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Tanzania’s President John Magufuli has ordered the country’s central bank not to bail out any struggling banks as East Africa’s third-largest economy tries to control rising bad debts in the sector. A spike in non-performing loans over the past two years has hit local bank profits and choked off new

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has cancelled scheduled events in Kenya on Saturday because he is feeling poorly. "The secretary is not feeling well after a long couple days working on major issues back home such as North Korea," the state department said. Mr Tillerson, on his first official

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has held talks with opposition leader Raila Odinga in the capital Nairobi. This is the first time the two rivals are meeting since last year's contested elections. "Had the great pleasure of welcoming my brotherRaila Odinga to Harambee House where we had the opportunity for extensive discussions

A Manchester-based author whose debut novel was initially rejected by British publishers has won one of the world's richest literary prizes. Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi - who's from Uganda and moved to the UK 17 years ago - has won one of the Windham Campbell Prizes from Yale University in the

Telecom giant, MTN, has announced that it has stopped selling SIM Cards in line with new guidelines by the Uganda Communication Commission (UCC). This announcement was made on Thursday evening indicating that the telecom company will install card readers at its different service centres to validate national identification data. " Effective

The African Development Bank and its East and North African Governors have stressed the need for urgent measures to match the continent’s growing population and youth unemployment, which they likened to a “ticking time bomb.” The meeting described the continent’s growing young population as a potential growth engine for the