Kenyan minister defies call to step down 2006-02-06 10:48:39
"I have not done anything wrong and I have no reason to resign," Energy Minister Kiraitu Murungi said when he was called on to resign after his alleged involvement in a cover-up over the Anglo Leasing scam.Full Story...
Two killed as light plane crashes 2006-02-05 11:12:52
Two people were killed on Sunday when a light aircraft crashed and burst into flames moments after take-off in the Kenyan capital.Full Story...
Targeted Kenyan minister remains defiant 2006-02-04 16:34:53
Education Minister George Saitoti has protested his innocence - a day after leaked versions of an inquiry into the east African nation's biggest corruption scandal said he should face criminal charges.Full Story...
Ethiopia pledges support for Somali assembly 2006-02-04 15:12:21
The interim prime minister of Somalia, Ali Mohammed Gedi, says he has received assurances of support from the Ethiopian government for his country's two-year-old transitional government.Full Story...
Kenyans call for government officials to quit 2006-02-03 01:00:24
Senior members of Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki's government are facing a barrage of calls to resign after a colleague also linked to the "Anglo Leasing" affair has stepped down.Full Story...
Japan to lead peace talks in Africa 2006-02-03 16:07:49
Japan will co-lead a conference in Ethiopia this month on how to build lasting peace in Africa at a time that many countries are emerging from conflict, officials say.Full Story...
'Ethiopia would be last to give recognition' 2006-02-03 02:48:30
Ethiopia's foreign minister says that Somalia's breakaway enclave of Somaliland deserves to be rewarded for creating peace from anarchy, but the establishment of trade links between the two countries should not be seen as recognition of its efforts for nationhood.Full Story...
Kenyan vice-president rejects call to resign 2006-02-02 12:23:11
Kenyan vice-president Moody Awori, one of three senior officials implicated in a scheme to milk the state of hundreds of millions of dollars, has refused to follow the lead of ex-finance minister David Mwiraria.Full Story...
Eritrea accused of border 'arrogance' 2006-02-02 11:10:44
Ethiopia's prime minister has accused neighbouring foe Eritrea of "arrogance and warmongering" for refusing his offer of negotiation to break a stalemate over their disputed border.Full Story...
Premier opposes parliament meeting in Somalia 2006-02-02 01:38:35
Somali Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi is insisting that officials should visit towns and cities in the country to build a bigger consensus on how to convene parliament.Full Story...
Details needed on border problem - Eritrea 2006-02-02 01:37:11
Eritrea need only sit down with Ethiopia and work out the details of taking possession of a disputed bordertown the two fought a war over, Ethiopia's Prime Minister Meles Zenawi has said.Full Story...
Tanzania starts electricity rationing 2006-02-02 01:31:20
Tanzanian authorities have begun rationing electricity because of water shortages at hydro-electric plants caused by a drought that has placed millions at risk of famine across east Africa.Full Story...
Students held in Ethiopia - Amnesty 2006-02-01 09:55:19
Thousands of students from the Oromo ethnic group have been arrested following an anti-government demonstration in Ethiopia, Amnesty International said.Full Story...
Kenyan minister quits in corruption saga 2006-02-01 10:07:32
Kenyan Finance Minister David Mwiraria has resignedfollowing alleged connections to a multi-million-dollar corruption scandal that has rocked President Mwai Kibaki's government.Full Story...
NZ woman slammed after dog food sent to Kenya 2006-02-01 01:36:28
Kenyan officials have reacted with horror to a donation from a New Zealand woman who sent a parcel of dog food to feed starving children in the famine-stricken nation.Full Story...
Somali pirates release hijacked ships 2006-01-31 01:04:49
Somali pirates have released three Taiwanese fishing vessels they hijacked after being paid a sum amounting to thousands, an official has said.Full Story...
Kenya flower farmworkers riot after sacking 2006-01-31 07:59:32
Kenyan police fired teargas and fought running battles with hundreds of rioting workers at a flower farm after they were fired en masse for striking in a dispute about wages and working conditions, according to officials.Full Story...
Ethiopia bans grain exports as prices surge 2006-01-31 01:25:39
The export of indigenous grains will soon be suspended indefinitely in Ethiopia in an effort to stem huge price hikes blamed in part on political instability.Full Story...
Kenya slammed for blowing funds on cars 2006-01-30 05:22:32
Kenya's government, already criticised for allegations of high-level corruption, faces another blow to its credibility after a report accused it of blowing state funds on expensive cars for its ministers.Full Story...
Eritrea chides US for border stalemate 2006-01-30 01:47:01
Eritrea has blamed the United States for encouraging arch rival Ethiopia to ignore an international border ruling which has brought the two countries to the brink of war.Full Story...
Five killed in clash about export fuel 2006-01-30 01:31:07
Five people have been killed in fighting between two Somali sub-clans about control of land where trees are burnt for charcoal for export, a militia grouping has said.Full Story...
China launches radio station in Kenya 2006-01-29 09:03:52
China has launched its first FM transmitter outside Chinese territory in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi.Full Story...
Drought stokes Kenyan tribal conflict 2006-01-29 09:07:14
As the drought continues with no end in site, Kenya's livestock-dependent pastoralists are roaming greater distances in search of water and pasture, often encroaching on territory claimed by rival clans and sparking violence.Full Story...
Kenyan police camp rocked by explosion 2006-01-28 09:55:32
An electrical fault has triggered an explosion of gas canisters and a fire in the ammunition store at a police camp in Kenya's capital, forcing the facility to be evacuated.Full Story...
Police nab alleged serial rapist and killer 2006-01-27 12:16:57
Ugandan police have arrested a man who allegedly posed as a cab driver to prey on young women whom he robbed and raped.Full Story...
Kenya berates creditors for refusing relief 2006-01-27 09:02:51
Kenyan Foreign Minister Raphael Tuju says the country's continued exclusion from debt cancellation deals granted to other poor countries was unfair and keeping the government from achieving the UN-backed Millenium Development Goals.Full Story...
UN workers cry for help in fighting famine 2006-01-27 00:21:07
Who'd be a United Nations aid worker in Africa? They're struggling to save nearly three million Kenyans as well as more than a million children across drought-stricken east Africa - and they're about to run out of food.Full Story...
Emirates cargo ship with 20 crew hijacked 2006-01-25 23:56:04
An ocean crime watchdog says there are now five ships and one hundred mariners being held hostage off the coast of Somalia, as armed pirates renew attacks on merchant ships.Full Story...
Rescuers hunt for bodies in Nairobi rubble 2006-01-25 23:44:25
Kenyan police are hunting the owners of a building which collapsed in Nairobi, killing at least 17 people. It has been claimed that the owners rushed construction workers to put up new floors before concrete on the lower level had set properly.Full Story...
Concrete 'not yet set' on collapsed building 2006-01-25 08:47:05
An Israeli rescue team have pulled two more bodies from the collapsed building in Nairobi, bringing the death toll to 16.Full Story...
Kenyan builders accused of reckless speed 2006-01-24 23:56:39
The Kenyan owner and contractor of a building that collapsed, killing at least 14 people, have been accused of rushing workers to put up new floors even before concrete on the lower levels had set properly.Full Story...
Survivors dug out of Kenya building debris 2006-01-24 07:18:53
Rescuers are still digging to free victims buried alive a day after a building collapsed in central Nairobi, killing at least 12 and injuring more than 100.Full Story...
Voices in the rubble spur rescue 2006-01-24 01:43:12
Rescuers are frantically cutting through layers of concrete slab to try to save construction workers trapped after a building collapsed in downtown Nairobi, killing at least eleven people.Full Story...
Ten killed in Nairobi building collapse 2006-01-23 08:57:18
Ten people have been reported dead after a building collapsed in central Nairobi with more than 280 workers inside.Full Story...
Hundreds injured in Nairobi building collapse 2006-01-23 07:22:28
Two hundred people have been injured when a four-storey building collapsed in Kenya's capital, apparently due to poor building standards.Full Story...
Ordinary Kenyans dismayed by corruption 2006-01-23 07:09:04
The mood of enthusiastic support for Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki has turned to anger after his failure to stamp out corruption in the highest levels of government.Full Story...
Kenyan court stops use of 'Alcoblow' devices 2006-01-23 07:31:40
Nairobi High Court Justice Joseph Nyamu has issued a temporary restraining order that bars the use of newly acquired breathalysers.Full Story...
Kenyan ministers deny role in graft scandal 2006-01-23 03:32:26
Kenya's former anti-corruption chief John Githongo, who resigned and left for Britain in 2005, had reportedly told President Mwai Kibaki that he had "incontrovertible" proof that ministers and other officials were caught up in a scam in which tens of millions of dollars went to a phantom firm.Full Story...
Kenya suspends officials for aid mishaps 2006-01-22 08:44:26
Kenyan authorities have suspended four regional officials for mismanagement of aid in its drought-stricken northern region where there have been reports of people stealing and selling sacks of food relief.Full Story...
Ethiopia expels British journalist 2006-01-22 08:46:57
Ethiopian authorities have ordered the expulsion of a British journalist within 24 hours for allegedly disseminating information that tarnishes the country's image, a state news agency has reported.Full Story...
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