Innovation Prize for Africa 2014 Finalists Announced

From: News Release – African Press Organization (APO)
PRESS RELEASE

From the World’s First Injectable Skeleton Regeneration Protein to a Domestic Waste Biogas System, Ten Africans Are Innovating the Future of the Continent

JOHANNESBURG, South-Africa, April 10, 2014/ — The African Innovation Foundation (AIF) (http://www.africaninnovation.org) announced the finalists of the prestigious Innovation […] Continue Reading…

KENYA: VILLAGERS FLED IN DISSARAY AFTER THE POLICE VAN PULLED UP IN THE CRIME PRONE MARIWA

Writes Leo Odera Omolo In Awendo Town.

A large group of villagers fled in all direction following the unexpected arrival of a police men who were on a mission to investigate a non-related case of a murder suspect.

The incident occurred near Mariwa Market, Sakwa South Location, Awendo district within

Migori […] Continue Reading…

Infomediaries: Brokers of public access

From: Yona Maro

This study investigated the role of infomediaries in shaping outcomes for users at Public Access Venues (PAVs) in Bangladesh, Chile, and Lithuania. We examined the extent to which technical skills and empathy are relevant to and appreciated by different types of users, and whether differences in infomediaries […] Continue Reading…

KENYA: MIGORI IMPENDING GOVERNOR’S BY-ELECTION MAY TAKE A NEW TURN

POLITICAL TEMPERATURE IN MIGORI COUNTY HAS RISEN UP AHEAD OF SUPREME COURT JUDGEMENT.

News Analysis By leo Odera Omolo

NEWS EMERGING OUT OF Migori County indicating an area where political temperature has risen sharply following the recent Court of Appeal decision that saw the former governor Zachary Okoth Obado‘s election […] Continue Reading…

USA, Dpt. of State Press Releases: Attack on UN Employees in Somalia

From: U.S. Department of State

Press Statement
Jen Psaki
Department Spokesperson
Washington, DC
April 7, 2014

The United States strongly condemns the killing of two employees of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime in Puntland, Somalia. We extend our deepest condolences to the families and loved ones of those killed in the attack. The […] Continue Reading…

20TH ANNIVERSARY, RWANDA GENOCIDE, PRESIDENT UHURU KENYATTA’S STATEMENT

From: Sam Muigai

STATEMENT BY HIS EXCELLENCY HON. UHURU KENYATTA, C.G.H., PRESIDENT AND COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE DEFENCE FORCES OF THE REPUBLIC OF KENYA DURING THE
20TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE RWANDA GENOCIDE, KIGALI, RWANDA, 7TH APRIL, 2014

I join you today, pleased to be here but bearing a heavy heart in […] Continue Reading…

Nuer Students’ Union and Naath Youth Network Refuse Bribes From Naïve South Sudan Government Agents in Kenya

From: South Sudan Press

The Republic of South Sudan became independent on July 9, 2011 and the first elected President of the Republic of South Sudan, Gen. Salva Kiir, was sworn in to protect the constitution, the right of people, and to defend the integrity of the nation. Soon afterwards, […] Continue Reading…

Death Squads in Kenya’s Shadow War on Shabaab Sympathizers

From: Sam Muigai

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Death Squads in Kenya’s Shadow War on Shabaab Sympathizers
The United States supports Nairobi’s fight against terrorists, but it’s getting very ugly.

MOMBASA, Kenya—“The state wants to kill me,” the 53-year-old jihadist Abubakar Shariff Ahmed, better known […] Continue Reading…

KAGAME DEJECTS FRANCE AS RWANDA MARKS 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF GENOCIDE

From: joachim omolo ouko
News Dispatch with Father Omolo Beste
SUNDAY, APRIL 6, 2014

As Rwanda prepares to mark 20th anniversary of genocide to morrow, Monday April 7, 2014, Rev Fr Joseph Healey, a Maryknoll priest has shared with News Dispatch with Father Omolo Beste a touching and challenging story of forgiveness […] Continue Reading…

ARCHIVES – The Pride of the Blacks over the Whites

From: Yona Maro


Yona Fares Maro
Institut d’études de sécurité – SA

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This is the full text of a book called “The Pride of the Blacks over the Whites” written in the second century of Islamic civilization to defend dark-skinned Arabs and Africans from the prejudices […] Continue Reading…

Kenya: Father Omolo Beste’s Homily on Fifth Sunday of Lent

From: joachim omolo ouko
Sunday, April 6, 2014

Today is the fifth Sunday of Lent, the last week of Lenten Campaign 2014. The theme is similar to last week: Constitution and people’s participation in devolved governance. Despite the fact that the village of Bidii had worked hard to have new laws […] Continue Reading…

Africa: Raid on the Makerere University Walter Reed Project by Ugandan Authorities

From: U.S. Department of State
04/04/2014 06:26 PM EDT
Press Statement
Marie Harf
Deputy Department Spokesperson, Office of the Spokesperson
Washington, DC
April 4, 2014

We are deeply concerned that a U.S.-funded health clinic and medical research facility, the Makerere University Walter Reed Project (MUWRP), was raided by Ugandan authorities on April 3, leading to the […] Continue Reading…

USA, D.o.S.: Press Releases: Joint Statement of the Second Session of the United States – Kingdom of Morocco Strategic Dialogue

From: U.S. Department of State
04/04/2014 10:51 AM EDT
Joint Statement of the Second Session of the United States – Kingdom of Morocco Strategic Dialogue
Media Note
Office of the Spokesperson
Washington, DC
April 4, 2014

At the second session of the United States-Morocco Strategic Dialogue today at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Foreign […] Continue Reading…

Malawi will benefit a lot with the People’s Party Government in place , Dr Joyce Banda

From: Charles Banda

My fellow Malawians

Today I feel happy and optimistic to say that our beloved country will benefit a lot with the People’s Party Government in place, given the fact that the past where we all have come from hasn’t been as good as we had wished particularly on […] Continue Reading…

Tanzania: Sixth Julius Nyerere Intellectual Festival

From: Yona Maro
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SIXTH JULIUS NYERERE
INTELLECTUAL FESTIVAL
9TH – 11TH APRIL 2014

NKRUMAH HALL
UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM
YOU ARE WELCOME

Professor Patrick Lumumba’s
Lecture will be on :
REFLECTIONS ON LIBERATING THE
MIND FOR AFRICA’S TRANSFORMATION
09 April 2014 at 11:10 AM

Prof. Herbert Chimhundu’s Lecture will be on:
“GLOBALIZATION AND […] Continue Reading…