2027 election Stories

Why little progress in Kenya's preparedness for 2027 polls worries observer missions
Barack Oduor  |  Feb 22, 2025

Also in limbo due to the budget cuts are voter education, delimitation of boundaries, medical insurance of IEBC staff, construction of offices and fue...

Rwanda condemns European Parliament's ‘biased’ resolution on DR Congo conflict
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Feb 22, 2025

The Rwandan Parliament reaffirmed its support for resolving the conflict through dialogue, urging the DRC government to engage with all warring partie...

UN Security Council to call on Rwanda to pull troops from Congo
Reuters  |  Feb 21, 2025

The French-drafted U.N. resolution "strongly condemns the ongoing offensive and advances of the M23 in North-Kivu and South Kivu" and demands that M23...

Wasteful Harambee Starlets held to goalless draw by Tunisia in WAFCON qualifier
Michael Kirwa  |  Feb 21, 2025

Harambee Starlets were left frustrated after a wasteful display saw them settle for a goalless draw against Tunisia in their WAFCON 2026 qualifier at...

Influx of 40,000 fleeing DRC war worsens Burundi humanitarian plight, UN says
Reuters  |  Feb 21, 2025

Several areas in northwest Burundi are overwhelmed with people, some of whom have been displaced several times and have arrived injured or with health...

DRC army runaways loot and sow panic in North Kivu town
Reuters  |  Feb 21, 2025

Fighting with the M23 has continued outside the town, in the southern part of the wider Lubero territory, for the past 72 hours, Congolese army spokes...

National Treasury officials fail to explain Sh73 billion budget gap
Eastleigh Voice Reporter  |  Feb 21, 2025

One document puts the total budget at Sh4.263 trillion, while another states it as Sh4.336 trillion, creating a Sh73 billion gap that officials failed...

Rwanda brands US sanctions against Minister of State James Kabarebe as “unjustified and unfounded”
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Feb 21, 2025

Rwanda argued that punitive measures would not help resolve the conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

Veteran Kenyan basketballer Griffins Ligare on longevity, AfroBasket 2025 and future plans
Michael Kirwa  |  Feb 20, 2025

eteran Kenyan basketballer Griffins Ligare continues to defy age, leading both Nairobi City Thunder and Kenya Morans with remarkable longevity. As he...

Rwanda rejects UK’s call to withdraw troops from eastern DRC
Lucy Mumbi  |  Feb 19, 2025

Rwanda also criticised the UK’s stance on the conflict, urging it to support the African Union-backed East African Community (EAC) and Southern Africa...

Rebel advance causes panic in Congolese border town Uvira
Reuters  |  Feb 19, 2025

Residents and officials described scenes of looting, bodies lying in the street, and government soldiers commandeering boats to flee across Lake Tanga...

Police push for change in law to bar demonstrators from being noisy during protests
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Feb 19, 2025

Speaking before the committee chaired by Narok North MP Gabriel Tongoyo, NPSC legal director James Nduna emphasised the need to separate noise from de...

Burundi troops withdraw from M23 fight in new blow to DRC
Reuters  |  Feb 18, 2025

Burundi has had soldiers in eastern Congo for years, initially to hunt down Burundian rebels there, but more recently, to aid in the fight against M23...

DRC army retreat from Bukavu leads to clashes with allied militias
Reuters  |  Feb 18, 2025

Three Congolese military sources said the decision to retreat was made to avoid the bloodshed that accompanied the fall of Goma, eastern Congo's large...

Children were executed by M23 in Congo's Bukavu, UN says
Reuters  |  Feb 18, 2025

She also voiced concern for journalists, human rights defenders and members of civil society organisations who are seeking protection from reprisals b...

Rebel-held ports in eastern DR Congo re-open as humanitarian aid needs grow
Reuters  |  Feb 18, 2025

A passenger boat from Bukavu to Goma left on Tuesday morning, operator Lweni Ndale said, adding it was the first he had sent since late January, short...

M23 rebels announce control over Bukavu, call for dialogue with Kinshasa
Mwangi Maina  |  Feb 17, 2025

M23 said its forces moved in to "assist the population" after the city was "abandoned by Kinshasa's coalition forces."

Africa 'brimming with hope and possibility': Guterres
UN News  |  Feb 16, 2025

Guterres was speaking on the first day of the annual meeting of the regional organisation, held at African Union Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia...

Congo PM demands 'withdrawal of Rwandan troops' after M23 reach Bukavu suburbs
Reuters  |  Feb 16, 2025

Eyewitnesses said they reached Bukavu's northern suburb Bagira on Friday evening but did not enter the city centre.

UN chief Guterres says 'dialogue must begin' between warring parties in eastern DR Congo
Reuters  |  Feb 15, 2025

M23 rebels have been pushing south towards Bukavu, the second-largest city in eastern DRC, since they seized Goma, the largest city, at the end of las...

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