The nation is challenging Britain to take the lead and increase funding and support to Somalia, saying that was the most important issue in the Horn of Africa region at the moment.
President Mwai Kibaki told visiting United Kingdom Minister for Africa and Commonwealth Office Hon. Henry Bellingham that delayed resourses and commitments including that [...]
The title of William Boyd’s book could have been invented for Desmond Tutu and I make no apologies for this rather personal review of his contribution to South Africa, Africa and the world.
The former Archbishop of Cape Town and one of the most important public figures in South Africa has announced that he is stepping [...]
Onchocerciasis (more commonly known as River Blindness) is one of the biggest causes of blindness in Africa, yet the continent’s continued struggle against the neglected tropical disease (NTD) goes largely unnoticed.
However, the growth of the ailment is being stunted through work by the development NGO Sightsavers. It claims to have already distributed 150million of treatments [...]
The High Court awarded victims of torture and detention without trial staggering financial reparations and set a precedent that could see hundreds of victims seek similar remuneration.
In the strongest message ever to the state on the dangers of violating constitutional rights of citizens, the Court ordered immediate payment of KES40 Million (US$533,000) to compensate 21 [...]
Efforts by the Police and other security operatives to rescue the four Nigerian Journalists kidnapped and their driver yielded positive results as the adduction saga came to a dramatic end precisely seven days after the crime took place. The four journalists and their driver were herded on four motorcycles by their captors and taken out [...]
The country’s interim independent electoral commission (IIEC) says using public servants to campaign for the proposed constitution ahead of referendum on 4th August 2010 is illegal.
The commission has consequently asked the head of public service Francis Muthaura to immediately withdraw permanent secretaries (PSs) and senior government officials from campaigns.
Chairman Issack Hassan told journalists on Thursday [...]
Feelings of insecurity and the high level alert across East African states played out in the public in Kenya and Burundi this week.
In Kenya a General Service Unit Para Military officer was wounded by suspected Al-Shabaab invaders on the North Eastern Liboi border. Police later arrested a suspect in Nairobi’s Eastleigh estate.
Police spokesman Eric Kiraithe [...]
As heads of state gather in Kampala this week for the African Union summit my mind wandered back to 1975 when heads of state also gathered in Kampala for the OAU (Organisation of African Unity as it was then known) Summit. This was by any measure a remarkable meeting, not least for the presence [...]
Today (July 20th 2010) the World Bank announced that it has signed an agreement with the Government of Sierra Leone that supports its short to medium term efforts aimed at building on the successes of existing youth employment programs in the country through the Youth and Employment Support (YES) project.
YES’s objectively increases access to short-term [...]
Dispatches is Channel 4’s highly successful, sometimes controversial pioneering documentary series that critically covers a vast range of topics and areas.
In a recent episode entitled ‘Africa’s Last Taboo’, filmmaker and reporter Sorious Samura travels to a couple of countries in the continent in an effort to highlight the persecution of gay people in Africa, which [...]
