Pirates Capture Small Saudi Tanker With Crew off the Coast of Somalia
Pirates in Somalia have captured a small Saudi tanker and its crew. The announcement came from the EU naval force in the Gulf of Aden. It is alleged that the tanker was travelling from Japan to Jeddah, and was empty of its cargo when pirates hijacked the vessel and took its crew captive.. The tanker, [...]
Powerful State Governors Express Support For Nigeria’s Acting President
State Governors in Nigeria have pledged their support for the new Acting President Goodluck Jonathan. They said he should continue to lead Africa’s most populous nation while the President, Umaru Yar’Adua recovers from heart problems. This support from the governors of all 36 states is the latest sign that Jonathan is asserting his authority after [...]
CPJ: Zimbabwe Courthouse Filming Lands Journalist in Jail
A Zimbabwean freelance journalist was arrested today for the third time this year—this time for taking footage of prisoners outside a courthouse in the capital, Harare, according to local journalists. Officers of Zimbabwe’s Prison Service arrested Andrison Shadreck Manyere, an award-winning photojournalist and videographer, after he filmed the arrival of several men imprisoned since 2007 [...]
Kenya Moves Closer to Releasing a New Constitution After Two Decades of Waiting
Nairobi, Kenya 2nd 2010 … Kenya is inches aways from releasing a new constitution as the Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) on the new constitution hand over the harmonized draft today in parliament to be debated for 30 days for its adoption before it is put to a referendum. PSC Chairman Abdikadir Mohammed said that PSC [...]
50% Increase in Salaries For Public Servants in Guinea
The Guinean government have announced a 50% increase in the salaries of public servants in the country. A move which is aimed at softening the impact of a 30 percent increase in fuel prices. According to an official statement read on state media – An important increase – of 50 percent in the salaries of [...]
EU to Spend €3.3 Million in Curbing Trafficking of Small Arms in Africa
Nairobi,Kenya 1st March,2010 – The European Union is funding a pilot project on the fight against illicit accumulation and trafficking of firearms in Africa to the tune of 344 million shillings(3.3 million Euros).The funds will be channelled through the Nairobi-based Regional Center on Small Arms in Great Lakes Region and the Horn of Africa. European [...]
Kenya and Malawi Strengthen Trade Ties
Kenya and Malawi governments have been challenged to chart the way towards accomplishing the task of realizing the full potential of the business opportunities that exist between the two countries. Noting that trade and investment potential between the two countries is immerse, both Malawian Minister for Trade and Industry Eunice Kazembe and her Kenyan counterpart [...]
Al-Shabaab Bans UN Food Agency in Somalia
A Somali Islamist terror group on Sunday announced it will stop UN agency, World Food Programme (WFP) operations in Somalia. In a statement, Al Shabaab, an al Qaeda proxy said, “Effective as of today, all of WFP’s operations inside Somalia are terminated and the organization has been completely banned.” The group argued that it had received complaints [...]
