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Sudan slams Palin, Biden Darfur remarks

Sudan has slammed both US vice-presidential nominees for backing a Darfur flight ban, saying it shows they know little about the conflict. During a 90-minute televised debate on Thursday Sarah Palin the Republican vice...

Why Kenya And Ethiopia Ought to Annex And Divide Somalia

Posted to the web 6 October 2008 Donald Kipkorir Nairobi Last month, Lehmans Brothers and Merrill Lynch, the world's foremost investment banks, went bankrupt and we witnessed the financial chaos in the western capitals. In the...

Zain, 3 Others Bid to Become Country's Third Phone Operator

Posted to the web 6 October 2008 Kezio-Musoke David Nairobi Zain Group is among four firms that have submitted bids for Rwanda's third telecommunication operator's license. According to the Rwanda Utilities Regulatory Agency,...

Island Nations Top African Governance Index; Somalia Last

Heinlein report - Download (MP3) A newly-released list that ranks the effectiveness of governments in sub-Saharan Africa shows small island nations such as Mauritius, the Seychelles and Cape Verde at the top, and...

Equity Seeks Staff for Regional Foray

Posted to the web 6 October 2008 Nairobi Equity Bank has started recruiting key staff to spearhead its expansion to Southern Sudan, a month after it announced that it had secured the necessary approvals to start operating. In a...

Loketo Lee's Fight for Peace

THE first recognition came from Southern Sudan back in 2005, when the president, Salvar Kiir himself, handed Loketo Lee a Peace Award for his contribution, through his music, to the country's peace process.

The World of Arms Business is Really a Murky One

Posted to the web 6 October 2008 Gitau Warigi Nairobi With all sympathies to Mr Andrew Mwangura of the Seafarers' Association who was arrested for talking "recklessly," arms embargoes are circumvented all the time. All the...

Uganda: Country on Wild Polio Virus Alert

Posted to the web 6 October 2008 Evelyn Lirri Kampala Ugandan districts bordering the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan have been put on high alert after health officials warned of a possible outbreak of Wild Polio...

Raising Rural Regional Exports and Rural Incomes

Posted to the web 6 October 2008 Moses Byaruhanga In the last three series I have written on agriculture looking at the bottlenecks and suggesting solutions. Figures from the Uganda Export Promotion Board indicate that trade...

Houston Chronicle Rick Casey column

Oct. 5--AT LEAST THEY SPELLED HIS NAME RIGHT: A former Houston lawyer and businessman found himself mentioned prominently Friday in stories both in the New York Times and the Austin American-Statesman. I reached Campos on...