Edwin Mtei was a rare figure in post-independence Tanzania, a senior insider who challenged Julius Nyerere, paid the price, ...

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Uganda’s opposition says detained veteran dissident Kizza Besigye was rushed from Luzira Prison to a Kampala medical facility ...

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The SPLA-IO seized the town of Pajut, which is more than 300 km (180 miles) north of the capital, in heavy fighting last week ...

M23 entered Uvira, an important base for the Congolese army near the border with Burundi, on December 10, days after ...

Ugandans have begun a new week under the same leader who has governed them for four decades. Yoweri Museveni was re-elected ...

Our elections have lost all the lustre they may have had at any time in the past, and all they serve now is to indicate which ...