Uganda: POLICE TERROR ALERT PRESS RELEASE:

Police has received information of plans by some terror groups to attack Police stations and security installations in Kampala and other parts of the country, with the view of securing some weapons... Read more »

MTN confirms sale of towers to IHS in Rwanda, Zambia

MTN Group announced that it has agreed to sell its tower portfolios in Rwanda and Zambia to IHS Holding. MTN will sell a total of 1,228 mobile towers to IHS’s subsidiaries in... Read more »

RWANDA LAUNCHES NEW MARKETING INITIATIVE FOR EAST AFRICAN VISITORS

Coinciding with the launch of the common East African tourist Visa on the 01st of January 2014 – this accomplishment largely credited to Rwanda’s nifty diplomacy after being tasked by fellow EAC... Read more »

S Sudan on precipice of civil war, Obama warns

He said 45 military personnel had been deployed to South Sudan on Wednesday to protect American citizens and property. At least 500 people are believed to have died since last weekend, when... Read more »

“Ghost of Rwanda” haunts as US envoy visits C.African Republic

Neighbour turning on neighbour, villages razed to the ground, hundreds of victims shot or hacked to death with machetes. The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Samantha Power, visited violence-racked Central African... Read more »

Rwanda promotes new tourism program targeting East African Community

KIGALI, Rwanda – With the inauguration of the18-month EAC marketing program coinciding with the recent announcement at the World Travel Market in London by the governments of Rwanda, Kenya and Uganda which... Read more »

Sporadic, heavy gunfire continues overnight in South Sudan capital

Fresh gunfire rang out in South Sudan’s capital early Tuesday, a day after the president announced he had defeated a coup attempt in the world’s youngest nation, an AFP reporter said. The... Read more »

Desmond Tutu home robbed when he was at Mandela memorial

Police in South Africa say retired Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s home was robbed while he was away to attend a memorial honoring Nelson Mandela. A statement Wednesday from the South African Police Service... Read more »

Hagel orders US military to fly Burundi troops to Central African Republic to quell violence

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has ordered the U.S. military to transport troops from Burundi into the Central African Republic to help quell the latest upsurge in violence there. Hagel approved the order... Read more »

UN troops start military action against Congo rebels

United Nations peacekeeping troops in Democratic Republic of Congo have launched operations against a Rwandan Hutu rebel militia operating along Congo’s border with Rwanda, the U.N. commander said on Tuesday. Defeating Rwandan... Read more »