Fighting erupted Tuesday in eastern DRC after a two-day lull, with Rwanda-backed M23 fighters attacking Congolese army ...

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Somalia, in eastern Africa, boasts the continent’s longest stretch of coastline on the mainland, covering an impressive 2,071 miles around the Horn of Africa. The coastline is generally divided ...

Meanwhile, Mr Museveni’s silence is deafening. Poor ol’ man, his idea of an East African federation seems to be dead.

The 16-nation bloc, which includes DRC, resolved to meet with its East African counterpart — the East Africa Community — about the matter. Elias Magosi, executive secretary of the 16-nation ...

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A selection of the week's best photos from across the African continent and beyond ... [PAUL KANE / GETTY IMAGES] This woman flies the flag for Liberia ahead of President Joseph Boakai's state ...

A selection of the week's best photos from across the African continent and beyond: Backlash in Kenya over livestock vaccines and belching cows What's the fighting in DR Congo all about? Three ...

Within Eastern Africa, discussion of a new country might be forming. Today we're looking into the prospects of what could very well end up being Africa's next superpower. President Trump signs ...