belgium blocks €40 million aid for freedom and governance
Belgium has decided to suspend its €160million aid agreement that it signed with Rwanda because the latter has failed to attain the targets agreed upon. […]