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WEBComment NGUGI: Kenya Kwanza: Stop these games and get to work. Comment OBBO: The perils, the profits and the plan for East Africa. Comment ULIMWENGU: Tundu Lissu has the name of the man who came for his life. Comment EYAKUZE: It is time for us to sit down and talk about democracy in Africa. Authoritative news and analysis from East Africa ...
Rwanda now biggest importer of Uganda sugar importer in EAC
WEB4 hours ago · Rwanda has overtaken Kenya as Uganda’s biggest sugar export market in the East African Community. In 2022, Uganda exported at least 1.7 MT, but the sugar full year ended December 31, 2023, and the latest sugar export data from Uganda Revenue Authority (URA), show Rwanda ordered over 35.3 per cent or 39.3 MT out of the 111.1 MT Uganda sugar millers exported to the EAC Common Market in the ...
Sudan strife headed Libyan way, security experts warn on elusive …
WEB5 hours ago · Members of the Sudanese Armed Popular Resistance support the army in Gedaref, Sudan on January 16, 2024. Sudan’s war has been so calamitous that some security experts are comparing it with Libya, which continues to run under two opposed governments, 10 years on. While that could also be a false alarm because the warring factions sometimes ...
Why President Ruto is walking a tight rope on Gachagua ouster bid
WEB5 hours ago · Embattled Kenyan Deputy President (DP) Rigathi Gachagua on Thursday made a last-ditch attempt to block an impeachment vote against him in the National Assembly, with more than 10 petitions filed in different courts challenging the process. Members of Parliament are next Tuesday expected to vote on whether the impeachment motion brought to the ...
East Africa - The East African
WEBEast Africa UN mission won’t leave DRC in Dec. East Africa Somalia bickers with federal states over Egypt deal. East Africa Heir apparent U-turn: Museveni's son, Muhoozi Kainerugaba, drops 2026 presidential bid. East Africa Kenya’s Ruto game plan to contain internal rebellion in his government. East Africa Codeco militia adds to Congo’s ...
Mombasa auction stranded with 119m kilos of unsold tea
WEB1 day ago · Market data by the East African Tea Traders Association (Eatta) shows that Rwandan tea fetched $4.02 a kilo in the September sale, against Kenya’s tea at $2.21, Burundi’s $2.24, Uganda’s $1.27 and Tanzania’s $1.15 for the same quantity. The value of Rwandan tea has been on an upward trend since the beginning of the year, on the back of ...
EAC economies grew the fastest in Africa last year
WEBDec 8, 2021 · The key to sustainable growth in Africa remains foreign direct investment, which peaked at an all-time high in 2019, but has plummeted since 2020. East African economies remained resilient, growing by 2.3 percent and keeping the region on its trajectory as the fastest-growing in Africa in 2020, says a report by Ernst & Young.
East Africa’s economic recovery falters on debt, fiscal deficits
WEBOct 30, 2022 · The African Development Bank forecasts the region’s GDP at four per cent this year, before recovering to 4.7 per cent in 2023, helped by the reopening of the economies after the Covid-19 containment measures. However, countries are yet to achieve their pre-Covid growth levels, according to the bank’s East …
High cost of living roils economies in East Africa
WEBNov 20, 2022 · The cost of living across the region has drastically increased in recent months with the median inflation rate in the region now estimated at almost nine percent with some regional economies now suffering double-digit inflation. Data released by Uneca this week shows between September last year and this year, inflation is nearly double pre ...