Somali Pirates Free Greek Cargo Vessel
Somali pirates have on Monday released a Greek owned cargo vessel with its 22 crew members after they received the agreed ransom, Greek officials said. The Marshall Islands-flagged MV Filitisa and its crew of three Greek officers and 19 Filipinos were seized in the Indian Ocean on November 10. “The ransom for the Greek ship [...]
Kenya Calls on African Countries to Push for Climate Change Agenda.
Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki has challenged African countries to continue developing national and regional strategies for climate change. Addressing the 14th AU Ordinary Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Kibaki pointed out that the severe effects of climate change threatened the very survival of nations and mankind. The President regretted that despite Africa being widely acknowledged [...]
UN Report: January the Deadliest Month in Somalia Violence
Nairobi, Kenya 3rd Feb, 2010 A report by UNHCR is indicating that Violence in Somalia escalated in January forcing hundreds of civilian deaths and widespread destruction. According the report intense clashes between government forces and militia groups fighting for control of the conflict-torn central regions have left at least 258 civilians dead and another 253 [...]
As Corrupt Civil Servants are Exposed in Sierra Leone Opposition Party Instigates Tribal Acrimony
In a desperate move to dampen the ramifications around serious allegations of corruption and embezzlement of funds by some SLPP civil servants, the opposition party in Sierra Leone has embarked on a dirty media campaign to instigate tribal divisions in the country. In what has been described as a last ditched effort to save the [...]
Dire Situation in South Sudan Amid Drought and Conflict
The number of people in southern Sudan in need of food assistance has more than quadrupled from almost 1 million in 2009 to 4.3 million this year, UN food agencies and the Southern Sudan’s Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry said on Monday. “This spike in the number of hungry people in southern Sudan comes just [...]
Deadly Weapon Cache Unearthed in Kenya
Police in Kenya on Sunday night recovered a cache of deadly weapons in Narok Township, north-west of Kenya’s capital Nairobi. This is the second consignment to be unearthed at a local businessman’s premises Munir Ishmael in the same rural town. Late last year, police found 100,000 bullets and military gear in a couple’s house at [...]
Latest Violence in Mogadishu Leaves 8 Civilians Dead
There is uneasy calm in the Somali capital, Mogadishu 8 civilians including women and children were killed and dozens wounded in the lawless Mogadishu during exchange of artillery shells between Somali government troops and Islamist rebels on Sunday evening. Eye witnesses and medical sources confirmed the deaths of eight civilians including two women and four [...]
