Afrosilicon team named winner
Photo/FILE A T-Mobile G1 Google phone running Android. Afrisilicone team is the winner of the regional "Apps for Africa 2012" competition, sponsored by Ericsson in partnership with former ...
View Article3 killed in suicide blast at church in Nigeria's Jos
A suicide bomber drove an explosives packed car into a church in Nigeria's volatile central city of Jos on Sunday and killed three people, church leaders told ...
View ArticleDirect flight could boost Kenya’s trade with Isreal, says minister
"A direct route would enable Kenyan investors to go to Israel regularly to explore latest technology in agriculture, water management, security apparatus and medical toursim," said Mr ...
View ArticleLost oil billions leave Sudan’s economy reeling
Sudan has lost billions of dollars in oil receipts since the south gained independence last year, and is plagued by soaring prices and a weakening currency, with no economic solution in sight for ...
View ArticleKenya’s strategy to promote its exports
In its efforts to triple the gross domestic product and become a middle income industrialised nation by 2030, Kenya has started a programme to promote its exports ...
View ArticleIt’s a coincidence Kenya and Uganda shilling fell
What a coincidence! Kenya and Uganda parliaments blaming their respective central bank governors for the drastic shilling depreciation within the same ...
View ArticleEyes on Kenya as battle for indoor supremacy begins
FILE | NATION Kenya's Olympic champion Wilfred Bungei celebrates after winning the 2006 World Indoor Championships 800 metres gold in Moscow. Bungei's is Kenya's only gold medal in ...
View ArticleMorocco Disbands Creepy Religious Sect
Rabat, Mar 8 (Prensa Latina) A religious sect "of perverse ideas and strange convictions" was dissolve in several cities in Morocco, said a statement from the Ministry of Interior (MIM). ...
View ArticleKenya sacks 25 000 striking nurses
The health workers went on strike to protest the government's failure to implement a salary increase agreed last year. (Getty) Kenya said it had sacked 25,000 public hospital nurses who have ...
View ArticleLibya wants US help on Gaddafi backers
Libya's interim Prime Minister Abdel Rahim al-Kib appealed for US help to get the 'remnants' of the Gaddafi regime and finally bring to an end what he called the 'war of ...
View ArticleBritish, Italian hostages killed during rescue attempt in Nigeria
In this undated photo provided by the family of Chris McManus via the British Foreign Office, Chris McManus poses for a photograph at an unknown ...
View ArticleDR Congo women pop pills for bigger backsides
Size zeros don't cut any cloth in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where curves are a must for women looking to catch the eye. But to get the perfect proportions, some women are resorting to ...
View ArticleKONY 2012 YouTube Campaign Aims To Stop Infamous Uganda Militia Leader
Joseph Kony , infamous head of the Ugandan guerrilla group, the Lord’s Resistance Army. The new video is introducing Joseph Kony to a lot of people, but it’s also generating a lot of ...
View ArticleUN envoy for West Africa stresses cooperation to address regional threats
The United Nations envoy for West African today underlined the ...
View ArticleICC Verdict Finds Lubanga Guilty of Using Child Soldiers
In its first verdict since it was set up 10 years ago, the International Criminal Court in The Hague has found Thomas Lubanga guilty of recruiting child soldiers during the conflict in the Democratic
View ArticlePolio Still a Problem in Parts of Nigeria
Resistance to polio vaccination remains in northern Nigeria, and the region is repeatedly blamed for cross-border polio outbreaks. Authorities in one state are threatening to prosecute parents who do
View ArticleAl-Shabab Calls on Kenyan Youths to Revolt
With al-Shabab on the retreat in the face of gains by African Union (AU) forces in Somalia, the militant group is looking for new avenues to exert control both in and outside of Somalia. The group is
View ArticleRwanda Child Policy Spells Possible End of Orphanages
During the 1994 genocide, about a million Rwandan children lost one or both parents. Dozens of orphanages were built to care for these vulnerable youngsters.
View ArticleCongo Rebel Commander Surrenders to UN Mission
An official of the UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) said a joint military offensive pressured a top commander of the Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) rebels to leave
View ArticleLibya Deals With Divisions in Fallout From Arab Spring
Libya is offering a cautionary tale to the Arab uprisings of the past year, with regional divisions and independent militias challenging the hopes of a democratic post-Gadhafi state.
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