Kenya SMS Service to Stop Coffee Theft Set Up

All Africa - Friday 24th May, 2013

Coffee Management services has put a mobile alert that will ensure curbing of coffee theft. Coffee management services project manager Catherine Ng'ang'a said that the decision was reached at after a series of coffee theft in Central Kenya. She said that they have set up alarm system gadgets that will give an alert to the person incharge of the dispatch store,chairman of the society ...

Kenya Grannys Quest for 29 Years Worth of Dues

All Africa - Friday 24th May, 2013

An 89-year-old Kiambu woman has appealed to President Uhuru to help her get her dues. Magdalene Wangui said she worked for presidents Jomo Kenyatta and Daniel Moi at Harambee House and State House Nairobi for 29 years without pay. Wangui, who lives in Riabai village in abject poverty, was sacked after the Kibaki government took over power in 2002. "I have work documents and a State House ...

Congo-Kinshasa Censorship Reigns in Nord-Kivu Areas Under M23 Rebel Control

All Africa - Friday 24th May, 2013

Fighting between M23 rebels and government forces has intensified near Goma, the capital of the eastern province of Nord-Kivu, since 20 May. As well as causing new civilian casualties, the clashes and the actions of some rebels are endangering many journalists and the availability of diverse, freely-reported news and information. Reporters Without Borders has conducted a series of interviews ...

Congo-Kinshasa Journalists Body Found in River Bed 12 Days After His Disappearance

All Africa - Friday 24th May, 2013

Reporters Without Borders is dismayed to learn of radio journalist Guylain Chandjaro's death in Bunia, a city in the eastern region of Ituri. He was a Swahili-language journalist with Radio Canal Revelation, a community radio station, and freelanced for the Bunia branch of the national broadcaster RTNC. His body was found in the bed of the River Ngezi - which crosses the city - on 17 May, ...

Tanzania Bunda District Touts Cotton Contract Farming

All Africa - Friday 24th May, 2013

Bunda - BUNDA district authorities has been spreading the concept of cotton contract farming among the people, saying it is the solution to farmers' problems in growing the crop. The Bunda District Agriculture and Livestock development officer (DALDO), Chibunu Lukiko told the 'Daily News' yesterday that the solution to small yields was to engage in contract farming. "You ...

Tanzania NBC Bank to Support Islamic Women Groups

All Africa - Friday 24th May, 2013

THE National Bank of Commerce (NBC) through its Islamic Banking Unit will start providing Islamic Group Finance loans to its customers by September, this year. Speaking during a one-day seminar for Muslim women entrepreneurs in Tanga, the NBC Head of Islamic Banking, Mr Yassir Masoud said that the services would adhere to Islamic finance rules. "This will be an opportunity to our Islamic ...

Tanzania Treat Fistula Patients Well Urges VP

All Africa - Friday 24th May, 2013

THE Vice-President, Dr Mohamed Gharib Bilal, has called for more public education to discourage men from deserting their wives who are suffering from fistula and instead stand by them and give them moral support. Officiating at the function to mark the International Day to end Obstetric Fistula at the Comprehensive Based Rehabilitation Hospital in Tanzania (CCBRT) Grounds in Dar es Salaa, Dr ...

Petrobras sells 12 pct stake in Tanzania bloc to Statoil

Reuters - Friday 24th May, 2013

SAO PAULO | Fri May 24, 2013 8:29am EDT SAO PAULO May 24 (Reuters) - State-run Petrleo Brasileiro SA, which is undertaking a major drive to sell assets outside Brazil, sold a 12 percent stake in a Tanzania bloc to a unit of Statoil AS, according to a securities filing on Friday. The Brazilian company, commonly known as Petrobras , sold the stake in Bloc 6, located off Tanzania in the ...

Africa quiz - test your knowledge

The Guardian - Friday 24th May, 2013

To celebrate Africa day on the anniversary of the birth of the Organisation of African Unity, 25 May 1963, we have put together this quiz. No Googling ...

Tanzania Domestic Workers Face Abuse

All Africa - Friday 24th May, 2013

A RECENT ILO report shows that domestic workers around the world, especially in the developing world, are abused, humiliated and exploited almost with complete impunity. This undesirable situation exists in Tanzania, albeit at a smaller scale. Most victims of abuse, humiliation and exploitation never report the matter to legal authorities. They opt to suffer in silence, often in fear of losing ...

Rwanda Fistula Patients Still Live in Hiding Says Health Official

All Africa - Friday 24th May, 2013

There are no statistics on the number of people suffering from fistula because many of them conceal their illness and shy away from the public, a Ministry of Health official has said. Dr Anicet Nzabonimpa, the coordinator of Family Planning and HIV Integration Programme in the ministry of Health, said the situation needs more efforts to reverse the trend. Obstetric fistula is a severe medical ...

Rwanda We Failed in Rwanda Says Ban Ki-Moon

All Africa - Friday 24th May, 2013

The United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-Moon, has acknowledged his organisation's failure to quell the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi that claimed over one million lives. "We failed in Rwanda. The scale of the massacre almost defies comprehension. The world must never be allowed to forget the savage potential that lingers in the human heart," Ban said in a press briefing ...

Congo-Kinshasa UN Seeks to Restore Credibility in DRC

All Africa - Friday 24th May, 2013

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon und World Bank President Jim Yong Kim are working on a new strategy to end the conflict in DRC. Their joint trip to the region also raises questions about the UN's role. It was intended to be an important signal - a joint visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and World Bank President Jim Yong Kim. The country ...

South Sudan Kenya South Sudan Move to Fast-Track Lapsset Project

All Africa - Friday 24th May, 2013

Juba - President Uhuru Kenyatta and his South Sudan counterpart Salva Kiir have agreed to fast-track the implementation of the Lamu Port and Lamu Southern Sudan-Ethiopia Transport Corridor (LAPSSET) project. President Kenyatta and Kiir also said Kenya and South Sudan will jointly source funding for the upgrading of the road linking the two countries for the mutual benefit of their people. The ...

Kenya Emobilis Helps JKUAT Students Develop Windows Phone APPs

All Africa - Friday 24th May, 2013

10 Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology students have released new applications targeted at Windows Phone users. The students underwent training by eMobilis, who offer training in mobile application development for various ecosystems. The applications were demonstrated over the weekend at the university's Juja campus in a mini-hackathon. eMobilis will later hold a ...

East Africa East Africa to Set Uniform Standards for Edible Oil

All Africa - Friday 24th May, 2013

The east African Community (EAC) will harmonise the standards of oil seeds and edible oil made within the region to improve the quality of foodstuffs in the trade bloc, officials have said. "We need to harmonise the processing of edible oil to ensure quality and improve the product's competitiveness," Athanasie Mukeshiyaremye, the director of standards unit at RBS, said in an ...

How adolescent girls in Africa are shaping their own future

The Guardian - Friday 24th May, 2013

Teenage women are the focus of Forward - the NGO has worked with adolescent women in Africa to tackle issues around their sexual and reproductive health and rights for almost two decades.While its initial projects were carried out in partnership with established civil society organisations, over the years it became apparent that there was a missed opportunity to create change by partnering with ...

Africa backs Kenya call for Hague court to drop Kenyatta case

Reuters - Friday 24th May, 2013

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - African nations have backed a request by Kenya for charges of crimes against humanity by its president to be referred back to the east African country, African Union documents ...

Swaziland Anger As South Africa Colludes With Cops

All Africa - Friday 24th May, 2013

The Communist Party of Swaziland (CPS) has condemned the action by officials at the South African High Commission in Mbabane, Swaziland, for handing the names of eight CPS activists visiting the offices earlier this week to the Swazi security police. The CPS activists had arranged with the High Commission to deliver a memorandum urging the mission to condemn ...

Congo-Kinshasa Road Renovation Revitalizes Neighborhoods in DRCs Capital City

All Africa - Friday 24th May, 2013

Kinshasa - Along the Nlandu road to the Democratic Republic of Congo's capital city Kinshasa, small businesses are springing up and local entrepreneurs are thriving. This is because Nlandu road is newly renovated. "The occupancy rate in our hotel, which was almost zero before the renovation of avenue Nlandu, is now 80 percent," says Adrien, a hotel manager along the main road. ...

Rwanda Shisha - the New Craze in Kigali

All Africa - Friday 24th May, 2013

Shisha smoking has of late become very popular in Rwanda especially in Kigali. What is Shisha? How is it smoked? What are the ingredients? How much is a smoking session? Society Magazine's Martin Bishop set out to find the answers. She took a deliberate deep breath of the tobacco smoke from the water pipe, before exhaling. The middle-aged lady in tight fitting jeans passed on the pipe to ...

Congo-Kinshasa Disease Linked to Cassava Consumption Affects Cognitive Ability

All Africa - Friday 24th May, 2013

Cape Town - Konzo - an epidemic paralytic disease resulting from the consumption of poorly processed bitter cassava - can also cause impaired cognitive functions even in children who do not show physical symptoms of the disease, a study finds. The study was conducted in the Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) Bandundu Province, an area severely affected by the disease. It discredits the ...