Congo-Kinshasa: Military Expert Says Bemba Bore Command Responsibility but...
A military expert this week stated that Congolese war crimes accused Jean-Pierre Bemba had direct control over his troops that were deployed in the Central African Republic (CAR), and he had the...
View ArticleCountry At 'Critical' Juncture, UN Chief Says in Historic Visit to Mogadishu
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon paid an unannounced visit to Mogadishu today together with the President of the General Assembly, Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser, to express the solidarity of the United...
View ArticleZimbabwe: MTP - Statement of Change
The Medium Term Plan, is expected to have an imp-act on the economy over the next four years. The Herald Executive Business Editor Victoria Ruzvidzo (VR) speaks with the programme's technocrat and...
View ArticleZambia: U.S.$24.8 Million IFAD Loan and U.S.$7 Million Grant to Boost...
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) will provide a US$24.8 million loan to the Republic of Zambia to accelerate growth in smallholder agriculture and reduce rural poverty in the...
View ArticleSouth Africa: Decision to Keep Electricity Prices Stable a Victory for Citizens
I am ecstatic at Minister of Energy, Dipuo Peters' decision to hold off on further escalations in electricity prices in the next round of multi-year price determinations.
View ArticleZimbabwe: Nothing to Celebrate On International Human Rights Day
December 10th is designated International Human Rights Day and given recent events in North Africa and the Middle East, where thousands took to the streets demanding their rights, this year holds a...
View ArticleNamibia: We Are All Responsible for Safety On the Roads!
While the festive season is supposed to be a season most of us are excited about and look forward to, year-in and year-out it is turning out to be a season most of us regret it had come at all.
View ArticleJournalist Threatened for His Reporting
The Committee to Protect Journalists is concerned about the safety of Kenyan reporter Robert Wanyonyi who has been repeatedly threatened after covering a melee between police and local villagers that...
View ArticleDoctors Reject Sh7 Billion Pay Offer
Talks between the government and striking doctors collapsed on Friday after the latter rejected the government's latest offer of Sh7.1 billion.
View ArticleDigital Parliament Dream Takes Shape Ahead of 2012 Polls
A small ad in the inside pages of Tuesday's Daily Nation may have gone unnoticed by many, but in the few words of the ad, the digital dream of Kenya's next Parliament was laid out for all to see.
View ArticleUganda: Kampala's Bad Roads, Poor Time Keeping
Madame Shauna?" I looked up at a smiling bellman, "yes," I said returning the smile. "There is a message for you from Verity." I looked at my watch confused, it was six o'clock in the evening what...
View ArticleZimbabwe: Mining Sector Surges
AT the beginning of October, London Stock Exchange listed Mwana Africa said third quarter gold production at Freda Rebecca, at 13 686 ounces, was ahead of target.
View ArticleNigeria: Man Nabbed for Defiling 12-Year-Old
A man, Innocent Eze, 35, has been arrested by the Ekiti State Police Command for allegedly defiling a 12-year--old primary school pupil.
View ArticleTunisia: Fundamentalists Disrupting College Campuses - Protect Universities...
The Tunisian authorities should protect individual and academic freedoms from acts of violence and other threats by religiously motivated groups acting on university campuses, Human Rights Watch said...
View ArticleGovernment Borrowing Falls Due to High Cost of Lending
The Central Bank of Kenya's decision to raise the cost of lending continues to weigh negatively on government borrowing, with the bank only able to raise a fraction of the planned funds this week.
View ArticleZimbabwe: Civil Service Strike Looms
A CRIPPLING civil service strike is looming in the New Year triggered by a groundswell of discontentment over remuneration packages for public workers. Unions have given the coalition government up to...
View ArticleHigh Rates Stoke Fears of Housing Crisis
Elizabeth Ngigi, an auditor, took a Sh5 million mortgage two years ago to buy a three-bedroom house in Kahawa Wendani, in the outskirts of Nairobi.
View ArticleCongo-Kinshasa: Defense Insists Patassé Commanded Bemba's Troops
The defense of Jean-Pierre Bemba on Friday questioned a military expert about the testimonies of witnesses who stated that the command of the former Congolese vice president's militia during their...
View ArticleTanzania: Simba Play Heavyweight Kotoko Today
Simba Sports Club of Tanzania today plays Ghana heavyweights Asante Kotoko in a special match at the National Stadium to mark the 50th anniversary of Tanzania Mainland independence.
View ArticleThe History of Country's Third Civil War
Accelerating violence by Khartoum's regular and militia forces threatens many hundreds of thousands of civilians in Blue Nile and South Kordofan; the regime's military seizure of Abyei is now a fait...
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