Kenya

Dream holiday shattered by screams and gunfire

Published Date: 20 November 2009 A WEST Norfolk woman's dream African holiday took a horrifying twist when her campsite was raided by machete-wielding thieves who cut the throat of a fellow traveller. Linda Hall (57) was...

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Des Bartlett: wildlife film-maker

Des Bartlett’s filming career spanned more than half a century and six continents, and yielded more than 200 films for television and cinema. He was the cameraman for the iconic On Safari with Armand and Michaela Denis series...

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East African nations plan trade deal

NAIROBI, Kenya, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- East African leaders in five nations will be aiming for greater economic clout Friday when they sign a common market treaty, officials in Nairobi, Kenya, said. The presidents of Kenya, Tanzania,...

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EAC member states sign protocol on common market

NAIROBI, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- The five member states of the East African Community (EAC) on Friday signed the protocol on the establishment of a common market within the block in Arusha, Tanzania. The signing of the protocol by...

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Africa: NEPAD And Agra - Partnering for Action On Africa's Farms

African farmers are seeding prosperity. Just ask the woman they call "Marie Nerica" who is sowing a new breed of Nerica rice in Sierra Leone. She now produces enough to sell the surplus in local markets and to the government....

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Kenya: Judge Wary Over Protection of Witnesses

Nairobi — An appellate judge has expressed concern over the possibility of perpetrators of post election violence suppressing evidence by threatening witnesses. Court of Appeal judge Justice Philip Waki whose concern was also...

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European Investors Eye Unlisted Firms

The uninspiring granite exterior of the London Stock Exchange provided the quiet backdrop for a meeting that would almost have gone unnoticed, if it did not have such a strong bearing on Africa's growth prospects.

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Russia tops Pricewaterhouse global fraud survey

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia has the world's most fraudulent economy and attempts to stamp out white-collar crime have done little to stop its spread during the global financial downturn, PricewaterhouseCoopers said in a survey.

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Kenya: Kenyan Youth Shoot for Peace in UN-Backed Football 'Reconciliation Contest'

More than 2,000 Kenyan youths from across Nairobi, the capital, will kick off a multi-ethnic football tournament this weekend to score goals in a United Nations-backed bid to use the power of sport to promote reconciliation...

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Behind the Sins of Country's Closet Gays

Some months ago, a friend who resides in Cape Town called me a lesbian. She did not give me that honourable title because I do the things which lesbians do - which I do not know - but because I sleep late and wake up early and...

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