How African countries fared in FIFA week friendlies

By Agencies,

African countries wound up their final round of friendly match engagements with several matches played this week. As attention returns to interclub...

Algeria , Angola , Cote d’Ivoire , DR Congo , FIFA , Morocco , Mozambique , Nigeria , tunisia

Honouring Mkapa: Magufuli renames Dar stadium after departed President

By Mkalla Wa Mwambodze,

Mkalla Mwambodze in Nairobi Tanzanian President John Pombe Magufuli has renamed Taifa Stadium in Dar es Salaam after the late president Benjamin Mkap...

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President Kenyatta declares three days of mourning in Kenya to honour Tanzania’s Benjamin Mkapa

By Benjamin Muriuki,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has declared three days of national mourning in honour of the late former Tanzanian President Benjamin William Mkapa who died...

Benjamin Mkapa , President Uhuru Kenyatta , Tanzania

President Kenyatta, Kibaki, Raila mourn Tanzania’s Benjamin Mkapa

By Benjamin Muriuki,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has led Kenyans in expressing condolences following the death of former Tanzanian President Benjamin Mkapa. In his message...

Benjamin Mkapa

Tanzania’s former president Benjamin Mkapa dies

By Reuters,

Tanzania’s former President Benjamin Mkapa, who served from 1995 to 2005, died in the early hours of Friday, President John Magufuli said in a state...

President Benjamin Mkapa , President John Magufuli , Tanzania

Mkapa’s damning book on Ruto, Karua and 2008 peace talks sold out

By Paul Ombati,

A book on the intricate details of the 2007 post election talks between Mwai Kibaki and Raila Odinga written by former Tanzanian President Benjamin Mk...

annan , mkapa

Tanzania fire tragedy: Magufuli declares 3 days of mourning as death toll hits 64

By Raquel Muigai,

Tanzanian President John Magufuli has declared three days of national mourning following an oil tanker explosion on Saturday. The death toll from t...

Morogoro , President John Magufuli , Tanzania

Gor announce Everton travel date

By Moses Ngige,

Kenyan Premier League giants Gor Mahia will fly to the United Kingdom on November 2 ahead of a friendly match with English Premier League side Everton...

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List of Raila overseas trips after Uhuru handshake

By Citizen Reporter,

Opposition leader Raila Odinga left the country this week for a one-week visit in Germany. Pictures on his social media pages showed him departing ...

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Photos: Kofi Annan in Kenya with Kibaki, Raila

By Werunga Kevin,

Former United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan, who died on Saturday, is synonymous with the peace deal that brought an end to Kenya's post elect...

kenya post election violence , kofi annan

How South Africa’s likely next president was kicked out of Kenya

By Ian Omondi,

The year is 2008, Kenya is in turmoil after witnessing a bungled election and a violent aftermath that claimed the lives of thousands of Kenyans. I...

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Tanzania, Uganda leaders criticize ICC probe of Burundi

By Citizen Reporter,

The leaders of Tanzania and Uganda criticized on Saturday a plan by the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate alleged human rights abuses ...

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U.N. chief urges Burundi parties to participate in peace talks

By Reuters,

The United Nations has called on political parties in Burundi to commit fully to peace talks to resolve a two-year old political crisis in the east Af...

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KIRUKU: Jammeh’s out, but why won’t the EAC flex its muscle too?

By Anne Kiruku,

The move by West African nations to force out of power long-time Gambian leader Yahya Jammeh should be a wake-up call to our own regional leaders – ...

The East African Community: Another diplomatic headache for Kenya?

By Desmond Boi,

The East African Community has been on top in Africa as a fast rising trading bloc in the past one and half decade, after its resurrection in 1999 by ...

KIRUKU: There’s bloodshed in Burundi, so we talk, talk, talk…

By Anne Kiruku,

The last time I wrote an article castigating the Burundi ruling party, CNDD-FDD, for nominating President Pierre Nkurunzinza as its candidate to seek ...

Burundi peace talks open in Tanzania with opposition criticism

By Reuters,

Tanzania opened peace talks on Saturday in a bid to end a political crisis in Burundi, but some opponents said the absence of several leading oppositi...

Burundi , Peace Talks , Tanzania

Burundi president condemns killing of general amid rising violence

By Reuters,

Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza has condemned the killing of a senior army officer who was shot along with his wife and bodyguard in an attack tha...

Burundi

President Kikwete says to frequently visit Naivasha after retiring

By Benjamin Wafula,

Outgoing Tanzania President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete now says he will have more time to visit Kenya as a private citizen. Kikwete, who was speaking to...

jakaya kikwete , Tanzania

The numbers that will influence Tanzania Presidential elections outcome

By Koome Kimonye,

In exactly five days, Tanzanians will go to the ballot to elect the fifth President to take over from Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete who retires from elective ...

Edward Ngoyai Lowassa , John Magufuli , Tanzania , Tanzania elections