Latest Central Africa News
RSS-
Kenya High Court Halts Removal of Justice Angawa
The High Court has stopped the Judicial Service Commission from suspending Justice Mary Ang'awa pending a hearing on her petition to reverse her removal from the Judiciary. High Court Judge Mumbi Ngugi said Ang'awa will not be removed from office and she will continue to receive her salary until the case is determined. Ang'awa's file has been forwarded to Chief Justice ...
-
Burundi EU to Fund Burundi - Rwanda Power Line
Kampala - The European Union has agreed to give the East African Community €16 million Euros ($20 million) to build a power interconnector between Burundi and Rwanda. An interconnector is a cable or overhead line connecting two separate control areas, (or this case countries), each with its separate system operator. The Rwanda-Burundi 220kV Interconnector is part of a larger ongoing ...
-
Kenya Mobile Umbrella GSMA Opens Nairobi Office
Nairobi, Kenya - The Global System for Mobile (GSM) Association, the umbrella organization for the world's mobile operators, opened its African headquarters in Nairobi last week. This is aimed at supporting the sub Saharan Africa's expanding telecoms market. GSMA Director General Anne Bouverot said the market vibrancy on the continent and Kenya's strategic location at the centre ...
More Central Africa News
RSS-
Vodacom extends M-PESA to Mozambique
According to AllAfrica.com Vodacom Mozambique has introduced the mobile money transfer service M-PESA, as popularised by its Vodafone-owned sister company Safaricom in Kenya. Speaking at the launch ceremony in Maputo last week, Ernesto Gove, the governor of the Bank of Mozambique, said that 'the existence of a strong and stable financial system that is comprehensive and inclusive is an ...
-
Lifestyle An energy efficient stove for Kenya
The three stone fire is a commonly used in food preparation in Kenya, and many people can relate with the simple and accessible mode of cooking. For ...
-
Mortar lands in Congo as UN chief arrives
GOMA, Congo -; A spokesman for the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Congo says that a mortar landed in a neighborhood of Goma, a major city in eastern Congo, which last year was briefly overrun by a rebel group. The explosion comes as U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Congo's distant capital for a two-day visit that is expected to take him to ...
-
Zimbabwes new constitution signed into law
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe has signed the nation's new constitution into law. The new constitution replaces a 33-year-old document forged in the dying days of British colonial rule and paving the way for elections later this year. The constitution was approved overwhelmingly in a referendum in March. The new document clips the powers of the president and imposes a two-term limit. ...
-
Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe signs new constitution into law Wednesday
International News: Robert Mugabe's redemption narrative will be less convincing if civil society groups are right and his Zanu-PF party resorts to intimidating voters this ...
-
Artillery lands in east Congo city humanitarian camp
GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Artillery rounds landed in a heavily populated neighborhood of Congo's eastern city of Goma on Wednesday, killing a child and injuring other civilians a day before a planned visit by U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, a human rights group ...
-
Namibia Winter Could Exacerbate Power Crisis
Windhoek - This winter, Namibians should expect major uncertainties when it comes to electricity provision as Namibia's largest supplier of power, Eskom, is experiencing a power deficit and electricity outages, according to NamPower. "It will indeed be challenging for NamPower to keep the lights on. I would therefore appeal to all our customers, small and large, to meet us halfway by ...
-
Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea Joins the Ranks for Cosafa Cup 2013
Equatorial Guinea has been named as the replacement for Tanzania in the COSAFA Cup Zambia 2013 field after the latter were forced to withdraw. The Taifa Stars became ineligible for the tournament as it clashed with a revised date for their African Nations Championship (CHAN) qualifier against Uganda in July. The East African nation was set to make their second visit to the Southern African ...
-
Africa Danzer Dropped By FSC Over Unacceptable Activities In Congo - Victims Still Await Justice
Global Witness welcomes today's decision by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) to dissociate itself from the Danzer Group, in light of accusations of human rights abuses in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Global Witness has previously expressed serious concerns about the actions of Danzer's Congolese subsidiary SIFORCO. On April 25th, Global Witness and the European Center ...
-
Congo-Kinshasa Rebels Army Clash in Eastern Congo
Congolese military forces have clashed with the M23 militia near the city of Goma, for the first time in nearly six months. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is expected to visit DRC in the coming days. Fighting between hard-line M23 rebels and government troops broke out early Monday morning in North Kivu province, just north of Goma, a regional capital in the Democratic Republic of Congo ...
-
Kenya Ruto Private Jet Hire Cost U.S. $221000
Deputy President William Ruto yesterday came out to defend the hiring of a luxury jet for his tour of African countries stating that it was competitively procured and cheapest on offer. Ruto's office released a statement saying it sought competitive quotations from three competent chartered aircraft service providers and picked the one that was charging the least to airlift the deputy ...
-
Angola Wako Kungo Hosts Forum On Productive Business Sector
Sumbe - A forum on productive and business sector will take place from May 30- June 01, in Waku Kungo city, coastal Kwanza-Sul province, Angop learnt. The meeting will discuss issues like the characterisation and opportunities, strategy for development of agriculture, cattle breeding and industrial cultures. The current situation of Kwanza-Sul, perspectives for its development and business and ...
-
Zimbabwe Ruling Party Militias Spread Fear of Voting
Harare - For the last month Gibson Severe and his wife, Merjury Severe, known opposition supporters from Hurungwe district in Zimbabwe's Mashonaland West Province, have been hiding out in the country's capital Harare. The Movement for Democratic Change - Morgan Tsvangirai (MDC-T) supporters were forced to flee their rural home in Hurungwe district after Zimbabwe African National Union ...
-
Rwanda Fire Destroys City Bar
An estimated Rwf18 million worth of property was lost, Monday night, when fire gutted a bar and restaurant near Alfa Palace Hotel on Sonatubes-Remera road. The fire at New Bandal Bar and Restaurant started shortly after 4am, Police said. Urbain Mwiseneza, the spokesperson of Police in Kigali, said Fire Brigade arrived at the scene shortly after it started and put out the fire. "We suspect ...
-
Kenya A Country Held for Ransom
Gangs in Kenya Have Realised That Every Family, No Matter How Poor, Will Give Everything It Can to Stay Whole, Sparking a Rising Trend of Kidnappings for Ransom. the Crime, and the Public’s Reaction to It, Have Left Police At Something of a Loss, and Kenyans Scrambling to Stay ...
-
Kenya Sh500 Million Boost for Coffee Farmers
Coffee farmers in Mt Elgon constituency got a major boost after the World Bank gave them a grant of Sh5 million. The funds, which have been channeled through Western Kenya Community Driven Development and Flood Mitigation Program under the Ministry of Special Programmes will be used for the construction of Kitaban Coffee Factory in Kapsokwony division. Addressing coffee farmers during an AGM at ...
-
Kenya Strathmore Picked As ICT Conference Partner
Strathmore Business School has been chosen as the analyst and content partner for the four day 2013 Connected Kenya Summit which opens in Mombasa on Monday. Connected Kenya Summit brings together industry leaders in the ICT sector and has become a key ICT event in the region. The summit provides a platform for ICT players to come up with strategies that will deliberate and drive ICT innovations ...
-
Kenya Chinua Achebe Remembrance in Nairobi
Nigerian literary icon Chinua Achebe was a highly acclaimed novelist, poet and professor and critic. Best known for his debut novel Things Fall Apart, Achebe played a pivotal and instrumental role in the development of African Literature. He died in March while in Boston, USA and to celebrate him, the East African educational publishers held a function over the weekend at the Professional ...
-
Rwanda What Is Your Child What Is Your Child
However, the problem of poor feeding is still persistent in many schools, not only in Rwanda, but across Africa as a whole. Research carried out in Nigeria recently showed that most schools did not meet minimum safety standards of food storage and feeding. In many schools, it was found that food was prepared in a kitchen made of zinc and children were fed unhygienic food. The education ...
-
Kenya Omar Unimpressed By Johos Cleanup
Mombasa senator Hassan Omar at the weekend faulted Saturday's cleanup led by Governor Hassan Joho. The exercise began at Kongowea market, Mackinon and Majengo markets then Airport Road in Changamwe and wound up at Mama Ngina Drive. Students, companies, local artists, Mombasa politicians and the US navy took part in the cleanup sponsored by the private sector. Changamwe MP Omar Mwingi, ...
-
Zambia Changing Environment in the Zambezi River Basin
Climate and human pressure on resources are significantly changing the environment in the Zambezi river basin, as illustrated in a new 2012 publication, the Zambezi River Basin Atlas of the Changing Environment. The Atlas uses satellite images, high resolution photographs, illustrative text and graphics to present various issues in the Zambezi basin, which encompasses part of eight countries -- ...
-
Kenya Kisumu Hotels Reaping From Seminars Tourists
KISUMU hotels are enjoying booming business since the March 4 elections. Kisumu Hotels Managers Group chairman Robinson Anyal says the influx in guests is due to activities the hotels are engaged in that were postponed during the electioneering period. Anyal told the Star that the first two weeks after the elections and especially during the Cord petition, business was very bad due to fears of ...
Africa Featured
-
Three major African airlines to launch new regional player
West and central Africa may soon have a regional airline to connect the countries of the region and feed the three largest airlines in Africa, especially South African Airways, which has dominance on the continent, although it has indicated it will not provide financial support to such a venture.
There are exciting plans afoot in the African aviation industry the continent’s three largest airlines, South African Airways, Egypt Air and Ethiopian Airlines, considering the establishment of a regional airline in central and West Africa that would feed the larger airlines on loner routes or what they call ‘truck routes’. Read more
News from around our Network
