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African Elephant Action Plan
The African Elephant Action Plan was approved at the 15th Conference of Parties of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) in Qatar in 2010. The plan calls for states ...
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Analysis Crackdown on radical Islamists tests Tunisias stability
TUNIS (Reuters) - For the first time since the Arab Spring uprisings of 2011, relations between mainstream Islamists in government and radical Salafist Muslim activists have reached breaking point, sparking deadly clashes in two Tunisian ...
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Kenya One More Killed in Mandera Clan War
One more person was killed and another injured yesterday after armed militia attacked at Guba Village in Banisa constituency, Mandera county. Guba Village is about 15km from Banisa district headquarters. The attack has pushed the death toll to three and the injured to five after the renewed hostilities between the Degodia and Gareh clans began on Sunday, the local provincial administration has ...
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Kenya Kalonzo British Soldiers Among TJRC Indictees
Nairobi - Details of how former Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka and others evicted 2,000 Tharaka families from a huge parcel of land at Tholoni and awarded it to themselves before putting up the Mwingi cottages and disturbing details of how British soldiers raped and sodomised 30 Kenyan women are among the damning historical injustices captured in a voluminous report released by the Truth, ...
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Uganda Uganda Police Holding Our Newspapers - Rwandan Publishers
Police's continued closure of Daily Monitor and Red Pepper is not only affecting Ugandans but has now crossed the borders into Rwanda, The Observer has learnt. Two Rwandan Kinyarwanda newspapers, Rushyashya and Impamo, which print from Monitor Publications, claim that their already printed copies are part of the documents that police won't let go out of the premises. "I am very ...
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Kenya Kenyan Employers Raise Alarm About Quality of University Graduates
Nairobi - On streets across Nairobi, it is easy to spot university or satellite campus signboards advertising a variety of programmes and opportunities. While this could be a sign of improved access to education in Kenya, some employers and education officials worry that the proliferation of universities and the commercialisation of higher education have created schools that produce poorly ...
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Kenya Those Linked to Injustices Need Hearing - NCIC
Nairobi - The National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) now wants Kenyans who have been incriminated by the Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission (TJRC) report given a chance to clear their names. NCIC Chairman Mzalendo Kibunjia said that even though Kenyans must accept the report in order for the healing process to begin, those who have been adversely mentioned must get a ...
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Kenya Conflict Over Resources Caused Tana Clashes - Report
Nairobi - The Judicial Commission formed to probe killings that left more than 150 dead in the Tana Delta presented its report to President Uhuru Kenyatta on Wednesday. In its report, the commission identified, "conflict over resources," as the reason behind the ethnic clashes that caused the death toll and called for the prosecution of those who instigated the clashes. The president ...
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Kenya Lower Interest Rates Boost CFC Stanbic Profits
CfC Stanbic yesterday said net profits for the three months of this year grew by 78 per cent to Sh1 billion as interest paid on customer deposits dropped by more than half. The bank, which posted Sh568 million over a similar period in 2012, said interest paid on deposits dropped to Sh531 million, down from Sh1.3 billion in 2011, a 60 per cent drop. Customer deposits however fell slightly to ...
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Kenya IEBC Hasnt Paid Us Say Suppliers
THE IEBC is once again on the receiving end for failure to pay some of its suppliers and hoteliers. The Commission is yet to pay some of its suppliers and hoteliers among other personnel who offered services before and after the March 4 polls. The suppliers, hoteliers and other staff hired by the commission have raised concerns over the delay by the electoral body to settle their debts. A ...
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Kenya Mother Asks for Help to Treat Daughter Mauled By Dogs
The mother of a 12-year-old school girl who was mauled by dogs belonging to the ex-wife of a sitting senator is appealing for help. Joyce Achieng on Monday evening told the Star she fears for her daughter's life. She is struggling to pay for her medication as she has no steady job or source of income. Atieno was attacked by Jane Madzayo's two dogs at her Nyali residence after she ...
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Uganda Stromme Foundation Helping Communities Out of Poverty
recently chose this important tool to symbolize their movetowards greater heights in their activities to improve the lives of the poor in Uganda. "We build ladders. Unique, very special ladders. On these ladders people climb to a better life," says the foundation's management in a report. " As a development organisation whose goal is to eradicate poverty, the ladders are the ...
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Kenya Paper Faces Legal Action Over Sh100 Million Ruto Jet Story
Nairobi - Deputy President William Ruto has sent a demand letter to the Nation Media Group (NMG) over a story that ran on the May 19 issue of the Sunday Nation, alleging he spent Sh100 million of taxpayers' money to hire a luxury jet. Ruto said the media group must issue an apology, admit liability for libel within seven days and retract the false story because of the harm it caused him ...
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Kenya LTE Infrastructure to Reduce Costs of Date
Nairobi - MTN Business says a consortium set up for the deployment of Long Term Evolution (LTE) infrastructure in the country will reduce data costs significantly. MTN Business Kenya Managing Director Tom Omariba says that maintenance cost of the network will come down as one Base Transmission Station can cover longer distances. "We started from 2G, then moved to 3G and are now set to ...
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Kenya Mobile Technology Will Save Firms Trillions - Report
Nairobi - Vodafone has launched a report that shows growth in mobile technology will lead to companies in the emerging markets being able to save up to Sh2.5 trillion annually by the year 2020. The report dubbed 'Connected Worker' shows that new mobile solutions will help workers connect to fresh job opportunities, improved working conditions and secure of delivery of wages using ...
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Kenya Civil Servant Heads Grilled
SEVERAL heads of departments in Isiolo were yesterday grilled by the county commissioner Wanyama Musiambo after the Commission on Administrative Justice discovered laxity and unresponsive behaviour among public servants in the area. Musiambo grilled the workers in his office. The commissioner told the civil servants that they should deliver or face disciplinary measures. On Thursday last week, ...
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Kenya MTV All Stars Drop It Like Its Hot in Finale Concert
The finale of the MTV Africa All Stars concert was held at the Moses Mabhida Stadium, People's Park, Durban South Africa. Kenyan stars Camp Mulla were first on stage where they performed three singles including Fresh All Day and Party Don't Stop. It was refreshing to hear them rap in Kiswahili as they were joined on stage by King wa Rap, Collo. They were followed on stage by top ...
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IP Theft Costs US $300 Billion Per Year Report
A private advisory panel says growing intellectual property theft, mainly by China, is costing the United States more than $300 billion each ...
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UN Nuclear Agency Says Iran Expanded Nuclear Activity
The International Atomic Energy Agency says Iran has taken a significant step toward building a reactor that Western experts say could provide a second path to producing material for a nuclear ...
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Kenya tells Britain to apologise for abuses
Kenya was responsible for unspeakable and horrific gross violations of human rights", including "massacres, torture and sexual violence".The four-volume report recommended that the Kenyan government enter into negotiations ...
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EU backs mission to secure Libya’s borders
Leaders of the European Union's 27 member states yesterday (22 May) agreed to establish a mission to help Libya secure its borders, reflecting concern both about the terrorist threat in the region and migration to the EU.The two-year mission, which will start its work next month, will be led by Antti Hartikainen, the director-general of Finland's customs service, and should include ...
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Kenya Business Permits to Be Centralised - Kidero
Nairobi - Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero says he is finalising plans to have all business permits issued in a centralized location starting next year. Speaking to journalists on Tuesday night, Kidero announced that the move is part of his plan to end the anguish traders undergo in getting business permits and also curb corruption. "All business licenses will be issued at a single window ...
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Key al-Qaida militant killed in Algeria
A key militant responsible for " external relations" between al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) and the parent organization al-Qaida had been killed last Friday by Algeria's National People's Army (ANP), local APS news agency reported Sunday, citing security sources. Bekai Boualem, alias "El Khaled Mig" and aged 45, was shot in an ambush on Friday by ANP forces ...
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UN Envoy Pledges to Lobby for More Aid for Darfur
Displaced persons from East Darfur at a camp in another part of the region in western Sudan. UN envoy Valerie Amos has called for more development aid in Darfur, where conflict has raged for 10 ...
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The once young man behind the African Union
The African Union celebrates its 50th anniversary this week. But how did the preeminent network uniting 54 African states begin? A better question might be with whom did it ...
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