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Kenya 50 years later political union evades East Africa
President Kenyatta said the prosperity of the continent lay in the economic integration of the 54 countries to mirror the European Union, and cited the current fragmentation of Africa as largely responsible for soaring poverty. African countries were competing amongst themselves rather than working together to enhance trade and investment, according to Mr Kenyatta, which compounded a problem ...
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Sports Under-19 squad to compete in ICC Africa qualifiers
Emmanuel Bundi has been named captain of the team. The Kongonis all rounder will be supported by Kanbis Sports Club youthful batsman who has been named vice captain. The squad also has Raj Savala who turned up for Kenya in the 2011 ICC Under-19 World Cup Global Qualifiers in Ireland. The rest of the members are new to the team but have turned up for the country at the both the Under-15 and 17 ...
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Namibia finds oil for first time
The Namibian government and a Brazilian energy firm on Tuesday announced the first discovery of oil off the coast of Namibia, although not in commercial volumes.Reporting findings from an exploratory well in the Walvis Basin off the southwest African country's central coast, Rio de Janeiro-based HRT said there were promising signs.The company discovered "two well-developed source ...
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World Bank boosts funds for Syria refugees Africa
GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Bank plans substantial new funds to help Jordan cope with the influx of refugees from the civil war in Syria, and hopes new funds for central Africa will cement a peace deal there, the bank's President Jim Yong Kim said on ...
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Columns Juicy UK tale of $2b gemstone export from Kenya
UK newspapers , the Guardian and the Financial Times a three-judge Bench Court of Appeal has invoked the doctrine of open justice and allowed the newspapers to report on the intriguing but contested allegations which are likely to vibrate in the diplomatic and business communities in ...
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S Africa to set up USD258m wind farm
(MENAFN) South Africa's Government Communication and Information System announced that the country will establish a USD258 million wind farm to produce clean energy, reported Xinhua News.The project, which will be carried out by the state-own electricity utility Eskom, will be fully operational by the end of next year, with an average energy output of nearly 233,000 MWh per year.The wind ...
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Uganda - Security forces seize Ugandan media outlets
The crackdown on four media houses on 20 May 2013 by security agencies under unclear circumstances is a serious threat to media freedom and freedom of expression in Uganda. The security agencies' actions to deactivate KFM and Dembe FM - and the besieging ...
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Blind eye to poaching endangers Africa
Illustration: Liu Rui/GT Nairobi hosted two celebrities from China recently, about a month after Chinese President Xi Jinping toured Africa.Chinese actress Li Bingbing and former NBA star Yao Ming were on a trip to Kenya that sought to raise awareness about the illicit wildlife trade. Li linked the vice to global criminal rings.The UN says the number of elephants killed in Africa has doubled in ...
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D.C. organizing biz trade missions to Colombia South Africa Toronto
Interested in globe hopping for the sake of your business? Now's your chance, with ExportDC. The District's Department of Small and Local Business Development on Tuesday released its calendar of upcoming trade missions to the membership of the D.C. Chamber of Commerce. Between June and September, they'll hit four continents, a pair of Caribbean islands and, for those wanting to stay ...
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China vice-premier in Zimbabwe for start of trade and development trip before Africa summit
HARARE, Zimbabwe - Chinese vice-premier Wang Yang has arrived in Zimbabwe at the start of an official trip to view his nation's burgeoning trade and development ties in Africa. Officials at the Harare airport said Tuesday that the third ranking of China's four vice-premiers in President Xi Jinping's communist party is scheduled to meet with Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe on ...
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Rebels in Central African Republic protest at leaders headquarters protest living conditions
BANGUI, Central African Republic - Some members of the rebel alliance who overthrew the president of Central African Republic are protesting outside the luxury hotel where their leader is based. Their demonstration marks a dangerous development, underscoring the divisions that are emerging within the Seleka rebel movement. The rebels outside the Hotel Ledger Plaza Bangui said Tuesday they were ...
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Kenya My Life Is in Danger - Kalembe
THE Independent Party leaders Kalembe Ndile, yesterday morning narrowly escaped death after bandits allegedly stormed his Syokimau estate home but were repulsed by his personal security. Athi River police confirmed that one of the gangsters was arrested after he was cornered in the compound of the former assistant minister's house at 4am by Ndile and his security men. Area police boss ...
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East Africa Tanzania Could Boost Its Economy By Reforming the Port of Dar es Salaam - World Bank
DAR ES SALAAM, May 21, 2013 - Tanzania and its East African neighbors could boost their annual Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by up to US$1.8 billion and US$ 830 million respectively by taking measures to improve the efficiency of the Port of Dar es Salaam, according to the latest Tanzania Economic Update published by the World Bank. So far, Tanzania and six neighboring countries have missed this ...
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Kenya Revenues Behind Target By Close to Sh100 Billion
THE country was behind its revenue collection target by close to Sh100 billion by end of March, government data shows. According to the Treasury's latest issue of the quartely economic and budgetary review, total cumulative revenue collection including appropriation in aid, was below the target by Sh98.2 billion. Ordinary revenue collection amounted to Sh 531.6 billion against a target of ...
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UN AIDS Deaths Down Treatment Up in Africa
A new United Nations report says AIDS-related deaths in Africa are falling while the number of Africans getting treatment for the AIDS virus is on the ...
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UN envoy proposes set of principles to guide peace efforts in DR Congo
Print 21 May 2013 – The United Nations Envoy for Africa’s Great Lakes Region today proposed a set of principles to guide immediate peace efforts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, while voicing concerns over renewed fighting in the eastern part of the country. ';The suffering and displacement of the people, especially women and children, in eastern DRC and beyond have ...
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Kenya West Pokot leaders seek to change cattle farming
Leading a delegation of residents from Pokot to a dairy farm in Njoro to familiarise themselves with new dairy technology, Senator John Lonyangapuo and Governor Simon Kachapin agreed that cattle related problems and illiteracy were bringing down standards of living among the community and promised to correct that. For the last four years, the Senator said livestock breeders from Lelan highlands ...
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China vice-premier arrives in Zimbabwe
HARARE, Zimbabwe -; Chinese vice-premier Wang Yang has arrived in Zimbabwe at the start of an official trip to view his nation's burgeoning trade and development ties in ...
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EU Provides Funding for Anti-Piracy Efforts in Africa
has allocated EUR37 million (about US$47.7 million) for its Regional Maritime Security program to strengthen the fight against piracy in several Eastern and Southern African countries.The new program will help to develop the legal and judicial system of countries in the region, so that they are better equipped for the arrest and transfer of pirates. Financial oversight systems will also be ...
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South Africa Turkey stocks outperform
London - South African and Turkish equities outperformed both emerging market and global share indices on Tuesday, with Johannesburg's main index hitting a record high as the rand fell more against the ...
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Middle East North Africa - Restricting speech restricts Arab freedom
The sight of hundreds of thousands of Arabs marching on the streets of a number of Arab countries, demanding their dignity and rights, will remain among the iconic images of the twenty-first century. The willingness of so many citizens to take such tremendous risks to their own lives, with thousands dying for their freedom, stunned a world long accustomed to the image of the resigned, ...
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Obamas Africa tour leaves ancestral homeland of Kenya as loser
Kenya .Not even a relatively peaceful election earlier this year is enough to tempt Obama back to his ancestral homeland. The big problem is the winner, Uhuru Kenyatta, who is facing charges of crimes against humanity at the international criminal court (no matter that the US is yet to sign up to the ICC).At least the ...
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Uganda Media takes a hit in presidential grooming affair
A siege on media houses by Ugandan security forces entered a second day on Tuesday, as they searched for a letter by an army commander that claimed President Yoweri Museveni was grooming his son to be ...
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Man accused of rape and murder that shocked South Africa is released
African prosecutors dropped charges on Tuesday against one of the two men charged with raping, mutilating and killing a teenage girl in a crime that outraged a country hardened by some of the world's highest rates of sexual violence. Prosecution spokesman Eric Ntabazalila said the man had been released from custody because there was not enough evidence to take him to trial. The victim, ...
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Kenya to decide next week on future of Mombasa refinery
By Joseph Akwiri MOMBASA | Tue May 21, 2013 12:53pm EDT MOMBASA May 21 (Reuters) - The future of east Africa's only oil refinery could be decided next week when a report is due on whether to upgrade the aging Kenyan plant or turn it into a storage facility, the country's energy regulator said on Tuesday. Fuel distributors have long complained about the poor quality products from ...
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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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