By Charles Onyango-Obbo
February 2012
A few days ago we were in Mwanza, Tanzania's second largest town. What a surprise!
This lakeside town must be one of East Africa's best-kept secrets...
Deposists beneath Indian ocean believed to be equal those of Kuwait. BP is likely to partner with Somali to exploit the reserves. A canadian firm Africa oil has struck oil in Puntland, to begin...
The Joint Task Force (JTF) executing the state of emergency in Suleja Niger State has arrested four persons who were caught with undetonated bombs hidden inside two loaves of bread.
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The small African nation of Rwanda recently announced that it had cut poverty by 12% in six years, from 57% of its population to 45%. That equals roughly a million Rwandans emerging from poverty...
The UK will host the London conference on Somalia on 23 February. We have secured senior attendance from the region, including from Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda, as well as from the United States...
Tunisian police fired tear gas to disperse hundreds of conservative Islamists who set fire to a police station. (Reuters)
By REUTERS
TUNIS
Police in a Tunisian town used tear gas on Thursday to...
Ukranian security services have confirmed to have thwarted a plot to kill prime minister Vladmir Putin, Russian Newas Agency Ria Novosti said. One ofthe detained plotters Ilya Pyanzin admitted...
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Israel To U.S.: Don't Delay Iraq Attack
By Dan Collins
(CBS) Israel is urging U.S. officials not to delay a military strike against Iraq's Saddam Hussein, an aide to...
Early unconfirmed reports from Senegal's controversial presidential election indicate a tight race between incumbent Abdoulaye Wade and former Prime Minister Macky Sall.
If no...
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has defeated Kevin Rudd in the Labor Party leadership ballot.
Ms Gillard, who ousted Mr Rudd as PM in June 2010, won by 71 votes to 31. She called...
Immediately after independence in 1961, the then Tanganyika raised concerns about the unfair colonial-era treaty the British had signed with the Egyptians in 1929 over the waters of the longest...
Former South Africa President Nelson Mandela has been taken to hospital.
Officials said he was suffering from a "long-standing abdominal complaint" which doctors felt needed "proper specialist...
U.S. Agencies See No Move by Iran to Build a Bomb By JAMES RISEN and MARK MAZZETTIPublished: February 24, 2012 Twitter List: Reporters and Editors
Recent assessments by American spy agencies are...
Pamoja na kua nchi nyingi za kiafrica zimeweka wazi kua hazito kubaliana na swala la kuhalalisha mahusiano kati ya watu wenye jinsia moja, Katibu Mkuu wa Umoja wa Mataifa Ban Ki-Moon amewaomba...
Iran to Export electricity to UAE, Qatar, Oman Worth US$ 2Billion
February 25, 2012
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JNN 24 Feb 2012 TEHRAN - Iran will export up to $2 billion of electricity to the...
Museveni on HARDtalk BBC interview February 2012
- why more than 20 years on power
- western people shouldnt impose their western values on Black Africa
- Somalia, Eastern Congo
- etc
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President Mugabe has branded some African leaders cowards who are prepared to sell out their countries for financial aid and material benefits.
He said the current crop of leaders was quite...
NATO, UN, na mambo yote ya umarekanimarekani wanawapenda sana watu wa Libya kuliko Wasyria, Wapalestina na Wasomalia. Hili linadhibitishwa na namna mamia ya watu wanavyouliwa katika nchi hizi sasa...
When it comes to emerging markets and energy production, powerhouses like Brazil and Russia tend to dominate portfolio holdings.
Equally rich -- but less known -- is the emerging oil story in...
NAIROBI, Feb 24 – Former Cabinet Minister Njenga Karume is dead. He passed on at about 1am at the Karen Hospital where he has been undergoing treatment for cancer. Karume who was an active...