The Hague-based International Criminal Court on Tuesday sentenced Congolese warlord Thomas Lubanga to 14 years in prison for recruiting child soldiers and turning them into killers, rapists and robbers. In March, the court convicted Lubanga of enlisting children under age 15 and using them during a civil war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. [...]
Kenya has cancelled an agreement it signed end of May with Iran under which it was to import Iranian crude oil to cover all its needs. Kenya announced the deal cancellation to vent the sanctions the United States and the European Union have threatened to impose on countries importing crude oil from Iran and on [...]
Kenya has awarded the French oil company Total a new oil exploration permit to cover an area of over 10,000 square kilometers off the Lamu Archipelago, located in the Indian Ocean close to the northern coast of the country. The production sharing contract on Block L22 was signed with Kenyan authorities on Wednesday. Total has [...]
The main terrorist groups operating in Africa and mainly in the Sahel region are coordinating efforts and helping each other through arms and funds sharing, a US official has warned. Speaking at a news conference in Washington recently, the head of the US Africa Command, General Carter Ham, said these groups, namely Al-Qaeda in the [...]
The US administration announced last week it was launching a new partnership with sub-Saharan Africa meant to improve democracy, economic growth, security and trade in the region. The announcement was made by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at the African Growth and Opportunity Act Forum held in Washington. This new partnership seeks to encourage the [...]
Millions of Africans are still off the electricity grid despite the efforts made by governments, international financial organizations and NGOs because of the high costs of traditional power conveyance, infrastructure and supply. Now, solar energy may be the magical solution that will enable to enlighten the nights of millions of Africans and improve their lives. [...]
France will extend Kenya a 78.5 million euro loan to help the African country upgrade its power transmission lines and eliminate blackouts. The concessional loan will be used to co-finance the 146.7 million Euro Nairobi Ring Transmission Project meant to stabilize electricity supply in the country and enhance efforts to distribute electricity to the urban [...]
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