Canada and Tanzania sign investment treaty
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania, May 16, 2013 – African Press Organization (APO) – Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird and Bernard Membe, Tanzania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Co-ope...
Category Archives: East Africa
Uganda launches largest malaria prevention campaign
SOROTI, Uganda – The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria announced today that it is supporting Uganda in the distribution of over 15.5 million long lasting insecticide-treated nets, m...
Nairobi to host forum on mobile technology and human development
NAIROBI, Kenya, May 7, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ – The latest breakthroughs from around the world in the use of mobile technologies for development will be showcased at a forum at Strath...
Rebels in Sudan prepare for war
ADDIS ABABA , (IPS) - A rebel coalition in Sudan has declared war on the government less than a week after it attacked Sudanese forces. “Now there is a fully-fledged war in the new south of the nort...
Real terrorism and mock media
The recent terrorist attacks that took place in Mogadishu and Boston were not just intended to kill and mutilate many civilians, but to create widespread terror, disarray, and insecurity that would l...
Kenya Airways gets Malawi assent to fly into Blantyre
Kenya Airways has received approval from the Government of Malawi to begin flying into Chileka Airport in Blantyre effective June 3. In a letter to the airline from Secretary for Transport and Public...
Eastern Africa resurgence reshapes oil landscape – 4th Eastern A...
NAIROBI, Kenya, April 23, 2013 – African Press Organization (APO) – Recent large and world-class gas discoveries in Mozambique and Tanzania, with potential for more to come, and commercial oil ...
Embarking on the journey to fulfilling election promises in Kenya
NAIROBI, (IPS) - Kenya’s newly sworn-in President Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta may be faced with a number of challenges, including an impending International Criminal Court case and a slow economy. But he ...
Ethiopian migrants in Yemen face harrowing conditions
GENEVA, Switzerland, April 19, 2013 – African Press Organization (APO) – A delegation of humanitarian agencies, including IOM, led by the top UN official in Yemen Resident Coordinator Ismail Ou...
IMF Recognizes the Federal Government of Somalia after 22-year interva...
MOGADISHU, Somalia, April 15, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ –The International Monetary Fund (IMF) today recognized the Federal Government of Somalia, headed by President Hassan Sheikh Moham...
Street families look forward to an integrating jubilee government in K...
The jubilee government has passed the test of times, but that might be considered as just a small part of the whole scene. President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy William Ruto will have no option tha...
Yoweri Musevani says “the purpose of the ICC has been distorted ...
Ugandan President, Yoweri Museveni, has made a scathing attack on the International Criminal Court (ICC) during the inauguration ceremony of Kenya’s new President, Uhuru Kenyatta. In a blisteri...
Disabled group earn living through detergent making in Kenya
Disabled people begging for money and other freebies is a common sight in the streets of all Kenya’s towns. When most of the disabled persons think or rather made to believe that begging is the only ...
USA pledge continuing partnership with Kenya in Obama congratulatory t...
President Barack Obama has congratulated Kenya president-elect, Uhuru Kenyatta, after a six-man Supreme Court judge panel in Kenya, declared that Mr. Kenyatta had won the March presidential election ...
Somalia’s judicial reform conference on human rights kicks off in Moga...
President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on Monday officially opened the start of a five-day long judicial conference aimed at discussing ways forward in reforming the country’s judiciary. The Somali national...
Entrepreneur woman who creates jobs for women from filthy gioto dumpsi...
The Expansive Gioto Dumping Site in Nakuru County has been a menace for both the residents and the then Municipal Council after it failed to secure an alternative land to relocate it due to its effec...