The Latest Breaking News from East Africa

Since a fragile 2022 peace deal ended Ethiopia's two-year war between Tigrayan fighters and federal forces, there are signs of recovery in the capital of Tigray. Also, Zanzibar commemorates the abolition of slavery. The island was a key stopping-off point for Arab slavers across East Africa for hundreds of years.

Kenya's finance minister is due to present Thursday the East African economic powerhouse's biggest ever budget, alongside a contentious finance bill that contains a raft of new or increased taxes.

Torrential rains have lashed much of East Africa, triggering flooding and landslides that has destroyed crops, swallowed homes, and displaced hundreds of thousands of people.

At least 155 people have died in floods and landslides in Tanzania following weeks of heavy rain that has pounded East Africa. Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa said the El Nino climate pattern had worsened the ongoing rainy season.

More than 200,000 people and 51,000 households have been affected by the rains, Tanzania’s prime minister said.

Six students from Afghanistan and one from East Africa have been asked to vacate the Gujarat University’s hostel rooms for overstaying, in a move coming weeks after some foreign students were attacked for offering namaz on the premises

The new editorial roles form part of the Scott Trust Legacies of Enslavement programme, marking one year since the publication of its report into the Guardian’s historical links with transatlantic slavery

Coastal Muslim kitchen: From kuzhi paniyarams with Dutch ties to the local cousin of the East African injera, TN’s coastal food shows us that history is preserved not just in our museums but also in our kitchens

Climate change caused by human activity made torrential rains that have lashed East Africa since October and killed more than 300 people up to twice as intense, a scientific study said Thursday.