A bus collided with a truck on Kenya's main highway on Sunday, killing at least 24 people, police said. The crash came three weeks after 17 people died in another accident along the same highway linking the capital, Nairobi, with the coastal city of Mombasa.

Travellers entering Uganda after visiting DR Congo will face a 21-day quarantine, the country's health minister announced on Sunday. The new screening measures come after Nigeria reported its first case of the virus in a woman returning from Uganda. Kampala insists the country remains Ebola-free.

Pope Leo with head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church Major Archbishop Shevchuk (ANSA). PHOTO/VATICAN. BY PATRICK MAYOYO newsdesk@africaeconews.co.ke Catholic Christians gathering for Sunday Mass are being reminded of the importance of loving God and their neighbours, protecting vulnerable people and demonstrating their faith through compassion, justice and practical acts of kindness. The readings for the day highlight a central message of Christianity: genuine love for God must be reflected in how people treat others, particularly the poor, widows, orphans, strangers and those facing hardship. In the Gospel according to Matthew 22:34-40, Jesus is asked by a scholar of the law to identify the greatest commandment. His answer brings together two fundamental obligations: loving God wholeheartedly and loving one’s neighbour as oneself. Jesus declares that the whole law and the prophets depend on these two commandments, establishing love as the foundation of Christian faith and mo...

From L-R: CBD Deputy Executive Secretary Jihyun Lee; Christine Estrada, CBD Secretariat; and COP 17 President Hambardzum Matevosyan, Minister of Environment, Armenia. PHOTO/ IISD/ENB – Mike Muzurakis. By PATRICK MAYOYO newsdesk@africaeconews.co.ke As the 2026 United Nations Biodiversity Conference entered its final stages, delegates made progress on biodiversity conservation, biosafety and access to genetic resources, but disagreements over funding, agricultural practices and Indigenous Peoples’ participation continued to complicate negotiations. Working Group I considered issues under the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing (ABS), while Working Group II addressed the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety and the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). Contact groups also convened to discuss risk assessment and management of living modified organisms, the financial mechanism, areas of further work under the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF), and Article 8(j...

In tonight's programme, scramble to get through rubble to trapped survivors after a more than 10 storeys building being built in Nairobi goes down.  Also, Kenya says that there's been a second Ebola death. Earlier this week it had logged 9 cases so far, all traced back to its first Ebola patient who died earlier this month. And in finally the 11th edition of the iconic contemporary art festival Also known as Africa taking place in Paris, we speak to Cape Verde's artist Amadeo Carvalho.

South African police are investigating the murder of a foreign national after violent protests by anti-immigrant groups swept through the central business district in Durban. The latest death follows months of violent rallies in which at least 10 foreigners were killed and several other countries on the continent raced to repatriate their people. Details by FRANCE 24's correspondent Eunice Masson.

Fine Spinners Uganda Limited is investing an additional US$5 million in machinery at its Kampala mill. CEO Sav Bedi explains the planned weaving operation, export strategy, cotton purchases and expected jobs.

IMF data for 51 African economies show that the commodity net export price index rose in 14 of them and fell in 37 between January–February and March–May 2026. The commodity import price index rose in all 51.

The ally who became an opponent TAGLINE The public recruitment belongs beside the public rupture. PLAIN ENGLISH BRIEF Tinubu’s earlier appeal for El-Rufai’s continued service, the failed ministerial process, and the subsequent political departure are identifiable episodes. They support an inquiry into his influence and the relationship’s breakdown. They do not establish a presidential instruction […]

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un made a one-day trip to the Chinese border city of Dandong on Saturday, crossing the newly opened New Yalu River Bridge to lay flowers at a Korean War memorial and tour a bus factory, state media from both countries reported. He returned the same way, and North Korea’s state […]