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Kenya Man in court for attempting to poison son
Shadrack Kiptoo Kaptugen was accused of attempted murder. The court heard that Kaptugen had been left with the one and half year old child at their home on March 5 when he allegedly poisoned him before neighbours learnt of the incident and rescued the kid. Fellow playmates raised the alarm and alerted adults at the village who went to the boy's ...
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Kenya AG differs with ICC Prosecution over court co-operation
Githu Muigai has differed with the Prosecution at The Hague over co-operation with the court even as the Government moved through the African Union to terminate the two Kenyan ...
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Kenya A mixed bag for pan Africa Union as leaders mark anniversary
NAIROBI, KENYA: African leaders gathered in Addis Ababa this weekend to mark the climax of weeklong celebrations of the 50th year since the founding of ...
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Kenya Uhuru roots for youth empowerment in Africa
Noting that the youth form 70 per cent of the population, the President said there is need to mainstream the youth in all crucial sectors. He spoke on Friday ...
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Kenya Im not involved in Bungoma killings says Wetangula
While commenting on the current wave of insecurity, Wetangula made it clear that he is not in any way linked to the killings terming the allegations as 'rumours, reckless and baseless'. He said security personnel should work towards restoring peace if the killings were to be stopped. "If I was linked to the killings and general insecurity ...
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Kenya More suspects nabbed over fresh attacks in Garissa town
NAIROBI, KENYA: Inspector General of Police David Kimaiyio has said many arrests have been made following renewed attacks that saw two civilians killed ...
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Opinion Museveni is taking East Africa back to the dark days of slavery
Yoweri Museveni 's administration has been on the spotlight over its threats to journalists and media houses over his succession contest. It is within the right of any Ugandan to question the future of Uganda and this should not warrant a crackdown on the media. How can police ransack, disable equipment and threaten staff over alleged forgery of a mere signature? It is time for Uganda to ...
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Rights group up in arms as Botswana plans to evict Bushmen
Indigenous rights group Survival International said on Friday that the indigenous community based in the south of the country, will be removed on Monday and their homes will be destroyed. "The Bushman community at Ranyane has allegedly been told by the local government that trucks will arrive on Monday to remove them from the land they have inhabited for generations," said a ...
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Uganda - Ugandan police defy court order occupy publication premises
premises) was operationalized after the police obtained two search warrants from the Nakawa Magistrates Court and a letter from the Uganda Communications Commission, ordering the stations to cease operations pending the police search.The Nakawa Grade One Magistrate, Rosemary Bareebe, in issuing the Wednesday evening's vacation order, wrote that "in the process of execution of the said ...
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North African jihadists widen their war
The jihadist alliance in North Africa has widened its war with attacks in Niger demonstrating the militants are able to causing mayhem across the ...
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Double bombing in Niger may have links to Algeria attack
A note purporting to be from former Al Qaeda operative Mokhtar Belmokhtar claimed responsibility for bombings at military camp and uranium mine in Niger. Belmokhtar plotted deadly attacks on Western firms in Algeria, and was thought to be killed in early ...
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Niger ranks last in terms of development among African countries. Information about mass famine in Niger appears every year. Eighty percent of the state is taken by Sahara however not all neighboring states that are situated in similar conditions are as
Niger is a country in West Africa that borders on Nigeria, Algeria, Libya, Benin and Burkina Faso. The territory of Niger is a territory of the Sahel region that lies on both Sahara and southern fertile lands. This is the driest area of the African continent, with average daily temperatures of 25 degrees above zero Centigrade. In addition to Niger, the region includes other "rogue" ...
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Motion Filtering Ability Correlated to High IQ
Researchers at the University of Rochester in New York state say they can predict a person’s intelligence quotient, or IQ, using some simple visual tests. Test subjects were asked to watch brief video clips of black and white bars moving across a computer screen within three different sized circles. They were asked to identify in which direction the bars drifted. The exercise ...
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Planemaker Embraer Sees American Closing Out US Regional Jet Cycle
SAO PAULO -- Embraer SA, the world's third-largest commercial jet maker, expects just one more big regional jet order as a result of its current U.S. sales campaign, Chief Executive Officer Frederico Curado said in an interview, after the Brazilian planemaker clinched three of four major deals since December. "After the American Airlines competition, the game is over for a ...
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Obama Plan to Close Guantanamo Prison Faces Significant Obstacles
Activists wearing orange jumpsuits mark the 100th day of prisoners' hunger strike at Guantanamo Bay during a protest in front of the White House in Washington May 17, ...
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Immigrant Drama Shoots for Top Cannes Prize
CANNES -- America's immigration debate finds echoes in a period drama that premiered at the Cannes film festival on Friday about a Polish woman who arrives at Ellis Island and fights to survive in 1920s New York. "The Immigrant" features French Oscar winner Marion Cotillard as the immigrant Ewa, speaking English and Polish in the film, with Joaquin Phoenix and Jeremy Renner as ...
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Demand Grows for Global Ban on Killer Robots
LONDON -- United Nations’ special rapporteur on executions has joined calls for a moratorium on so-called ‘killer robots’ - automated weapons systems which critics fear may one day operate independently from human commanders. It may sound like something from a sci-fi movie - but campaigners say the threat is real and the robots already exist. A human-sized robot joined ...
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Patients drugged confined at Kenyas only mental hospital
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — An advocacy group says patients at Kenya's only psychiatric hospital are often confined and immobilized using drugs that put them into a comatose-like state, factors that could have led to the recent escape of 40 male patients.Edah Maina, who heads the Kenya Society For the Mentally Handicapped, said Friday that the mental hospital in Kenya's Mathari section ...
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Kenya Commission outlines Coast marginalisation issues
Land issues, war on terror, poor education levels and lack of infrastructure have fuelled feelings that successive governments ignored the region. "One of the critical issues, described by some as a 'ticking bomb' is the seemingly intractable land question. More recently, other factors including perceived mistreatment of residents at the hands of police in the context of ...
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Tunisia - Program to protect journalists human rights defenders launched in Tunisia
ARTICLE 19 is to launch a programme to protect journalists and human rights defenders in Tunisa, following a series of meetings with media workers and civil society groups in the country.Three consultation events were held in Tunis between 15 and 17 May 2013 to discuss the training needs of those who speak publicly about matters of public importance, in order to ensure their safety.The first ...
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Top Bosnia court orders release of president charged with graft
SARAJEVO (Reuters) - Bosnia's Constitutional Court ruled on Friday that the president of the autonomous Muslim-Croat federation, charged with corruption, had been detained illegally, and ordered a lower court to release him ...
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Tunisia recovers $5 million yacht belonging to ex-dictators brother-in-law
The 5 Fishes, a 32-meter yacht that belonged to Belhassen Trabelsi, the brother-in-law of former Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, is anchored in Goulette harbor, outside Tunis, Friday May 24, 2013. The boat was shown to media after being returned to Tunisia by the government of Spain, where it was seized in February. It is valued at $5 million.(AP Photo/Hassene ...
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France Libya to announce new security moves in wake of terror attacks in neighbouring Niger
PARIS - France's foreign minister says Libya is poised to announce new security initiatives in coming weeks, amid recent instability in the North African country and concerns that its vast south could become a haven for al-Qaida-linked terror groups. Laurent Fabius said Friday he spoke with Libya's prime minister following deadly, simultaneous terror attacks in neighbouring Niger a ...
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Nigerias military says it has rescued women and children held hostage by Islamic extremists
ABUJA, Nigeria - Nigeria's military says it has rescued women and children taken hostage by Islamic extremists after an attack on a police barracks. The claim Friday by Brig. Gen. Chris Olukolade could not be independently confirmed. Olukolade said the army freed three women and six children who had been in a propaganda video by the extremist network Boko Haram. A Boko Haram video seen by ...
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Africa The African Union At 50 - Missed Opportunities and Lessons for the Future
A Post-independent African leaders have failed to realise the aspirations and hopes of self-determination and unity of the African people. There are five basic steps that AU member states need to take now to put Africans on the path to full ...
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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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