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National symbols need an overhaul
Nairobi :: Kenya | about 4 hours ago
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You’ve guessed wrong what I am doing in a red-light district. As a law-abiding citizen, I just like walking up and down Koinange Street whenever I am on holiday in Nairobi without any mischievous agenda. I’ve been thinking about the much-ballyhooed harmonised...
Tags: Koinange Street, mother tongue, Kenya, Nairobi, East Africa, Social Issues
How draft seeks to fix big man syndrome
Nairobi :: Kenya | about 4 hours ago
Credibility This does not mean that there will be no conflict or attempt by some overreaching person to usurp the powers that are not theirs; the nature and character of politics shows that this will happen. But then, this overreaching has also occurred within the...
Tags: Kenya Mafia, imperial presidency, prime minister, Kenya, Nairobi, Vice-Presidents of Kenya, Kiambu Mafia, Politics, East Africa, Politics of Kenya, George Saitoti
10,000 E. African albinos in hiding after killings
Nairobi :: Kenya | about 8 hours ago
Credibility Originally published Saturday, November 28, 2009 at 7:36 AM 10,000 E. African albinos in hiding after killings The mistaken belief that albino body parts have magical powers has driven thousands of Africa's albinos into hiding, fearful of losing their...
Tags: Kenya-Tanzania, Red Cross and Crescent, body parts, East Africa, Mary Owido, albinos body, crescent societies, International Federation, african albinos, Kenya, Nairobi, Witchcraft, Albinism in popular culture, Persecution of albinos, Albinism
The East African market is here, can we handle?
Kapchorwa :: Uganda | 1 day ago
Credibility It might not be practical to set up an Odi (ground nut and sim sim paste) factory in western Uganda, just as it might not be a good idea to have an eshabwe (whipped cream) factory in northern Uganda. The climate, soils and generations of planting simsim...
Tags: Uganda, east african, common market, competitive advantage, Kapchorwa, East African Breweries, East Africa, African countries, African Union member states, East African Community, Districts of Uganda, Foreign relations of Uganda
The Cutting Edge
Nairobi :: Kenya | 1 day ago
Credibility The MPs, who on Wednesday, held a funds drive in Nairobi for squatters evicted from the Mau Forest must by now know that the public is getting sick and tired of their political games, says Ken Butiko. According to him, even those who do not necessarily...
Tags: Kenya, Nairobi, Mau Forest, Politics of Kenya, Odinga, Environment, East Africa, Raila Odinga, Jeevanjee Gardens, Mau
NM researcher develops trees for dry, rural areas
Farmington :: NM :: USA | 1 day ago
Credibility N.M. — A New Mexico State University researcher is using tree planting to help arid, impoverished regions in the Four Corners region and Africa. Mick O'Neill, the superintendent of New Mexico State University's Agricultural Science Center in Farmington,...
Tags: Mick O'Neill, New Mexico State University, East Africa, development trees, Farmington, Environment, O'Neill dynasty, Navajo tribe, Populus, Agroforestry, Navajo Nation, Disaster Accident
Firm launches new trucks in Kenyan market
Nairobi :: Kenya | 1 day ago
Credibility An Indian vehicle manufacturer has launched its brands in the Kenyan market in a move that is bound to intensify competition. Ashok Leyland joins the list of trucks angling for the growing construction industry that has been boosted by government’s spend...
Tags: Kenya, Nairobi, East Africa, Business Finance, Automotive industry, Ashok Leyland, Mombasa
Kenyans draw weapons over shrinking resources
Isiolo :: Kenya | 1 day ago
Credibility Tales of conflict emerging from this remote, arid region of Kenya have disturbing echoes of the lethal building blocks that turned Darfur into a killing ground in western Sudan. Tribes that lived side by side for decades say they've been pushed to warfare...
Tags: Mt. Kenya, Africa, climate change, Kenya, Isiolo, Environment, East Africa, Darfur, African countries, African Union member states, Sudan, Samburu
U.S. says Sudan's 2010 elections in doubt
Khartoum :: Sudan | 1 day ago
Credibility Sudan may be unable to hold credible elections in coming months because the ruling party and opposition cannot agree on ground rules for the polls, the U.S. Wednesday they would delay a decision on whether to boycott April's elections in part due to a...
Tags: Bashir, Sudan Armed Forces Brigade, Sudan, Khartoum, Second Sudanese Civil War, Comprehensive Peace Agreement, Sudanese general election, North Africa, Politics, East Africa, Messiria, Southern Sudan, Southern Sudanese independence referendum, Awn Shawkat Al-Khasawneh, War Conflict, National Congress, Abyei
Darfur gunmen say targeting France not aid workers
Khartoum :: Sudan | 2 days ago
Credibility An armed group from the restive region of Darfur said today they are targeting French aid workers to force French government to change its policy. A Darfur based gunmen kidnapped two French aid workers on Sunday evening in the northeast of the Central...
Tags: Darfur JEM, Darfur Justice, child soldiers, aid workers, Sudan, Khartoum, Politics, War Conflict, Darfur conflict, Janjaweed, Lord's Resistance Army insurgency, North Africa, East Africa, Darfur, Islamic history, Omar al-Bashir, attack on Omdurman and Khartoum, Military use of children, Juba talks, Geneina, Second Chadian Civil War, Lord's Resistance Army, Human trafficking in Sudan, Politics of Sudan, Social Issues, International Committee of the Red Cross, Disarmament Demobilization and Reintegration, Justice and Equality Movement, African Union - United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur
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