DRC Joins EAC Regional Bloc to Facilitate Trade

The Democratic Republic of Congo this week became the seventh country to join the East African Community. The regional trade bloc, which includes Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda, now reaches a quarter of Africa's population, s...

NE Africa drought threatens to be worst in 40 years: UN

UNITED NATIONS— The northeast Africa drought threatens to be one of the worst climate-induced emergencies in the area in the last 40 years, UN humanitarians said.“People in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia have endured three consecutive poor rainy seasons,”...