Abdi Latif Dahir

Tanzania continues to find itself at the center of negative attention globally.

No one was ever truly ready for M-Pesa’s incredible success—not even Safaricom, the Kenyan telecom operator that launched the mobile money service in March 2007.

China’s loans to African states have been caught between local realities and debt anxieties. In the five years from 2012 to 2017, Chinese lending to sub Saharan African countries jumped to more than $10 billion a year, up from less than $1 billion in 2001, according to credit analysts at Moody’s.

Young, popular and preaching peace, prime minister Abiy Ahmed has accelerated reform across all sectors in Ethiopia since coming to power in April. But his radical and transformative agenda has faced opposition—more so from within the country’s establishment.

Peace has now outlasted war in Liberia.

Digital rights advocates in Uganda are finally getting their day in court.

The Committee to Protect Journalists has confirmed their staff members have been released from custody in Tanzania and left the country.

The story of Joe Neguse’s family begins in war-torn Eritrea. On Tuesday night, it came of age in the US state of Colorado.

UPDATE: Tanzania released Angela Quintal and Muthoki Mumo on Thursday. Read more details here.

Somali, Muslim, refugee, woman: Ilhan Omar made history in all those categories last night as voters backed her bid to the US Congress.

Kenya’s biggest mobile money service M-Pesa is going global in a deal with Western Union that would allow users to send money all over the world.

Mohamud Noor understands why every single vote matters—and more so now than ever.

Limiting irregular migration is a topic dominating the agenda of European leaders.

Nigeria’s military is using Donald Trump’s words to justify its violent actions at home.

Uber and Suzuki Motor are partnering to make ride-hailing services in Africa faster and cheaper.

China has consistently been ranked by digital advocates as the world’s worst abuser of internet freedom. The country, however, isn’t just tightening online controls at home but is becoming more brazen in exporting some of those techniques abroad including in Africa, says a new report from the US-based think tank Freedom House.

Kenya Airways’ maiden flight to the United States touched down in New York on Monday (Oct. 29), an important milestone for a carrier bedeviled by years of losses, large debts, and labor strikes. The airline now joins a small number of African carriers—including Ethiopian Airlines, South African Airways, Royal Air Maroc, and Cabo Verde Airlines—offering direct flights from the African continent to the US.

Africa’s population is rapidly growing: from an estimated 140 million in 1900 to one billion in 2010, it is expected to hit four billion by 2100—or a third of all people on earth.

Kenya is joining a short list of African countries trying to develop their own locally-made phones.

If you are part of the moneyed class in Africa, you are less likely to experience blackouts.

Ethiopia has joined the list of African states who have appointed women to the presidency.

María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés became the fourth woman to preside over the UN General Assembly (UNGA) in its seven-decade history. The Ecuadorian diplomat and poet also made history in September as the first woman from Latin America and the Caribbean to preside over the global body’s 73rd assembly. In her first speech, Espinosa promised to strengthen multilateralism, work for the disenfranchised and refugees, and champion gender equality.

Bethlehem Tilahun Alemu has a dream: that everyone should one day taste hand-roasted Ethiopian coffee.

Exiled Ethiopian marathoner Feyisa Lilesa has returned home.