Independence Day Stories
Tanzania’s Independence Day saw Dar es Salaam streets largely empty as police and soldiers blocked planned anti-government protests after disputed Oct...
The activists led by Julius Kamau and Odhiambo Ojiro were rounded up by police who were both in uniform and plain clothes before being handcuffed to t...
Reports from Dar es Salaam, Arusha, Mwanza, and Dodoma indicate an unusually heavy presence of police and military units, with armoured vehicles stati...
Human Rights Watch urges Tanzania to free detained opposition supporters and activists ahead of independence day, end online censorship, and widen the...
The Kenya High Commission in Dar es Salaam has issued a safety advisory to Kenyans in Tanzania ahead of December 9 Independence Day, amid fears of ill...
The government said the issue, which touches on its internal affairs and reputation, was being advanced without allowing Tanzania to respond or correc...
The Somali state collapsed as a cohesive national entity in 1991. The military government that had been in power since 1969 was overthrown by armed op...
Every year, on the night of June 30, thousands of residents gather in the streets of Eastleigh to commemorate the unification of British Somaliland an...
The country has faced an economic meltdown that experts say could bring not only hardships but also political turmoil to a nation wracked with both.
Ambassador Jabril Ibrahim congratulated all Somali citizens and further expressed gratitude to the Kenyan government for enabling the celebration.
Madaraka Day is a commemoration of the day in 1963 when Kenya attained internal self-rule after being a British colony since 1920.
Critics point to Lumumba's simultaneous promotion of African unity while seemingly endorsing the dismemberment of Somalia.
In 1791, Haiti, hailed as the "Pearl of the Antilles," stood as the crown jewel of the French empire, ranking as the world's wealthiest colony and con...
