Eastern Africa

Business

Rwanda Receives First 40,000-Tonne Petroleum Cargo Through Kenya’s Northern Corridor

Kenya has activated a new petroleum supply route to Rwanda following the arrival of a 40,000-metric-tonne cargo of refined petroleum products at the Kenya Pipeline Company’s Kipevu Oil Terminal...
Business

Museveni Courts Japanese For More Investments in Road Infrastructuret

Ugandan President Yowere Museveni has  urged Japenese investors to focus their investment on road infrastructure across the country.The head of state said that during...
Eastern Africa

Turkiye’s $4 billion Warsheekh Port Deepens Strategic Partnership with Somalia

Turkiye and Somalia are deepening a strategic military and maritime partnership as Mogadishu moves to expand its coastal infrastructure, with Prime Minister Hamza Abdi...
East Africa

South Sudan’s Conscience: How a UN Probe Keeps the World’s Youngest Nation’s Abuses in the Light Ahead of Crucial Vote

JUBA, South Sudan—To ensure accountability and promote transitional justice, the UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan, an independent, three-member body established by...
Business

East Africa’s Horticulture Industry Seeks to End the Long Way Around for African Produce

East Africa's horticulture industry is turning to regional cooperation to tackle a problem that has long undermined its competitiveness: producing for a global market...
Agribusiness

How Freight Costs and Border Delays Squeeze the Livelihoods of East Africa’s Fresh Produce Growers

Over 10 million households across Eastern Africa depend on the horticulture value chain. Smallholder farmers wake before dawn to harvest avocados, green beans, chili...