The trial of Freeman Mbowe, the chairman of opposition party Chadema, will be a key test of whether President Samia Suluhu Hassan's regime is dropping the authoritarianism of...

President Samia Suluhu Hassan has spent much of her first four months in office trying to re-establish relationships and moderate the radical policies of her predecessor John Magufuli,...

Budget day on 10 June in East Africa meant 'borrowing', as the region's three biggest economies unveiled their tax and spending plans for the coming fiscal year. All...

Strains in relations between Kenya and Tanzania date back decades to stated ideological differences over capitalism and socialism, to Kenya's bigger economy, and down to the national 'ownership'...

President Samia Suluhu Hassan made an unequivocal pitch for herself as the political heir to the late President John Magufuli in her first speech to parliamentarians this week...

Fifteen years after oil was found in commercial quantities on its western border, Uganda is set to become one of Africa's bigger producers with a target of 230,000...