The East African

The East African is a weekly publication based in Kenya, produced by the Nation Media Group, which also prints the prominent Daily Nation. This newspaper is distributed not only in Kenya but also across the African Great Lakes region, including Tanzania, Uganda, and Rwanda. It features a mix of local stories and thorough analyses from these countries, along with coverage of international news.

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Why Uganda Was ‘spiritual home,’ crown of the Aga Khan - The EastAfrican

2 months ago | theeastafrican.co.ke | Julius Barigaba

The mosque of the Aga Khan’s coronation in Old Kampala takes on more significance following his death.
Traders’ dilemma as Shabaab targets businesses with CCTV cameras - The EastAfrican

Dec 5, 2024 | theeastafrican.co.ke | Abdulkadir Khalif

The attacks have paralysed key neighbourhoods, with markets in Ceelasha Biyaha, Yaqshid and Heliwa districts disrupted as traders fear violence.
IMF pushes for single treasury account, tax reforms in Congo in new $2.9bn deal

Nov 18, 2024 | theeastafrican.co.ke | Vincent Owino

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) wants Kinshasa to consolidate thousands of government-related accounts into one to improve transparency, as part of the conditions of a new financing deal that will see the country receive $2.87 billion over three years.
Afreximbank raises $523m in first Samurai Bond issue

Nov 18, 2024 | theeastafrican.co.ke | Vincent Owino

The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has raised $523 million (¥81.3 billion) in its inaugural issue of a Samurai bond, making it one of the only few African institutions to raise funds in the unique Japanese market. A Samurai bond is a Japanese yen-denominated facility aimed primarily at individual and institutional investors in the Asian powerhouse, and provides a means of raising funds in Japan capital markets.
Sudan’s RSF gets podium in Nairobi to deny rights abuses

Nov 18, 2024 | theeastafrican.co.ke | Fred Oluoch

Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) took to the podium in Nairobi on Monday to refute accusations of civilian rights abuses, including ethnic cleansing, rape and murder. In a rare press conference since the war started in April last year, the RSF delegation appeared in Nairobi to deny the allegations and defend President William Ruto for allowing them space in Kenya.
Gabon junta banks on new constitution to regularise rise to power

Nov 17, 2024 | theeastafrican.co.ke | Ndi Eugene Ndi

Gabonese voters approved a new constitution by a landslide 91.8 percent, the interior minister said on Sunday, after a referendum that the ruling junta promised would be a stepping stone to democratic rule. Speaking on state television, Minister Hermann Immongault said turnout was an estimated at 53.5 percent. General Brice Oligui Nguema, the interim president, had touted Saturday’s vote as a sign of the government’s commitment to a democratic transition, tentatively scheduled for 2025.
Small arms: Big headache for EA nations despite past disarmaments

Nov 17, 2024 | theeastafrican.co.ke | Sammy Lutta

The Karamoja region of north-eastern Uganda has long experienced severe conflict and insecurity, fuelled by poverty and a lack of proper communications infrastructure. And the proliferation of small arms and light weapons didn’t help. Together with neighbouring Turkana in Kenya, and Eastern Equatorial State of South Sudan; they formed a deadly triangle of violent raids. Government officials started to take note at the turn of the millennium.
If we didn’t fancy the flimsy, DRC would be $100b richer from Baku

Nov 16, 2024 | theeastafrican.co.ke | Joachim Buwembo

It is possible that the news most Africans followed beyond their borders were the US election outcome and Equatorial Guinea’s finance guy who encroached on hundreds of high profile married women. What we need to figure out is what value we gained by following and discussing those two issues. It could turn out that they were both equally not very useful to us.
Trump 2.0? It was right there in ‘Simpsons’ and science fiction

Nov 16, 2024 | theeastafrican.co.ke | Elsie Eyakuze

The first Trump presidency was so improbable that it had been joked about in The Simpsons. Sadly, The Simpsons is an unusually prophetic animated series. This might help to explain how, despite being the butt of many superficial jokes, and the serious topic of dystopian warning humour, Donald Trump prevailed. Nobody cracked jokes about the possibility of a second Trump presidency.
East Africa goes back 45 years to find its great railway future... or is it all a dream?

Nov 16, 2024 | theeastafrican.co.ke | Charles Onyango-Obbo

East Africa has had its cup overflowing with railway news in recent weeks. In August, Tanzania President Samia Suluhu launched and took a ride on the new 460 kilometres Dar es Salaam to Dodoma railway line, and gushed about how it was “a pathway to our future…[and] will enhance our standing in the region".