A slow-moving geological change in East Africa could reshape the continent and the world. Tectonic forces are gradually pulling the African continent apart, potentially creating a new ocean. This ...

Uganda, famously dubbed the Pearl of Africa, possesses all the elements required to dominate East Africa's tourism sector. From its unique mountain gorillas to the world's most powerful waterfalls ...

For the East African region, it is always a case of the proverbial one step forward – two steps backwards. By the end of 2021, the region sometimes called the great lakes region was gripped by ...

Uganda is exploring for oil in two new regions where potential discoveries of crude could increase the East African country's proven reserves of 6.5 billion barrels, its energy minister said on ...

Disused tracks in Nairobi, Kenya, on 21 December 2005. Built over 100 years ago, the East Africa railway used to extend through Kenya to Uganda, but the tracks fell into disrepair.