LARGE development projects like dams and reservoirs around Africa’s mountain areas could trigger earthquakes, volcanoes and landslides, a leading South African geologist said on Tuesday.
Kenya, without donor aid, will enter into heavy domestic borrowing to bridge a four-percent budget deficit.
Kenya’s opposition parties, for years crippled by self-inflicted divisions, have promised tens of thousands of chanting supporters they will join forces to break the ruling party’s 39-year hold on power.
Sudan’s SPLM/A rebels on Saturday claimed seven children have been injured in a bombing attack by government planes.
The new head of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Supachai Panitchpakdi, on Friday admitted that the powerful global body was partly to blame for some of the world’s social ills.
At least 30 people have been killed and over 50 wounded in two days of fighting in Mogadishu, with thousands displaced.
Hundreds of lawyers across Kenya staged a one-day strike on Wednesday to protest an alleged attempt by judges to interfere with the country’s constitutional review process.
Kenyan President Daniel arap Moi for the first time in his 24 years in power on Thursday skipped marking the day he assumed power in the east African country.
Peace efforts in Africa suddenly seem to be making progress, with major breakthroughs toward ending fighting in Congo, Sudan and Burundi in less than week.