In East Africa a slave trade was well established ... army and workers on the salt pans of Mesopotamia (modern Iraq). Many people were domestic slaves, working in rich households.

Leaders from the Southern African Development Community met Friday in Zimbabwe to discuss the conflict in eastern Democratic ...

Thirty-seven suspected terrorists, including suspected members of Islamic State, have been arrested across east Africa over ...

African leaders trying to solve the fighting in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo between the M23 armed group and Congolese government forces were on Sunday waiting for a response to their ...

Why are you crying? It's not your government. It's not your country. He has no reason to give you anything,' Mr. Kenyatta ...

DRC is a member of the SADC and the East Africa Community ... and decisive actions to restore stability,” he said. “The people of eastern Congo have suffered for too long.” ...

Italy: Italian colonial forces commanded by the Duke of Aosta. Outcome: Defeat of the Italian forces in East Africa. In 1940, Italy controlled Abyssinia, which it had conquered in 1936 ...