Breathalysers dampen holiday spirits 2005-12-31 02:53:58
Police Inspector Paul Chelimo patrols every evening at a roadblock in Nairobi where, armed with one of the country's 10 newly-purchased breathalysers, he nabs over-imbibing motorists in a campaign that has ignited fierce public debate.Full Story...
Somalia appeals for aid in famine-hit south 2005-12-29 06:37:03
Somalia's transitional president has made an appealed for R3,7-billion in aid for Somalis in the drought-hit south of the lawless Horn of Africa nation.Full Story...
Donors withhold R3,2bn in aid from Ethiopia 2005-12-29 04:14:29
Western donors plan to withhold R3,2-billion in aid from Ethiopia over the government's recent crackdown on opposition supporters, The Financial Times reported.Full Story...
People starving to death in drought-hit Kenya 2005-12-27 03:10:49
A major famine is starting to take its toll on people and animals in northern Kenya, prompting President Mwai Kibaki to issue urgent appeals for aid.Full Story...
Kenya's 'lunatic express' deal derailed 2005-12-27 03:42:43
Judges in Nairobi and Kampala have temporarily derailed the transfer of a privatisation deal for 104-year-old Kenya-Uganda Railway which has fallen seriously into debt and decrepitude.Full Story...
Kenya boasts east Africa's first ice rink 2005-12-26 01:24:01
Eager for a dose of winter, Kenyans are stepping out of blazing equatorial heat into the chill of east Africa's first ice rink for halting forays into sports normally associated with colder climes.Full Story...
New administration installed in Mogadishu 2005-12-26 01:26:56
Warlords and civilians have installed a council to govern Somalia's capital, an action that further fragments the nation but that could bring the city under the control of a single group after 14 years of anarchy.Full Story...
Ethiopia complies with UN border deadline 2005-12-24 03:33:03
Eritrea has criticised the United Nations for failing to properly implement the border commission ruling with Ethiopia.Full Story...
Kenya appeals for drought relief 2005-12-24 03:36:45
Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki has issued an urgent Christmas Eve appeal for local and international help for its drought-afflicted north-east and coastal regions.Full Story...
Drought brings starvation to northern Kenya 2005-12-23 10:56:44
Littered with carcasses and criss-crossed by nomads hunting for water, the remote plains of northern Kenya are undergoing a drought that has killed at least a dozen people and hundreds of livestock. Guled Mohamed reports...Full Story...
Egypt advises Eritrea to work with the UN 2005-12-22 10:14:59
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has advised Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki to co-operate with the United Nations in spite of reservations he might have about some UN peacekeepers.Full Story...
President-elect to be sworn in after victory 2005-12-21 04:51:57
Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete, the winner of Tanzania's third election since the return of multiparty politics in 1992, is due to be sworn in as head of state.Full Story...
Uganda discarded as Sweden, Britain drop aid 2005-12-21 02:25:58
Within one week Britain has become the second country to withdraw aid to Uganda amid concerns about the country's slow progress to democracy.Full Story...
Kenyan judge halts wildlife gift to Thailand 2005-12-21 02:26:56
The Kenyan government's gift of 175 exotic wild animals to stock Thailand's new safari park has been temporarily halted by the High Court.Full Story...
Somali police recruits hope to end anarchy 2005-12-20 09:14:05
Leaders of Somalia's transitional government have gathered to inaugurate a new police academy, the first in decades, aimed at training recruits to help restore order to the country.Full Story...
Mbeki congratulates Tanzania on elections 2005-12-20 09:07:18
South African President Thabo Mbeki has congratulated Tanzania on its presidential election which went ahead peacefully, apart from incidents of violence on the island of Zanzibar.Full Story...
Kikwete declared winner of Tanzanian election 2005-12-20 03:17:44
Tanzania's electoral board has formally declared ruling Revolutionary Party candidate Jakaya Kikwete the winner of presidential elections amid allegations of vote rigging by the opposition.Full Story...
Tanzanian opposition alleges vote rigging 2005-12-20 01:49:32
A Tanzanian opposition leader has filed a petition in the country's High Court to prevent the official declaration of the presidential results favouring the ruling party, alleging that the election was rigged.Full Story...
Children and animals die in Somali drought 2005-12-19 09:59:18
Hunger blamed on drought across southern Somalia has claimed the lives of both humans and livestock, aid groups and villagers say.Full Story...
South African peacekeeper dies in car crash 2005-12-19 02:59:55
A South African soldier and a Burundian citizen have been killed in a car accident outside Bujumbura.Full Story...
Peace failure led to expulsion, Eritrea says 2005-12-19 06:36:28
Eritrean authorities say that they expelled UN peacekeepers from the country out of frustration that a five-year-old peace accord with Ethiopia has still not been implemented.Full Story...
Ruling party claims Tanzanian poll win 2005-12-18 06:17:17
Jakaya Kikwete, presidential candidate for the ruling Revolutionary Party, has won Tanzania's third elections, according to a National Electoral Commission document.Full Story...
Murdered bishop gets Kenyan honour 2005-12-16 00:15:44
Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki has posthumously honoured an Italian bishop who was killed in northern Kenya with one of the country's highest awards for public service.Full Story...
Kikwete takes early lead in Tanzania poll 2005-12-16 05:17:41
Tanzania's Foreign Affairs Minister Jakaya Kikwete, who belongs to the ruling party, has taken an early lead in the country's elections.Full Story...
Man arrested after found with rocket launcher 2005-12-16 05:15:23
Kenyan police have arrested a man of Somali descent after he was caught in possession of a rocket launcher.Full Story...
Angola and Tanzania to get anti-malaria help 2005-12-16 00:17:54
More than half a million Angolans will become the first beneficiaries of aid under US President George Bush's anti-malaria initiative.Full Story...
Voters stream to polls in Tanzania 2005-12-15 00:22:03
Tanzanians have waited in long lines to vote in elections expected to return the ruling Revolutionary Party to power after 44 years at the helm of the East African nation.Full Story...
Allies agree to return to Kibaki's cabinet 2005-12-15 00:27:57
Two key allies of Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki have agreed to return to his cabinet, a week after a reshuffle triggered a rash of rejections of ministerial posts and encouraged opposition parties to call for a snap election.Full Story...
Ruling party takes early lead in Tanzania 2005-12-15 07:42:25
Tanzania's Revolutionary Party looks set to extend its four-decade hold on power in the east African country.Full Story...
Child killed as LRA rebels ambush vehicle 2005-12-15 05:33:28
Ugandan rebels from the Lord's Resistance Army have shot dead eight people, including a child, in a daylight ambush in the country's remote north.Full Story...
Security council moves Eritrea peacekeepers 2005-12-15 00:30:27
The UN Security Council has decided to temporarily relocate from Eritrea to Ethiopia up to 200 peacekeepers monitoring a border dispute between the two countries.Full Story...
Violence erupts during Tanzania poll 2005-12-14 12:26:03
Nine people have been wounded as police battled opposition supporters on Tanzania's volatile Zanzibar archipelago during the country's national elections.Full Story...
UN seeks R1bn in aid for Somalia 2005-12-14 12:18:09
The United Nations has said that Somalia is in a constant state of humanitarian crisis and the organisation made a critical appeal for aid to counter the ongoing instability.Full Story...
Kenyan president rules out snap polls 2005-12-14 12:45:39
Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki has said that elections would not be held until they were next scheduled in 2007.Full Story...
Tanzania parties in final push before vote 2005-12-13 07:57:57
Tanzania's rival political parties are holding last minute rallies to secure votes in general elections with all preparations for the poll in place.Full Story...
Burundi chase thousands of refugees home 2005-12-13 07:22:39
More than 2 500 Rwandan and Congolese illegal immigrants living in Burundi will be sent back to their country of origin after signs emerged that refugees are collaborating with rebel groups.Full Story...
President Mkapa to retire after Tanzania poll 2005-12-12 06:28:57
Tanzanian President Benjamin Mkapa will be remembered as a socialist at heart, but a free-marketeer in practice for the way he sought to boost the poverty-racked nation's economy.Full Story...
Kikwete - Tanzania's president in waiting 2005-12-12 10:43:06
The overwhelming favourite to win Tanzania's presidential elections this week, Foreign Minister Jakaya Kikwete, is a career politician whose loyalties lie with a class steeped in socialism who founded and still govern the east African nation.Full Story...
UN officials arrive for talks to stop impasse 2005-12-11 09:47:39
Top United Nations peacekeeping officials have arrived in the Horn of Africa to try to convince Eritrea not to carry out a threat to expel some of the world body's troops on its tense border with Ethiopia.Full Story...
Ethiopia may reduce forces on Eritrean border 2005-12-10 06:29:29
Ethiopia says it is ready to withdraw troops from its disputed border with Eritrea to conform with a United Nations Security Council resolution threatening sanctions, an official news agency has reported.Full Story...
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