Key Banks Appear Before Shilling Team
THE five banks alledged to have been behind the recent decline of the Kenyan shilling versus the dollar were finally named yesterday before a parliamentary committee. According to a member of the ...
View ArticlePapua New Guinea deadlocked over rival leaders
Papua New Guinea politics were deadlocked Thursday, with two men claiming to be prime minister, two governments saying they hold power, rival police chiefs maintaining the peace - and no one sure ...
View ArticleSatisfaction with European Rejection of Agreement with Morocco
Madrid, Dec 16 (Prensa Latina) Organizations that support the Sahrawi cause and European lawmakers expressed their satisfaction with the European Parliament''s refusal to extend a fishing ...
View ArticleQaddafi Death a Potential Crime
The death of the former Libyan leader, Col Muammar el-Qaddafi, who was captured and killed by rebels in October, may have been a war crime, the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court ...
View Article"Outrageous and indefensible" was Britain's massacre in Libya
David Cameron, the British Prime Minister, has stated that the attack on the British Embassy in Teheran was "outrageous" while the Foreign Secretary William Hague has called it ...
View ArticleNATO urged to probe civilians killed in Libya war
Libya's new interim government, which has been in control of the oil-producing OPEC member since former leader Gaddafi was forced to flee Tripoli in August, estimates that more than 40,000 ...
View ArticleGaddafi's son to be tried in Libya, not at ICC
Libya will not hand over Muammar Gaddafi's most prominent son Saif al-Islam to the International Criminal Court for trial, a minister said on Tuesday as the war crimes court's prosecutor ...
View ArticleLibya's rulers to bury the hatchet with Gaddafi's army
Libya's new rulers said on Saturday that they are ready to forgive the forces of slain dictator Muammar Gaddafi, who battled rebels trying to topple his autocratic regime during the brutal ...
View ArticleZuma blasts Nato's campaign in Libya for 'lasting scar'
Zuma, who was part of a high-level African Union (AU) panel that failed to mediate a ceasefire in Libya, complained in a lecture given during a one-day visit to Nigeria about the role of some ...
View ArticleTanzania offers good example of press self-regulation
The Press Freedom Commission will be able to show the ANC a "highly successful" example of press self-regulation on the African continent -- in Tanzania -- when it submits its report next ...
View ArticlePastoralists 'Need Capacity Building More Than Technology'
Addis Ababa - Improving food security in Africa's pastoral areas is best done by capacity building ahead of applying technology, argue researchers in a study of pastoralists published in ...
View ArticleCommercial Banks Take a Hit From High Cost of Loans
CBK has raised its lending rate by 10 percentage points as it seeks to reduce inflation. Data indicates that the move has seen borrowing remain steady at Sh1.2 trillion by September. Trend shows ...
View ArticleICC Reform - Africa Must Speak With One Voice
opinion The International Criminal Court which recently elected Gambia's Ms Fatou Bensouda to take over from Argentina's Luis Moreno-Ocampo as chief prosecutor, celebrates its 10th ...
View ArticleWhy Jonathan Was Silent On Fuel Subsidy Removal, by Okonjo-Iweala
THE federal government yesterday reasons for its silence on the proposed removal of fuel subsidy while presenting the 2012 budget to the joint session of theNational Assembly. The Head of the ...
View ArticleGovt Matters Are for Mature Hands
Government or governance, the term is generally applied to the art or science of running governmental or state affairs, including behaviour within civil society. It also applies to institutions, ...
View ArticleWe Should Resist Neo-Colonialism
opinion Liberation movements in Southern Africa face a real regime change threat from powerful Western countries which are bent on reversing the liberation gains achieved by nationalist parties. ...
View ArticleAngry Air Zim Passengers Demand Answers
Harare bound Air Zimbabwe passengers were on Thursday still stranded at UK's Gatwick airport. The plane had been seized at the airport on Monday over an unpaid debt, but passengers had still ...
View ArticleEnd Recurrent Sugar Shortages Immediately
editorial A report by a parliamentary committee that sugar traders have been fleecing consumers tells us nothing new. This practice has gone on for too long and has even seemed to be accepted as ...
View ArticleMatatus to Paralyse Transport Come Monday, Says Cotu Boss
Kenyans planning to link up with their families for the festive season could have their travel plans disrupted by a nationwide strike called by public service vehicle operators. The strike is set ...
View ArticleTowns Hit By Fuel Shortages
An acute fuel shortage has hit towns in Kenya and was blamed on the lowering of prices. Those without enough fuel included Nairobi, Mombasa, Eldoret, Kabarnet, Kitale, Sotik. Fuel stations failed ...
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