Kenya: The Cutting Edge
How could the Nairobi provincial commissioner, who heads the liquor licensing board, have okayed the establishment of a bar right next to a primary school? asks Dennis K. Mbabu, about the popular drinking joint on Kamiti Road in the Zimmerman area. The bar, which opened early this year, he adds, shares a wall with the primary school and is also adjacent to a residential area. It’s notorious for playing deafeningly loud music.
Chad: Undermanned UN Mission Faces Further Temporary Cuts
The United Nations force seeking to provide security in the Central African Republic (CAR) and Chad, already at barely half its mandated strength, will be further constrained in the coming months due to the departure of some units, a top UN official warned today.
Rwanda: Agricultural Production Excellent, Others Facing Famine
1.02 billion people have gone hungry this year, according to a report released this year. This comes at a time when several regions in East Africa are threatened by famine due to drought. Rwanda, for its part, looks at the moment to be holding its own.
Kenya: State Seeks to Avert Power Rationing
The Kenyan Government intends to come up with an action plan to avert future electricity rationing programmes, Energy minister, Kiraitu Murungi, on said Thursday. The plan by State agencies is expected to take advantage of the expected El Niño rains.
Kenya: Let’s Stop Cholera
The death of nine people from cholera at Nairobi’s Mukuru kwa Njenga slum is a stark reminder of the urban poor’s vulnerability.
Uganda: Fisherman to Sue Ugandan Police
A human rights NGO is set to take up the case of a fisherman allegedly tortured by Ugandan security officers on the disputed Migingo Island of Lake Victoria.
Kenya: Nzoia Farmers Bid for More Time
Sugarcane farmers from Nzoia sugar belt want to be given more time to raise money to buy shares of Nzoia Sugar Company when it is privatised.
Cameroon: Sharing the Dream
Cameroonians, and especially President Paul Biya, today and tomorrow have a foretaste of the FIFA World Cup as the trophy arrives in Yaounde. The arrival is part of an African tour that the Cup is undertaking ahead of the start of the first-ever FIFA Football World Cup on the continent that will be hosted by South Africa next year.
Burundi: Heavy Rains Leave More Than 1,000 Homeless in Bubanza
Heavy rains have destroyed 214 homes, leaving about 1,070 people without shelter in Gihanga commune, western Bubanza province.
Sudan: The Obama Administration’s Sudan Strategy
After months of internal debate, mounting impatience among U.S. activist groups, and rapidly approaching deadlines in the Sudanese Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA), the Obama administration this week unveiled its strategy toward Sudan, calling for frank dialogue with the government in Khartoum and promising “calibrated steps to bolster support for positive change and to discourage backsliding.”
Rwanda: U.S. Treasury’s No. Two Official to Visit Country
US Deputy Treasury Secretary, Neal Wolin, is expected to visit Rwanda, next week, to discuss strategies for poverty reduction and to boost Africa’s economic growth.
Rwanda: Dismissed Swine Flu Doctor Reinstated
A medical doctor who was controversially dismissed from King Faisal Hospital for alleged neglect of his duties over the handling of the first Swine Flu case, has been reinstated, The New Times can exclusively reveal.
Ivory Coast’s Main Cocoa Union Starts Picket Protest (Update1) (Bloomberg)
Oct. 21 (Bloomberg) — About two dozen members of Ivory Coast’s largest cocoa union were seen picketing outside the Senate building in the commercial capital of Abidjan in support of a demand for the return of government subsidies for cooperatives.
