Kenya: about 8 million new voters to be registered, $300 mln needed
The Kenyan Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) on Tuesday said it is working towards registering eight million new voters ahead of the next year […]
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Rebel declares autonomous state in chaotic CAR
A rebel leader in the Central African Republic has declared an autonomous state in the north, after rejecting Sunday election meant to stabilize the divided […]
Air France-KLM to make Abidjan a regional hub by 2025
Air France-KLM group on Tuesday said it expects to turn Ivory Coast’s economic capital Abidjan into its West African regional hub within a decade. “In […]
CAR: Pope Visits mosque, says Christians and Muslims are brothers
The last leg of Pope Francis’ three-nation African tour took him Sunday to Central African Republic (CAR,) a country where thousands of people have been […]
Italian Physician Killed in Kenya
An Italian doctor working for a children’s charity in Kenya was killed and three other Italians were injured in an armed robbery of their house, […]
UNICEF: AIDS related adolescent deaths triple, sub-Saharan Africa tops
Since 2000, despite significant advances in the diagnosis and treatment of those infected with HIV, the number of adolescent deaths from AIDS has tripled, a […]
Pope in Africa calls for peace, youth empowerment, fight against extremism
Pope Francis on Wednesday started an African tour, his first to the continent since his papacy began almost three years ago. During his three-nation tour, […]
Kenya: ministerial reshuffle hits corruption tainted gov’t
Kenya’s Uhuru Kenyatta reshuffled his cabinet on Tuesday to replace five ministers who are being investigated for graft. President Uhuru Kenyatta, who this week described […]
Kenya: Uhuru Kenyatta “tired” of ICC’s “interference”
Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta said on Sunday his country was “tired of interference” in its internal affairs from the International Criminal Court (ICC,) urging The […]
Kenya: Google to buy Africa’s largest wind farm
Google Inc. has agreed to buy a 12.5% stake in Africa’s largest wind project, Kenya’s Lake Turkana, from Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas Wind Systems […]