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Kenya Will truth teams explosive report heal wounds
NAIROBI, KENYA : The Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission wants President Uhuru Kenyatta to say sorry - at least 11 times - for ill deeds including massacre, political assassinations, extra-judicial killings, sexual and other violence meted against women, children and the ...
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Kenya Mutua is talking less and thinking big on Machakos
Zayed University in United Arab Emirates , Dr Alfred Mutua, Machakos Governor received a call from secretary to former minister of Information and ...
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Kenya Ruto roots for unity in African leadership
William Ruto has challenged African governments to double their efforts in empowering citizens to realise the dream of an independent continent as envisaged by ...
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Kenya Somali security dominates IGAD Summit in Ethiopia
IGAD Chairman?who is the Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn said the political and?security tension in Mogadishu and Kismayu cities has distracted the fight?against ...
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Kenya Mandera attacks death toll reaches 25
Mandera County has reached 25 over the past one month following renewed skirmishes pitting two Somali communities of Garreh and Degodia. This follows the killing of five more people in two separate incidents in Elmole and Hullow villages on Saturday ...
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Kenya Police gun down five suspected thugs in Kisumu
Police also recovered a Ceska pistol, a home-made pistol, 40 rounds of ammunition and three mobile phones during the ambush. Also found was a machete and a heavy metal used in robberies. Nyanza PPO Joseph Ole Tito said the three were part of a gang that has been robbing residents for the past one ...
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Lifestyle Book traces Africas journey from Europe to China
China -Africa relations has been published and explores how its rising interest in Africa is on the surge compared to former colonial powers. The book ...
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How Ugandas female writers found their voice
" - his soul.Then, at the age of 15, Richard died of pneumonia. His mother couldn't find the words to grieve; she retreated into silence. Beatrice, too, knew not to say anything. Her childhood had been marked by violence. She grew so used to the sound of gunshot fire being exchanged between LRA rebels and government troops that she could distinguish when a bullet had hit a person and ...
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QPI buys stake in Totals Congo oil operations
France's Total has said Qatar Petroleum International (QPI) is to take a financial stake in its Congo operations through a capital increase in Total's 's Congo subsidiary, Kuna has reported. QPI is subscribing to a 15% capital increase for Total Exploration Production Congo, but Total did not put a financial value on the operation. The Qatari move "will contribute to the ...
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Report Google considering Internet balloons to connect sub-Saharan Africa
reported that Google is working on a "multi-pronged effort" to build wireless networks that could connect more than a billion people in emerging markets. According to unnamed sources, the company wants to connect people outside of major cities in sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia through a combination of frequencies used for television broadcasting, special balloons or blimps ...
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Kenya Medical and Education Trust improves the Education of Vulnerable Children
Kisumu County is currently gaining from early childhood development (ECDEs). The 7,800 target MVC include in-school children who are at risk of dropping out and out-of school children. The project is designed to complement the Kisumu City Directorate of Education (formerly Kisumu Municipal Education) office's efforts to achieve ...
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John Kerry Makes Visits Sub-Saharan Africa In First Trip To Region
US Secretary of State John Kerry meets with South African Foreign Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Saturday May 25, 2013. Making his first official trip to sub-Saharan Africa, Kerry on Saturday demanded that Nigeria respect human rights as it cracks down on Islamist extremists and pledged to work hard in the coming months to ease tensions between Sudan and South Sudan. ...
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Kerry makes 1st official sub-Saharan Africa trip
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) -- Making his first official trip to sub-Saharan Africa, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Saturday demanded that Nigeria respect human rights as it cracks down on Islamist extremists and pledged to work hard in the coming months to ease tensions between Sudan and South ...
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Kerry pressures Nigeria on human rights during first visit to sub-Saharan Africa
US Secretary of State John Kerry (R) attends the 50th African Union Aniversary Summit in Addis Ababa on May 25, 2013, with Africa's myriad problems set aside for a day to mark the progress that has been made. Today's 54-member AU is the successor of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), established amid the heady days as independence from colonial rule swept the continent in 1963. ...
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DR Congos Silent Ordeal
According to the diocesan report, this was the third such massacre in a month. Both reports implicate the FDLR militia group-Forces Democratiques de Liberation du Rwanda, ideological descendants of the Interahamwe militias responsible for the 1994 genocide in neighboring Rwanda. The FDLR is one of several domestic, foreign or foreign-backed armed groups threatening to tear the country apart. ...
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High alert over Tanzania deadly virus
A deadly disease which broke out in Tanzania this year risks spreading to Southern Africa, posing a mortal threat to more than 50 million sheep and goats and bringing risks of famine to the region, FAO warned ...
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Kenya Visa and Equity Sign New Money Deal
Visa in partnership with Equity Bank yesterday launched a new money transfer service dubbed Visa Personal service. It enables Visa card holders to transfer money to other Visa card holders anywhere in the world. Equity Bank chief operating officer Julius Kimngetich said the service will enable Equity Bank Visa card holders receive funds at no cost. He said the service is instant and one can ...
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Kenya Pupils get cancer vaccine in Sh141m project
NAIROBI, KENYA: On May 14, nine-year-old Mariam became the first girl in Kenya to receive a free vaccine against cervical cancer at her Central Primary School ...
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Brazil to cancel $900m debt to strengthen ties with Africa
Brazil has said it plans to cancel $900-million worth of debt in 12 African countries, as part of a broader strategy to boost ties with the ...
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China pledges to step up partnership with Africa
/enpproperty--> BEIJING - Top legislator Zhang Dejiang said on Saturday that China is willing to work with African countries to advance the China-Africa new-type strategic partnership to a higher level. Zhang, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), made the remarks at a reception held by the African Diplomatic Corps in China to mark the 50th founding ...
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Improbably Missionary Trains Stars in Kenya
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Namibia Botswana connect to 5.12 terabit cable
Last week, the powerful WACS submarine fibre optic cable was landed in Swakopmund, Namibia. Now, the work has started to make WACS provide high-speed telecom services to consumers in Namibia and ...
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Tanzania says work on China-funded gas pipeline to continue
Sat May 25, 2013 11:51am EDT * Tanzania says disputed gas pipeline to be completed next year * Parliament approves budget with pipeline proposals * Govt says to reform state-run power utility By Fumbuka Ng'wanakilala DODOMA, May 25 (Reuters) - Tanzania will continue building a China-funded $1.2 billion gas pipeline from the south of the country to the commercial capital Dar es Salaam despite ...
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Africa celebrates progress and 50 years of unity
ADDIS ABABA (Ethiopia): African leaders on Saturday opened extravagant celebrations for the 50th anniversary of the African Union, with the continent's myriad problems set aside for a day to mark the progress that has been made. African Union chairman and Ethiopian Prime ...
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Kenya Government Targets Six Percent GDP Growth in 2013
Kenya's economy expanded by 4.6 per cent in last year helped by growth in key sectors despite a turbulent global economy, delayed long rains and a weaker shilling in early 2012. The government is however targeting a six per cent GDP growth this year, an ambitious target going by figures resgistered in the past five years. The Cabinet Secretary for Devolution and Planning Anne Waiguru said ...
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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
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