For once, both Kigali and the rebels are negotiating under genuine pressure - and that changes everything.
By Lailla Mutajogera This past weekend in Kigali, something far more significant than a routine business meeting unfolded. President Paul Kagame convened with Jack Ma, founder...
By Danilo Desiderio In a continent where roads often end in red tape and distances stretch beyond infrastructure, the skies may hold the key to Africa’s...
By Gregory Simpkins Recently, I wrote about US President Donald Trump’s global peace efforts. One of the peace efforts involved the Democratic Republic of the Congo...
By Emmanuel Musaazi Historically, during the feudal era – precolonial times – societies were organized into kingdoms and clanships. Water bodies and waterways, such as lakes...
Rwandan president Paul Kagame has appointed Soraya Hakuziyaremye as the new Governor of the National Bank of Rwanda (BNR), making her the first woman to lead...
By Gregory Simpkins Over the years I have worked on analyzing international politics, economics and social issues, I have found that not only is each situation...
Kenya, currently holding the East African Community (EAC) presidency, has announced a joint summit with the Southern African Development Community (SADC) on February 7-8 in Dar...
By Gregory Simpkins M23 Rebels Gain Ground in Eastern DR Congo The Rwandan-backed March 23 Movement (M23) rebels, who are steadily gaining territory in eastern Democratic...
AP | Rwandans are commemorating 30 years since the genocide in which an estimated 800,000 people were killed by government-backed extremists, shattering the small East African...
By Fidel Amakye Owusu Last week the Constitutional Court of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) validated the re-election of Felix Tshisekedi. For an election...
By Alan Hirsch President William Ruto of Kenya recently announced that Kenya’s borders would be open to visitors from the entirety of Africa, with no visas...
Barbados has secured a major “game-changer” contract with the government of Rwanda to establish a new pharmaceutical industry – the first in the Caribbean. Prime Minister...
By Gregory Simpkins As the world rightly focuses on the Ukraine-Russia conflict, which has inflicted such misery on other countries, there is a growing conflict that...
The AU is often at the heart of agenda-setting, decision-making, rule creation, policy development and strategic leadership for the African continent.
Rwanda’s finance minister said the country will soon allow derivatives trading on its stock exchange and a new investment code, which could offer tax breaks for...
Rwanda has committed itself to driving policies and reforms that will attract investment and promote growth in the country. According to Rwandan President Paul Kagame, “It’s...
World Telecommunication and Information Society (WTIS) Award 2014 has been awarded to President Paul Kagame of Rwanda, President Park Geun-hye of South Korea and Mexican billionnaire...
In a checkout line at Kigali’s Nakumatt shopping center, employees pack groceries in paper bags. After non-biodegradable polythene bags were banned in 2008, owners found that...
What is Zambia’s president Michael Sata so suspicious about? How did Rwanda’s president Paul Kagame solve his seating problem? What is the hush-hush talk about Dlamini-Zuma’s...
A worker at the Petroleum Refinery plant in Mombasa, Kenya. PHOTO/Daily Nation Kenya is headed to become the first oil exporter in East Africa, moving in...
(Reuters) – Uganda has agreed to a plan to build a pipeline from its oilfields to a new port being developed on Kenya’s northern coast, Uganda’s...
France said Monday it had recalled its ambassador to Rwanda after authorities in Kigali refused to accept Paris’s choice of a new envoy. “The Rwandan authorities...
(Reuters) – A federal court in the state of Oklahoma has dismissed a lawsuit against Rwandan President Paul Kagame (pictured), brought by the widows of two...
President Kagame received President Nicolas Sarkozy of France on his first visit to Rwanda. Three years ago a commission of inquiry set up by Rwanda’s President...
