The Latest Breaking News from East Africa

Weeks after namaz row, Gujarat varsity asks seven foreign students to vacate hostel for overstaying

Six students from Afghanistan and one from East Africa have been asked to vacate the Gujarat University’s hostel rooms for overstaying, in a move coming weeks after some foreign students were attacked for offering namaz on the premises

The Hindu · Apr 8, 2024

The Guardian appoints new correspondents in the Caribbean, South America, Africa and the UK, boosting its coverage of underreported communities

The new editorial roles form part of the Scott Trust Legacies of Enslavement programme, marking one year since the publication of its report into the Guardian’s historical links with transatlantic slavery

The Guardian - UK · Mar 26, 2024

Column | Inside the coastal Muslim kitchen

Coastal Muslim kitchen: From kuzhi paniyarams with Dutch ties to the local cousin of the East African injera, TN’s coastal food shows us that history is preserved not just in our museums but also in our kitchens

The Hindu · Jan 5, 2024

Tanzania flood deaths rise to at least 60 after torrential rain

In tonight's edition: Hundreds of lives have been lost across East Africa as the region is battered by torrential rain and flooding. Also, the drive for more green infrastructure across Africa gets a $175 million boost at the COP28 summit. Finally, we see how Uganda is planning on cracking down…

France 24 · Dec 4, 2023

Floods, landslides kill dozens in northern Tanzania

East Africa has been hit for weeks by torrential rain and flooding linked to the El Nino weather phenomenon.

Al Jazeera · Dec 3, 2023

Kenya raises alarm as flooding death toll rises to 76, with thousands marooned by worsening rains

Kenya's government is urging people living in flood-prone areas to relocate to higher ground as heavy rains and flash floods continued to wreak havoc across East Africa

The Independent UK · Nov 27, 2023

Somalia Joins East Africa Trade Bloc In 'Milestone'

Conflict-weary Somalia on Friday became the eighth member of the East African Community (EAC) in a move hailed as a milestone for the troubled Horn of Africa country.

International Business Times · Nov 24, 2023

Somalia joins the East African Community, but questions remain over security

The 23rd Summit of East African Community leaders is opening this Friday with the integration of Somalia into the group dominating the agenda.

Radio France Internationale · Nov 24, 2023

'Crisis upon crisis' as Kenya and Somalia go from drought to floods

Around 80 people in Kenya and Somalia have lost their lives in less than a month as a result of floods caused by heavy rains, which come on the heels of East Africa's worst drought in decades.

Radio France Internationale · Nov 19, 2023

Somalia swamped by once-in-a-century flooding after historic drought: UN

The United Nations has described floods that uprooted hundreds of thousands of people in Somalia and neighbouring countries in East Africa following a historic drought as a once-in-a-century event.

Radio France Internationale · Nov 10, 2023