EAC
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Rwandan moto-taxi riders embrace business boom on Chinese-built roads
On a chilly December morning, Emmanuel Niyoyita, a motorbike taxi rider in the east African country Rwanda, is busy cleaning…
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Kenya’s SGR usage hits new high ahead of festive season
Kenya’s standard gauge railway train ferried 1.74 million passengers in the first nine months of 2022, up more than a…
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UN agency warns of cholera outbreak in Ethiopia
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) on Thursday warned of the ongoing cholera outbreak in…
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Kenya’s KCB completes acquisition of DRC’s TMB
Kenya-based regional bank, KCB Group, said on Thursday that it has completed the acquisition of the Democratic Republic of the…
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Tanzania records 64 pct rise in foreign tourists in 10 months
Tanzania recorded a 64 percent rise in the number of foreign tourists that visited the east African nation between January…
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Kenya’s trade deficit stable on rise in tourism earnings, exports
Kenya’s trade deficit widened marginally year-on-year to September as exports and receipts from tourism rose, the National Treasury said on…
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Tanzanian president pardons over 1,600 prisoners
Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan has pardoned 1,631 prisoners in commemoration of the east African nation’s 61 years of independence…
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Eastern African legislators urge gov’ts to increase agriculture budget to combat hunger
Legislators from eastern African parliaments have called on regional governments to allocate more funding to agriculture and livestock farming in…
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Tanzania to set up Kiswahili poster on top of Mount Kilimanjaro
Tanzania will set up a Kiswahili poster on top of Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa’s highest peak, as part of celebrations to…
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Rwandan president sacks health officials
Rwandan President Paul Kagame on Monday removed his Minister of Health and the State Minister in charge of Primary Healthcare.…
