Ghana Is A Better Place For Business Than Nigeria Nov 11, 2009
He chose Ghana over and above Nigeria, the acclaimed giant to Africa and Kenya, his ancestral home, ostensibly because of that countrys stable political system. Nigerian parents are also enrolling their children in Ghanaian universities because of the stimulating learning environment, high-quality programme and stable academic calendar. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Africa: 'Meltdown Takes Toll On Tourism Industry' Nov 10, 2009
com: Africa: 'Meltdown Takes Toll On Tourism Industry' (Page 1 of 1). Meltdown Takes Toll On Tourism Industry. (allAfrica.com)
Zimbabwe: Mugabe Booed But Clings On Nov 10, 2009
Nonetheless addressing a meeting in Washington on US President Obama's top Africa diplomat Johnnie Carson who has served in Zimbabwe, Kenya and Uganda was adamant that pressure would not eased. Mr Carson has also cracked the whip in Kenya where personal sanctions including a travel ban on Kenya's long time Attorney General Amos Wako have been imposed. (allAfrica.com)
A life's journey, legacy Nov 10, 2009
They came from Japan, Denmark and Kenya. After pneumonia put Wiesner in the hospital at Christmas, she felt an urgency to do what friends had been nudging her toward - to gather selected writings into a book. (Brainerd Daily Dispatch)
Maldives for carbon pledge Nov 10, 2009
Officials from Kiribati, Bangladesh, Nepal, Vietnam, Barbados, Bhutan, Ghana, Kenya, Rwanda and Tanzania have gathered ther 00004000 e to try to forge a common position ahead of global climate change talks in Copenhagen in December. The low-lying Maldives has become a leading voice on global warming, even staging an underwater Cabinet meeting last month to promote awareness about rising sea levels. (India Times)
The Questioner Nov 10, 2009
Rwanda and Kenya must be a lesson to all. Ghana is building sky scrapers. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Corporate Round-up: Essar Oil adopts aggressive plan Nov 9, 2009
The company has already bought 50% stake in a 4-MTPA refinery in Kenya and is discussing with Shell to buy out its three European refineries with a combined capacity of 23 MTPA. The company, which sold over 0. 62 million tonnes of fuel through its 1,278 retail outlets in the first half of FY09, is expanding its network to 1500 outlets by end FY10. (India Times)
East Africa: Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia Get U.S.$452 Million for Roads Nov 9, 2009
com: East Africa: Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia Get U.S.$452 Million for Roads (Page 1 of 1) ... Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia Get U.S.$452 Million for Roads ... Kampala Traders in Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia and Djibouti will have their turnaround time on roads while transporting their goods from within and outside the countries reduced because of the planned improvement in the region's road infrastructure. (allAfrica.com)
On Nathan Deal, birthers, and Georgias hunt for water Nov 8, 2009
Barack Hussein Obama was born in rural Kenya to extreme Muslim parents who sent him to madrassas through Africa and Indonesia ... The Kenyan certificate that is all over the Web is the real thing ... I wanted to help Kenya get the Olympics instead of Chicargo but I owe Daly I want to thank the nation of Kenya for erecting a monument and a museum denoting my birthplace it would have been great for my homeland to host the Olympics but that was over my pay grade and the decision favored our latina... (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)
Distinguished Alumnus Profile - Wesley Korir Nov 7, 2009
He declined an invitation to try out for the Kenyan national team at the World Championships, because he was still tired after the marathon, but has the opportunity to compete for a spot again next year ... For now, he is focusing on training and starting an orphanage back in his village of Eldoret, Kenya ... "In Kenya, we do not have an organized athletic program like we have here." Sports gave Korir a chance to get an education, something he wants to give to the less fortunate children of his... (Uoflsports.com)
America is rusting because of free trade Nov 7, 2009
" Heilberg neglects to mention that the rebels led by Matip are suspected of having committed war crimes. Instead of buying stocks, the former banker is now speculating on the political future of South Sudan, which he insists will be an independent country in 10 years, at which point land will be far more expensive than it is today. Land acquisition is already a step further along in western Kenya, home to Erastas Dildo, 33, the kind of person the New York investors would probably characterize... (Salon)
Kufuor leaves for another tour Nov 7, 2009
Accra, Nov. 6, GNA - Former President John Agyekum Kufuor left Accra Friday for Lagos at the start of a two-week overseas trip that will take him Spain, Italy, Kenya and Ethiopia ... From Rome he will travel to Kenya and then Ethiopia on assignment for the United Nations World Food Programme as part of measures to assess and advice on the food crisis currently confronting those two countries. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Congo-Kinshasa: New Multinational Partnership Launches Peace Efforts [interview] Nov 6, 2009
The second is Kenya, which is in a very fragile condition at the moment and many are really worried about it falling off the precipice. The third is Nigeria, which faces a huge number of challenges in the future, including an election that's coming up, against the backdrop of an election that didn't have much legitimacy last time around. (allAfrica.com)
Spanish Hostages' Wives: Pirates Take 3 Crew Ashore Nov 6, 2009
The carrier, which is flagged in the Marshall Islands, had been heading to Zanzibar but was last seen 300 miles east of Mombasa, Kenya, the force said. That hijacking brought the number of crew being held by Somali pirates to more than 210 from 10 captured vessels. (Fox News)
Banned Kenya official 'to sue US' Nov 5, 2009
Banned Kenya official 'to sue US ... Kenya's attorney general has threatened legal action against the US, after Washington imposed a travel ban on him ... There has been much speculation in Kenya about who was the subject of the US ban, announced last month. (BBC News -- Americas)
Kenyan attorney mulls legal action against US Nov 5, 2009
NAIROBI, Kenya - Kenya's attorney general said Wednesday he is seeking legal advice about whether he can sue the U.S. government for revoking his travel visa ... He is Kenya's longest-serving attorney general ... In his 18-year tenure, Kenya has seen huge corruption scandals and repeated political violence, incidents that Wako has been accused by government inquiries of not aggressively prosecuting. (MSNBC -- International)
Kenya: Attorney General to Sue U.S. Over Travel Ban Nov 5, 2009
com: Kenya: Attorney General to Sue U.S. Over Travel Ban (Page 1 of 1) ... Nairobi Kenya's Attorney General Amos Wako has signalled his intention to sue the United States for defamation ... Mr Wako said that he had "received notification that my visa has been revoked for blocking reforms," more than a week after the US Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Jonnie Carson said his country had banned a senior Kenya Government for blocking reforms. (allAfrica.com)
Africa: Continent's Elite and the Western Media Nov 4, 2009
Perhaps, I shouldn't write about Africa in ways condemned by the Kenyan writer Binyavanga Wainaina in 'How to write about Africa ... It is perhaps one of the ironies of Africa that hardly a year after Binyavanga Wainaina published his well-regarded essay, Kenya was roiled by political violence in the wake of the 2007 elections. (allAfrica.com)
Lonely Planet puts country among best-value places to visit Nov 4, 2009
Thanks to the economic crisis, Iceland and London were also among the top 10 destinations, which included Thailand, South Africa, India, Mexico, Bulgaria, Kenya and Las Vegas. The annual snapshot book captures the world s hottest travel trends, destinations, journeys and experiences for the year ahead , Lonely Planet said yesterday. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Boredom and fatigue at 35,000 feet Nov 4, 2009
Interesting and funny letter from Cliff Lapp, an Ask the Pilot reader and American expat who flies freighters in Kenya ... The agency recently denied Delta Air Lines' attempts to begin service to Nairobi, Kenya, and Monrovia, Liberia, for example, over airport security concerns. (Salon)
All your questions about in-flight horrors Nov 4, 2009
Interesting and funny letter from Cliff Lapp, an Ask the Pilot reader and American expat who flies freighters in Kenya. We flew into Berbera, in Somaliland, an autonomous region in northern Somalia. (Salon)
Africa: Most of Continent Provides 'Prosperous Emerging Markets' - CEO [interview] Nov 3, 2009
We've grown from being a domestic airline [in Kenya] to where we are going into southern Sudan, Uganda and Tanzania. We're servicing seven countries in East Africa. (allAfrica.com)
SA cracks top 10 Nov 3, 2009
London, India, Malaysia, Mexico, Bulgaria, Kenya and Las Vegas in Nevada rounded out the top 10, said the British-based company in its "Best In Travel 2010" guide. The annual snapshot book captures "the world's hottest travel trends, destinations, journeys and experiences for the year ahead," Lonely Planet said. (iAfrica.com)
Ask the pilot Nov 1, 2009
The agency recently denied Delta Air Lines' attempts to begin service to Nairobi, Kenya, and Monrovia, Liberia, for example, over airport security concerns. It will not reveal what exactly these concerns are, which is fair enough, but we should hope against hope it had something to do with explosives-screening protocols. (Salon)
Obama Lifts Ban On US Entry For Those With HIV Oct 31, 2009
During a 2006 visit to Kenya, his father's native country, then-Sen. Obama and his wife, Michelle, publicly took an HIV/AIDS test. (Click2Houston, TX)
The Anti-African Racist Insults Obama Got Away With In Ghana Oct 31, 2009
Was that, too, tribalism, similar to the one you said your father allegedly suffered in Kenya, Mr. Obama. Oh, I forgot, that is called anti-Irish racism, even though the Irish belong to the same race as the people who discriminated against them. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
US to lift HIV travel and immigration ban Oct 31, 2009
During a 2006 visit to Kenya, his father s native country, Obama and his wife, Michelle, publicly took an HIV/AIDS test. The 11 other countries that ban HIV-positive travelers and immigrants are Armenia, Brunei, Iraq, Libya, Moldova, Oman, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, and Sudan, according to the advocacy group Immigration Equality. (Boston Globe)
Essar to buy 3 Shell refineries Oct 31, 2009
Essars Kenya refinery has a capacity of 2 million tonnes, which will raise Essar Groups total refining capacity at 36 million tonnes. Tight margins and falling fuel demand have prompted many big oil companies to offload European and US refineries. (India Times)
U.S. ban to be lifted for travelers with HIV Oct 31, 2009
During a visit to Kenya, his fathers native country, Obama and first lady Michelle Obama publicly took an HIV/AIDS test. The 11 other countries that ban HIV-positive travelers and immigrants are: Armenia, Brunei, Iraq, Libya, Moldova, Oman, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Korea and Sudan, according to the advocacy group Immigration Equality. (The Clarion-Ledger)
Cell phones become handheld tools for global development Oct 30, 2009
Many organizations are using Open Data Kit, but the biggest project so far is a major effort to track and treat HIV patients in Kenya. Led by the Academic Model Providing Access to Healthcare, a U.S. Agency for International Development-funded partnership between Indiana University and Kenya's Moi University, it is one of the most comprehensive HIV treatment programs in sub-Saharan Africa ... AMPATH trains Kenyan community health workers who conduct door-to-door testing in rural areas for HIV,... (EurekAlert!)
Read more... Oct 29, 2009
"It has also allowed me to take advantage of unique opportunities in medical school, such as international travel to Kenya and Mexico." ... She is fundraising to sponsor the education of a Kenyan girl she met during her trip to Africa. (PNN Online)
In Kenya, Can War Games Co-Exist with Wildlife? Oct 28, 2009
In Kenya, Room for British Troops and Wildlife Tourists ... In Kenya, Can War Games Coexist with Wildlife ... A black rhinoceros and her calf, born mid-December 2007 at Ol Pejeta Conservancy, the largest black-rhino sanctuary in Nanyuki, Kenya Felix Parton / AFP / Getty. (Time.com)
Kenya: U.S. Slaps Travel Ban on Minister Oct 27, 2009
com: Kenya: U.S. Slaps Travel Ban on Minister (Page 1 of 1) ... "Today (Monday), the US government has taken the decision to revoke the visa of a senior Kenyan government official who has been obstructive to reforms," he said ... He said he was delivering a message from President Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton who he said had held meeting with chief mediator Kofi Annan and vowed to ensure that Kenya does not go down the path of bloodshed again come 2012. (allAfrica.com)
Africa: Green Revolution Requires Supporting Farmers, Says Agriculture Expert [interview] Oct 27, 2009
In 2008-2009, these agro-dealers sold U.S. $45 million worth of seeds and fertilizers in rural areas in Malawi, Tanzania and Kenya ... It has now gone down in Western Kenya from an average of 17 kms to about 3 - 4 kms ... We have some grants to consolidate earlier investments from the Rockefeller Foundation, [including] helping to strengthen national agricultural commodity exchanges in Kenya and in Malawi. (allAfrica.com)
Guinea gold scam Oct 27, 2009
Jonathan Ngolo, a 65-year-old retired lecturer from Kenya, tells the BBC how he was kidnapped and held hostage for one year and 16 days after being scammed in Guinea's capital, Conakry ... Guinea does not have an embassy in Kenya and so the people in Conakry sent me a form to allow me to enter into the country and get a visa on arrival ... My family sent them money - they sent a total of 900,000 Kenyan shillings [almost $12,000, 7,000. (BBC News -- Africa)
US bans senior Kenyan official Oct 27, 2009
The US has imposed a travel ban on a senior Kenyan government official for obstructing efforts to rid the country of corruption ... Kenya agreed to carry through reforms after 1,300 people died in post-election violence last year ... The BBC's Will Ross, in Nairobi, says the US has to perform a balancing act when it comes to dealing with Kenya. (BBC News -- Africa)
Djibouti says Eritrea arming, training militias Oct 26, 2009
Eritrea's President Isaias Afwerki last week blamed the long-running conflict in Somalia on years of interference by Ethiopia, Kenya and Djibouti ... Moussa said he will travel to Kenya, Eritrea, Ethiopia and Djibouti next month to discuss the deteriorating situation in the region, especially Somalia and Yemen, and the crisis between Djibouti and Eritrea. (AlertNet)
New career as a digital ethnographer? Oct 25, 2009
Take Olga Morawczynski, a 20-something University of Edinburgh doctorate student who recently spent over a year in Kenya, where she studied the use of M-Pesa, a system for ... The success of M-Pesa in Kenya has prompted similar mobile money offerings around the world -- there are now over 120 -- and could eventually have a significant impact on the enormous. (CNN -- International)
Britons killed in Kenya Oct 25, 2009
Two elderly Britons were killed while on holiday in Kenya, the Foreign Office in London confirmed on Sunday ... The deaths were reported to the British High Commission (embassy) in Kenya on 15 October ... "We can confirm the deaths of two British nationals in Mombasa, Kenya," a Foreign Office spokesperson told AFP.. (iAfrica.com)
Tea export prices set to soar Oct 24, 2009
Kenya and Sri Lanka, the two other major tea producers, have witnessed the maximum slideback of 24 million kg and 41. 1 million kg, respectively. (India Times)
How FBI traced Tarek Mehanna in his quest to become a jihadi Oct 23, 2009
Early January 2007 Maldonado flees Kenya in face of attacks by Ethiopian forces and is captured by Kenyan military, who turn him over to the FBI. He tells agents that he called Mehanna from Somalia and urged him to join him in fighting. Jan. 12, 2007 Mehanna, in a recorded conversation with CW2, talks about being interviewed by the JTTF and about his 2004 trip to Yemen. (Christian Science Monitor -- World)
Domestic funding saves Indian MFIs Oct 18, 2009
While MFIs in several countries struggled to cover their operational costs such as in Pakistan, Bangladesh and Kenya, Indian MFIs with the lowest yield to gross portfolio manage to cover costs even on low average loan size, he said. The microfinance industry witnessed rapid growth over the last few years and in the recent past, much of this growth was funded through savings deposits and increasing interest of the mainstream finance industry in microfinance. (India Times)
Kenya's Best Wildlife Park Without Going Broke Oct 16, 2009
Kenya's Best Wildlife Park - ABC News ... ABC News Offers a Few Tips On a Low Cost Safari in Kenya ... By DANA HUGHESMASAI MARA, Kenya, Oct. 15, 2009. (ABC News)
Maasai track lions with high-tech tools Oct 16, 2009
Researcher Amy Howard watches as Maasai Lion Guardians track lions in southern Kenya onSept ... "PRIDE ROCK," Kenya - On a granite massif overlooking parched pridelands right out of Disney's "The Lion King," four traditionally attired Maasai stand, waving a device that looks like a TV antenna ... Preventing lion killings outside of Kenya's national parks is a daunting task. (MSNBC -- International)
Rwanda suspect pleads not guilty Oct 15, 2009
Ugandan police said he had crossed the border from DR Congo last week, and was heading for Kenya with false travel documents. Bookmark with. (BBC News -- Africa)
Kufuor returns home Oct 15, 2009
The Inje University in Seoul, South Korea awarded him an honorary doctorate degree (PhD) in Political Science for his exemplary leadership as President of Ghana for two terms and for his contribution to peace in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Kenya. A statement signed by Mr Frank Agyekum, Press Secretary at the Office of former President, said Swiss-based Interpeace, which was supported by the United Nations and works towards peace and conflict resolution in areas of civil strife, made him Chairman... (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Remembering Congo's rumba king Oct 15, 2009
" What do you remember of Congo's rumba king?Thanks for sharing your memories. Please read a selection below:Franco music represents the highs and the lows of post-colonial Africa. He did for Africans - unity - what years of independence and their rulers, could not do.Osagie Ayanru, Huntington, West Virginia, USAI do not know what to say about Franco and his music. Till tomorrow i will not forget this man. His music all is my live and i mostly listen to it all my life in parties and while in... (BBC News -- Africa)
Ten national parks that make for the perfect holiday Oct 15, 2009
Nairobi National Park, Kenya (Nairobi) brings people close to African wildlife. Expect to see lions , cheetahs, zebras, a special black rhino project, and over 400 species of birds in the savannah landscape, with highlands and extensive forests in the west. (India Times)
Store owner hammers out a simple living Oct 14, 2009
Mr. Lehman assumed he'd be a "small-time hardware guy" the rest of his life -- especially because a second, three-year Mennonite Central Committee assignment in 1961 with his first wife, Ella Mae, that took him to The Congo and Kenya, where he made travel arrangements for missionaries, stretched to 13 years. (His father and brother operated the hardware store in his absence. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Where in the world is Capuano? Oct 14, 2009
Yes, the July 2006 trip also brought Capuano to exotic Kenya. Although our next country is a microstate with a population of only about 5 million, it boasts one of the world s busiest ports. (Boston Globe)
Indian Ocean nations test tsunami alerts Oct 14, 2009
Countries participating include Australia, Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Madagascar, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritius, Mozambique, Myanmar, Oman, Pakistan, Seychelles, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tanzania and East Timor. (Additional reporting by Olivia Rondonuwu and Dicky Kristanto in Jakarta; Writing by Ed Davies; Editing by Sara Webb). (AlertNet)
Rwanda: CAA Discuses Aviation Medicine Oct 14, 2009
The meeting drew participants, from Kenya, West Africa, Singapore and the United Kingdom. Local participants from King Faisal Hospital, CHUK and Kanombe Military Hospital also participated. (allAfrica.com)
Chicago never had a chance Oct 13, 2009
Kenya s Sammy Wanjiru, who won in Chicago on Sunday and Germany s Irina Mikitenko, who finished second to Russia s Liliya Shobukhova, have wrapped up the World Marathon Majors men s and women s titles and the accompanying $500,000 payouts before the year s finale in New York next month. It s the second title for Mikitenko. (Boston Globe)
* SOUTH AFRICA 2010: Tunisia, Nigeria go to the wire Oct 13, 2009
France-based striker Issam Jomaa struck in the first minute as Tunisia won 1-0 against Kenya in Rades while Victor Nsofor of Spanish club Malaga netted three minutes into stoppage time as Nigeria pipped Mozambique 1-0 in Abuja ... Tunisia visit Mozambique and Nigeria travel to Kenya and while the two hosts have been out of the World Cup reckoning for some time, they are fighting to finish third and claim a place at the 2010 African Nations Cup in Angola. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
China's long march to Africa Oct 12, 2009
These Baoding farmers are working in Kenya, Uganda, Ghana and Senegal, growing crops with African partners and then turning them into food products. "At first, people were not willing to go to Africa because it's too hot, there are diseases and there are wars," says Mr Liu. (BBC News -- Africa)
Fear strongest in face of immediate threat Oct 9, 2009
The subjects read two travel advisories in a randomly assigned order one on Kenya and one on the Indonesian island of Bali based on material from the U.S. State Department ... When participants were asked the next day to again rate the risk of travel to both Bali and Kenya, they rated the risk in both countries nearly identically and both as substantially less threatening. (MSNBC -- Health)
Banking, the next big thing for Bharti Oct 9, 2009
In Kenya, Uganda and South Africa, such use of mobile phones for elementary banking is widespread. So is the case in the Philippines as well. (India Times)
Notorious fugitive in Rwanda genocide captured Oct 8, 2009
(10-07) 04:00 PDT Nairobi, Kenya ... According to the BBC, Nizeyimana was trying to travel to Kenya from Congo and was caught in Uganda with false papers. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Aer Lingus to cut almost 800 jobs Oct 7, 2009
Kenya clans 'rearm for 2012 poll. Taiwan aborigines pass on witchcraft tradition. (BBC News -- UK)
Orly Taitz: Lawyer, Dentist, Birther Oct 7, 2009
It is here that Taitz dreams of deposing the U.S. president, proving that he is a citizen not of this country but of Kenya, maybe, or possibly Indonesia, perhaps even -- who knows ... She has developed a scenario whereby Obama's American mother gave birth in Kenya, his father's native country, then persuaded bureaucrats to falsify his records and ease him back into this country ... His father, Kenyan, was not around at the time of his birth. (CBS News -- Politics)
Rwanda: Most Wanted Genocide Fugitive Arrested Oct 7, 2009
"He was travelling to Kenya from the DRC by the time he was arrested," Nabakooba told The New Times. Shortly after his arrest, Nizeyimana was placed on a United Nations plane to the Arusha- based tribunal where he will face Genocide charges. (allAfrica.com)
India lets Kashmir leader travel Oct 7, 2009
Kenya clans 'rearm for 2012 poll. Convertibles 'bad for the ears. (Yahoo News -- Kashmir Dispute)
Without trace Oct 7, 2009
Page last updated at 04:14 GMT, Wednesday, 7 October 2009 05:14 UK. Families' anguish over Pakistan missing. (BBC News -- UK)
Rwanda queen-killing suspect held Oct 7, 2009
Ugandan police said he had crossed the border from DR Congo last week, and was heading for Kenya with false travel documents ... Kenya clans 'rearm for 2012 poll. (BBC News -- Africa)
East Africa: Free Movement of Goods, Persons a Reality Oct 6, 2009
The Protocol was signed by Kenya's Minister for East African Community Amason Kingi, Uganda's Minister of East African Community Affairs Eriya Ketagaya, Burundi's Minister for East African Co-operation Hafsa Mossi, Rwanda's Minister of Justice and Attorney-General Tharcisse Karugarama and the Tanzanian Minister for East African Co-operation Dr Diodorus Kamala ... Those who also signed included line permanent secretaries -- Uganda's Edith Mwanje, Kenya's David Nalo, Dr Stergomena Tax of Tanzania,... (allAfrica.com)
