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.

The two blocs will meet for the first time to discuss the crisis in eastern Democratic ...

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

Rwanda has welcomed the joint East African Community (EAC) and Southern African Development Community (SADC) Summit slated for Saturday, stressing that the intervention is "long overdue." ...

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

The global police body, Interpol, on Monday said no fewer than 37 suspected terrorists, including members of Islamic State, ...

The Rwandan-backed armed group M23 announced a unilateral humanitarian "ceasefire" from Tuesday in the DR Congo's (DRC) ...

Law enforcement in Tanzania arrested an alleged member of ISIS Mozambique, as well as a Ugandan national who was attempting ...