The Latest Breaking News from EAC

Labour warned its planning reforms will fail nature and homes goals

The government can’t build 1.5 million homes without addressing skills shortages, cross-party MPs say

The Independent UK · Nov 16, 2025

Raise awareness of flood risk to homes

Letter: Fiona Barbour says the government should implement the environmental audit committee’s recommendations to mitigate against unpredictable weather

The Guardian - UK · Oct 28, 2025

More Londoners to suffer noise blight from planes from new flight paths, warn MPs

Ministers have not provided evidence economic growth from expanding airports provides enough benefit to outweigh environmental harm, says new report

Evening Standard · Oct 23, 2025

Government facing increasing pressure to ban bottom trawling in protected areas

Calls to ban the damaging fishing practice in England’s marine protected areas have been intensifying ahead of a major UN ocean conference next week.

Evening Standard · Jun 4, 2025

UK government admits almost no evidence nature protections block development

Whitehall analysis provides no data or research to support the government argument that environmental legislation holds up building

The Guardian - UK · May 7, 2025

S.Sudan Govt Says Vice President Machar 'Under House Arrest'

The South Sudan government said on Friday First Vice President Riek Machar was "under house arrest," two days after he was detained, as a former Kenyan premier arrived in Juba to mediate the crisis threatening to end the fragile peace deal between rival factions.

International Business Times · Mar 28, 2025

Former ED chief Sanjay Kumar Mishra appointed to EAC-PM

Sanjay Kumar Mishra, 65, served as the Enforcement Directorate (ED) chief till September 15, 2023 after the Supreme Court curtailed his extended tenure following petitions filed against multiple extensions granted to him by the government. Read further on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News · Mar 26, 2025

Peacemaker or peacebreaker? Why Kenya’s good neighbour reputation is marred

Analysts say President Ruto’s friendliness with regional rebel groups positions Kenya as a country that ‘takes sides’.

Al Jazeera · Mar 6, 2025

As the DRC battles Rwanda-backed M23, what’s needed to stop the fighting?

Analysts weigh in on Rwanda’s role in the conflict in DRC, whether minerals are a factor and if diplomacy can succeed.

Al Jazeera · Feb 13, 2025

African leaders await response to call for ceasefire in eastern DRC

African leaders trying to solve the fighting in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo between the M23 armed group and Congolese government forces were on Sunday waiting for a response to their call for military chiefs from both sides to thrash out a peace deal.

Radio France Internationale · Feb 9, 2025