January 2011

Kenya

Odinga briefs AU chief, headed back to Abidjan

NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 12 – Prime Minister Raila Odinga on Wednesday evening held discussions with the African Union Commission chairman Jean Ping. During the...

January 12, 2011

Kenya

Free medicare for 10,000 addicts at the coast

NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 12 – Ten thousand drug addicts at the Coast Province will for the next three months get free medical treatment in...

Sarah WambuiJanuary 12, 2011

Kenya

Sh1.4b released for drought intervention

AIROBI, Kenya Jan 12 – The Ministry of Water and Irrigation on Wednesday released Sh1.4 billion to help in alleviating the current drought situation...

LABAN WANAMBISIJanuary 12, 2011

Kenya

Assange vows more leaks, fears death penalty

LONDON, Jan 11 – WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange vowed on Tuesday to step up the website\’s release of secret US cables as his defence...

January 11, 2011

Africa

600 I.Coast refugees arriving daily in Liberia

GENEVA, Jan 11 – About 600 Ivory Coast refugees are arriving daily in Liberia, bringing the number of those who have fled fears of...

January 11, 2011

Africa

Troops deploy after 13 reported dead in Nigeria

JOS, Jan 11 – Soldiers rushed to restore calm to parts of central Nigeria on Tuesday after 13 people were reported killed in an...

January 11, 2011

Africa

Jonathan can run in party primaries

ABUJA, Jan 11 – A Nigerian court Monday dismissed a lawsuit seeking to bar President Goodluck Jonathan from vying for the ruling party ticket...

January 11, 2011

World

Gbagbo rejects unity offer

ABIDJAN, Jan 11 – The party of Ivory Coast strongman Laurent Gbagbo on Tuesday rejected an offer from the man deemed to have beaten...

January 11, 2011

World

US, China seek to play down rivalries

BEIJING, Jan 11 – US Defense Secretary Robert Gates was set to meet Chinese President Hu Jintao on Tuesday as their two countries attempt...

January 11, 2011

World

Monitors want Haiti candidate out

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Jan 11 – International monitors want the ruling party candidate in Haiti\’s bitterly disputed presidential election to quit the runoff round, a diplomatic...

January 11, 2011