Tanzanian President John Pombe Magufuli on Monday pardoned and ordered the release of 1,789 Ethiopian illegal migrants.

The African Union (AU) on Tuesday raised concern with the rising tensions at the common border between Kenya and Somalia, which saw sporadic violence in Bula-Hawo. It called for dialogue to deescalate tension.

Alex Saab who has been in a Cape Verdean prison following his arrest on the island in June 2020, is now under house arrest, reports say.

Riad Hosiefe, a very good friend of the late former President of Ghana Jerry John Rawlings has made some shocking revelations on how that the late former President became fond of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.

It is back to the drawing board for airlines in East Africa as a resurgence of Covid-19 further disrupts global travel amid the need to save jobs while turning cash positive.

Seychelles' beaches may not be teeming with visitors now but the country's hotel owners are getting ready.

Heavy fighting at a Somali town near the Kenyan border has killed at least nine people, according to Somali sources, as tensions between the East African neighbours increase.

Uganda’s High Court on Monday ordered security forces to end their confinement of presidential election runner-up Bobi Wine.

Sierra Leone's capital Freetown goes into a two-week lockdown starting Monday, as the government revises measures to contain the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic.