Zimbabwe chokes under weight of $13bn China loans The country is already defaulting on active loans from China.
Africa’s risk of debt piles as countries fight inflation African governments owe three times as much debt to private creditors in the West as they do to China.
Catholic bishops join fight against climate change The Catholic clerics from eight East African countries met in met in Dar es Salaam this past week.
Elizabeth Lwanga relives glory of crisis diplomacy Elizabeth Lwanga played an instrumental role in ending the civil war in Sierra Leone in the 1990s.
ULIMWENGU: Swahili Day is a welcome fillip for all of us It now looks like Kiswahili, the East African lingua franca, is on the way to true world superstardom.
Kenya and Uganda feel pinch of new EAC tax regime Businesses say the new law that raised import taxes has affected basic commodities like sugar and wood and will push up cost of food.
Kenya wants share of maize imports from Africa raised Crop failure due to poor weather and a shift in the movement of Uganda maize to South Sudan have seen flour prices rocket.
Uganda finally adopts Kiswahili as official language While Kiswahili is the lingua franca in the East African region, English has been Uganda's only official language since independence.
Juba traders plan to ditch Kenya port for Djibouti Mombasa has been the main route for all consignments destined to the landlocked country and South Sudan now says Port of Djibouti is shorter.
ULIMWENGU: Trouble in Ngorongoro paradise and MPs see no evil It looks like a complicated, knotty situation. It involves the rights invoked by the Maasai to live where they have always lived.
