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The expansion by Bharti Airtel into Africa underscores the rise of India on the continent, at a time when the focus on investment has been on China.
Donors will spend $9,3-million to help Kenya and Seychelles prosecute suspected Somali pirates and improve those countries’ criminal justice systems.
Two men pleaded guilty in a Kenyan court on Monday to illegally possessing 700kg of elephant tusks.
The Obama administration has reversed US policy by calling for a treaty to cut mercury pollution, described as the world’s gravest chemical problem.
Kenyan authorities should prosecute murderous militias implicated in the country’s devastating post-election violence, but also address any ”genuine grievances” they may have,…
During a work break, Dennis Ouma Ochieng sips his soda and declares the one thing that will decide his choice in Kenya’s upcoming presidential election: tribe. Ochieng, a Luo,…
Chad will investigate reports that at least 74 Chadian children were flown to France more than a month-and-a-half ago without their parents’ knowledge, a senior judicial official…
Piracy off Somalia is on the rise because an Islamic group that had cracked down on pirates was ousted, an official who tracks piracy cases off Africa’s side of the Indian Ocean…
Rebels in Ethiopia’s volatile east declared a unilateral ceasefire so the United Nations can investigate their claims of human rights abuses in the region. The Ogaden National…
The Kenyan president refused on Wednesday to approve legislation that has widely been condemned as an attack on independent media because it would allow Kenyan courts to compel…
Kenya Airways has lost contact with a commercial airliner carrying more than 100 passengers that took off from Cameroon early on Saturday, the airline said. ”The last message was…
A senior United States diplomat arrived in Chad’s capital on Monday to meet with officials about a dispute between the government and the World Bank over how the country uses oil…
African Union officials travelled to Chad on Friday to study the situation eight days after a rebel attack on the capital was repulsed. The AU civilian and military officers will…
In just under 30 months, Chad has become a typical oil-producing, African country, with allegations of rampant corruption, an ongoing fight with the World Bank and a burgeoning…
The pirates audacious enough to raid an oil tanker off Iraq — where the United States military patrols — were anything but the stuff of romance and legend. The three boarded…
Science institutions in Africa must do more to ensure their research is put to practical use against agricultural, health and other problems, and governments must invest more in…
Kenya and Uganda will hand over the management of their railway companies to a private investor when a winning bid for the 25-year contract is announced on Friday, a Kenya…
A lion calls to others in booming, short moans during a night’s downpour. Just after dawn, a group of rhinos forages for the day’s first meal. Meru National Park, has only…
Everyone wants a piece of Kenya’s national parks: the Somali herdsman in search of pasture for his cattle; the villager hunting antelope; the Tanzanian entrepreneur seeking a…
A new strain of a wheat fungal disease that has emerged in East Africa may spread if steps are not taken to develop resistant wheat, researchers said on Thursday. As much as 10%…
