Kenya: strong squad named for Beijing olympics

Olympic 3000m steeplechase champion Ezekiel Kemboi will be leading a star-studded Kenyan contingent of 37 athletes for the Beijing Marathon. Kemboi will run along with world champion Brimin Kipruto and Africa title holder Richard Mateelong in what pundits anticipate to be 1-2-3 for Kenya in Beijing in this raced dubbed a Kenyan preserve.

Kenyans blame Mugabe for Zimbabwe crisis and Tsvangirai for betraying his supporters

Smarting from a recent post election violence in their country, Kenyans now accuse Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe for putting the south African state in political turmoil and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai for abandoning his supporters at the hour of need. Majority of the Kenyans observe that despite Kenya having experienced a similar political crisis early […]

Italian woman Philanthropist helping deaf Children in Kenya

An Italian well wisher is working to help deaf Kenyan children lead  normal lives like other children. “They are only disable but not unable…they can carry out other chores like normal children”, the good Samaritan says. Maria Agnese Giraudo from Italy is a volunteer working on so many projects in Africa. She recently visited rural […]

International organisations discussed in Rome the future of East Africa

An Eastern Africa Day has been held in Rome last 3rd of July to talk about insights and possibilities of the region. The event was organised by the Society for International Development (SID) and Centro Studi di Politica Internazionale (CeSPI). Juma Volter Mwapachu, Vice-President of SID and Secretary General of the East African Community, was […]

Kenyans in a huff to sell off Safaricom shares

Kenyans who bought shares in the recent Safaricom Initial Public Offer (IPO) are disposing off their shares from the Nairobi Stock Exchange following the recent public outcry on Finance minister Amos Kimunya. Kimunya who played a key role in the IPO has been accused of selling a public owned Hotel Grand Regency in controversial circumstances.

Mozambique: Italians are looking for more business

A business event managed by the Istituto per il commercio estero (Ice) began today in Maputo, Mozambique.   “Italy in Maputo: investment opportunities in Mozambique” is the title of the event made in partnership with the European documentation centre in Bruxelles and the Italian embassy in Mozambique. Italian businessmen will be guided by the vice […]

Senegal: "Sembène was an icon of all Africa", artist Ndoye Douts

“ I think that Ousmane Sembène has been an iconic figure for the entire Africa, not just for Senegal”, said artist and painter Ndoye Douts from Senegal remembering his fellow countryman. “He had a vision – Douts added – and a perception of African reality that almost nobody else has got. He had a very […]

Senegal: three young men make solar panels instead of seeking work abroad

Three young men of Senegal started making solar panels in their village. All of them did not want to move to Dakar or Europe looking for work. The project proved very successfull. Now they are making solar panels for their community in the countryside near the capital, Dakar.

Hunger drives hapless people to feast on rats

As experts from all parts of the world converged to attend the UN Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) Conference in Nairobi, thousands of people have been forced to eat rats to survive as acute food shortage continues to bite in the East African region. The FAO conference is scheduled to discuss food shortages and high […]

Zimbabwe: journalists condemns acts of brutality

Below we publish the statement made by Zimbabwean journalists to condemn violences in Zimbabwe.