The 20th ordinary heads of state summit of the East African Community (EAC), commenced at the bloc's headquarters in Arusha, Tanzania, on November 30, 2018. The summit brings together the heads of the six member states of the regional bloc, namely: Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, and South Sudan. According to East African media, heads of state attending the summit are the current chairman of the bloc and president of Uganda, Yoweri Museveni, as well as presidents Jo

A damning report has revealed people of African descent living in the European Union (EU) are facing serious discrimination, harassment, and social exclusion. Key contents of the report were published in various European media on November 28, 2018. The report is the outcome of a survey carried out between 2015 and 2016 by the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights, in which about 6000 people of African descent living in 12 EU countries took part. According to the report, racism aga

Rihanna is starring alongside Donald Glover in a new movie called Guava Island, reported various media sources on November 25, 2018. A trailer for the movie that is directed by Hiro Murai, was premiered on November 24, 2018. In August 2018, the music, fashion, and beauty mogul was sighted in Cuba with Donald Glover reportedly preparing for the shooting of the movie. _________________________ © 2015 - 2018 Africa Up To Date. All Rights Reserved

The leader of Tanzania's main opposition party Chadema, Mr Freeman Mbowe was arrested in Dar es Salaam and sent to jail on November 23, 2018, for allegedly failing to appear in court on two occasions, reported some media on the same day. At the time of his arrest, Mr Mbowe was in court in a controversial trial hearing for alleged involvement in a peaceful demonstration in Dar es Salaam earlier this year, in which the country's police brutally shot dead an innocent 22 year old

South Sudan's oil industry is expected to receive $1 billion investment from South Africa. That was jointly announced by the governments of South Africa and South Sudan on November 23, 2018, according to some media sources on the same date. The announcement continues that under a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed by the two governments, the envisaged investment will entail construction of a refinery with a capacity of refining 60 000 barrels of crude oil per day, as we

Paris Hilton has confirmed her engagement to Chris Zylka has been called off, reported some US media on November 20, 2018. According to the reports, the beauty accessories multi-millionaire called off the engagement early this month. She is said to have reached the decision after realizing the romance with Chris Zylka was not right for her. The duo got engaged with a big bang just after the New Year 2018. _________________________ © 2015 - 2018 Africa Up To Date. All Rights

There is no doubt the current government of Tanzania has made some economic development milestones, particularly reduction of corruption and inefficiency in the public sector. Notwithstanding, however, increasing and unnecessary interference and denial of individual freedom as well as other forms of human rights abuse, are steadily overshadowing its rather impressive economic performance so far. After all, human rights are overriding aspect of human life with all other aspec

The 11th extraordinary summit of the African Union (AU) commenced at the continental organization's headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on November 17, 2018. The two day summit of heads of states or their representatives ends in November 18, 2018. The summit aims at reaching an agreement about a proposals from President Paul Kagame of Rwanda for institutional reform of the AU, that will, among others, lessen the organization's dependence on donors for its financing. _______

Actress and former girlfriend of the legendary musician and entrepreneur Diddy born Sean Combs, is dead at 47, reported numerous media worldwide on November 16, 2018. According to the reports, the actress was found unconscious in her home in Los Angeles, CA, on November 15, 2018 and pronounced dead at the scene a moment later. Kim Porter and Diddy dated for 13 years, and have three children together. _________________________ © 2015 - 2018 Africa Up To Date. All Rights Reser

A mammoth natural gas project in Papua New Guinea, entailing expansion of production of liquefied natural gas (LNG) is now eminent after the government there agreed to set financial terms for the project by early 2019. That was reported some media on November 16, 2018. According to the reports, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed on November 15, 2018, by which the government committed itself to setting the terms by the above mentioned time, hence paving the way for