Karibu sana to the East Africa we’ve quietly been becoming all along. If you live in a city where you’ve never met a woman who told you, “I have my Congolese tailor,” then you are not in ...

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East African finance chiefs increased planned spending to a record to sustain economic growth and mitigate the effects of ...

The city is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is considered one of the best examples of Swahili settlement - an ethnic group from the East African Coast. The city is found on Lamu Island ...

When it’s positive, the westerlies weaken, allowing that warm water—and rainfall—to shift toward East Africa. Cyclone Mekunu hits the east coast of Africa on May 25, 2018.

Opposition leaders and rights activists are jailed as presidents previously hailed as democrats turn repressive. It wasn’t always this way.