Rwanda's president said the international community "failed all of us", as he marked 30 years since the 1994 genocide that killed around 800,000 people.
President Paul Kagame addressed dignitaries and world leaders who had gathered in Rwanda's (...)
Few political turnarounds can match the last month in Senegal.
Just over two weeks ago, Bassirou Diomaye Faye was a little-known opposition leader languishing in jail, detained without trial on charges including inciting insurrection, who had never (...)
To the casual observer, it seemed like the long-cherished dream of a new single currency for East Africa had come to fruition.
An account on X, called "Government of East Africa", complete with a grey tick suggesting it was the real deal, released (...)
Tanzania's founding father Julius Nyerere has been honoured with a statue outside the African Union headquarters in Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa.
Nyerere led what is now Tanzania from independence in 1961 until 1985.
Known as Mwalimu, Swahili for (...)
Tanzania's founding father Julius Nyerere has been honored with a statue outside the African Union headquarters in Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa.
Nyerere led what is now Tanzania from independence in 1961 until 1985.
Known as Mwalimu, Swahili for (...)
RIYADH — The Saudi Council of Ministers on Tuesday approved the Law for the Protection of Whistleblowers, Witnesses, Experts and Victims.
The Weekly session of the Cabinet, chaired by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman in Riyadh, also (...)
Emile Bolingo is not sure how long he and other residents of Goma, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, can hold out.
This major city in the region, with about two million people, has been cut off from the farms that feed it for several (...)
Developing countries must lead efforts to reform outdated international institutions and frameworks, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said in remarks to the third summit of the Group of 77 (G-77) and China, which opened on Sunday in Kampala, (...)
DAVOS — Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Eng. Waleed Al-Khereiji underscored Saudi Arabia's firm stance against the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip. He emphasized the urgent need of an immediate ceasefire, the delivery of relief aid, and the (...)
UN Secretary-General António Guterres repeated his call for a humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza and the unconditional release of all hostages, in an address to the latest summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), which concluded in Kampala, Uganda, on (...)
RIYADH — Deputy Foreign Minister Walid Al-Khuraiji reaffirmed Saudi Arabia's keen commitment to preserving the unity and territorial integrity of the republics of Somalia and Sudan. This commitment is seen as crucial to maintaining security, (...)
RIYADH — The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development (MHRSD) announced that it has cut the upper limit of fee for recruiting domestic workers from a number of countries. These countries include the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, (...)
RIYADH — Newly appointed Saudi ambassadors, including Princess Haifa Bint Abdulaziz Al Muqrin as the Ambassador to Spain, took their oaths before Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman in Riyadh on Tuesday.
Princess Haifa, along with other (...)
Once the gavel came down in Dubai, the warm words flowed — but will it really have an impact on climate change?
The agreement reached in this glitzy metropolis for the first time nails the role of fossil fuel emissions in driving up temperatures and (...)
A decision by Uganda's government to name a road after two foreign tourists killed earlier this month has triggered outrage in the country.
British citizen David Barlow and his South African wife Emmaretia Geyer were shot dead on their (...)
Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni says security forces are on the trail of an ISIS-linked rebel group blamed for the killing of two foreign newlyweds celebrating their honeymoon at a popular tourist destination in the country.
The couple was killed (...)
Two tourists were among three people killed in a "cowardly terrorist attack" at a national park in south-west Uganda, authorities say.
Uganda's police said the trio were were killed, and their vehicle burned, in the Queen Elizabeth National Park.
It (...)
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman has sent a cable of congratulations to President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni of the Republic of Uganda on his country's Independence Day.
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques wished the Ugandan president (...)
The Cabinet, chaired by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman Tuesday at Al-Salam Palace in Jeddah, has stated that a government entities, upon contracting with a carrier, are obliged to verify the availability of operating cards issued by (...)
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman has sent a verbal message to Ugandan President General Yoweri Kaguta Museveni.
The message tackled bilateral relations and means of enhancing Saudi-Ugandan cooperation.
Advisor at Saudi Royal Court Ahmad (...)
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman has sent a verbal message to the President of the Republic of Rwanda Paul Kagame on relations between the two countries and means to enhance cooperation.
Advisor at the Royal Court of Saudi Arabia Ahmed (...)
Sri Lanka on Saturday invited Japan to resume investment in projects including power, roads and ports as the Japanese foreign minister wrapped up the first high-level visit to the crisis-hit country in nearly four years.
Sri Lanka Foreign Minister (...)
The war in Ukraine must end, South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa has told Russia's leader Vladimir Putin.
Ramaphosa's remarks came as he met Putin in St. Petersburg on Saturday as part of a peace mission with six other African (...)
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs strongly condemned the armed attack on a school in western Uganda, which resulted in the loss of life and injuries to numerous individuals.
The Ministry reaffirmed Saudi Arabia's firm rejection of such heinous acts, (...)
Around 40 people, mostly pupils, have been killed at a school in western Uganda by rebels linked to the Daesh (so-called IS) group.
A further eight people remain in a critical condition after the attack on Lhubiriha secondary school in Mpondwe.
Boys (...)