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The World Bank has officially categorized Tanzania as a Middle Income Economy in the lower category (Lower-Middle Income Economies) according to the new income level classifications released on July 1,...

Today, June 29th 2020 is the official day for opening of all schools in Tanzania, making it the first country to re-open schools in East Africa following the COVID-19 outbreak....

The Rwanda Defense Force (RDF) on Saturday morning reported that it repulsed an attack from an armed group in Nyaruguru District in southern Rwanda near the border with Burundi. According...

Thousands of Burundians lined the road to the capital, Gitega, on Friday as the body of former president Pierre Nkurunziza was escorted under heavy security for a state funeral after...

Six villages of Kigali City were on Thursday, June 25 put under a 15-day total Covid-19 lockdown in a bid to prevent the spread of the virus in other areas....

The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared Congo free of the second-worst Ebola outbreak in history. The Organization announced this via its Twitter account on Thursday stating that this was...

The United States Embassy in Tanzania has expressed concern over recent actions by the government in Tanzania to stifle Democratic norms, including the arrest of Political opposition figures and the...

Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has paid last respects to the former Burundi president Pierre Nkrunziza and hailed him for his contribution to the East African Community (EAC). Accompanied by First...

The African Union (AU) has suspended South Sudan from the continental body after Juba failed to pay its annual contributions amounting to over 9 million U.S. dollars. South Sudan became...

Kenyan authorities said they may deploy "radical approaches" to the spread of coronavirus after three police officers based at Nairobi’s Kamukunji Police Station tested positive for Covid-19. 30 other officers...