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Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | yesterday
Kenyan bloggers and website owners are now pleased to note that they can receive their Google Adsense earnings in Kenyan Shillings, writes A Nairobian's Perspective.
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Uganda Watch (Free subscription) | yesterday
From Sudan Radio Service , Tuesday, 10 November 2009: SSDF to Sue NEC over Foreign Voters (Khartoum) - The South Sudan Democratic Front Party says it will mobilize other political parties in southern Sudan to sue the National Elections Commission for denying Sudanese in Kenya, Uganda and Ethiopia a chance to register as voters in the general elections. In an interview with Sudan Radio Service in Khartoum...
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L. A. Times Dodgers Blog (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Mt. Kenya's ice cap was so stunning that some began revering it as God's home. But most of the shining glacier has now disappeared, robbing communities of water and leading to a crisis of faith. From a tree-shaded plateau facing Mt. Kenya, the worshipers gaze anxiously at its melting icecap and wonder: Is God dead?
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The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
KENYAN PRIME minister Raila Odinga has said his government “will not shield or protect” senior officials if they are indicted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for crimes against humanity committed during last year’s post-election violence.
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Globo Diplo (Free subscription) | yesterday
The ICC already faces a pr problem in Africa, viewed by some according to this article in NYT as a “white man’s court.” Still, many cheered the move in Kenya: After months of stonewalling by Kenyan politicians, the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court announced Thursday that crimes against humanity had been committed during the [...]
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Backseat Cuddler (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Another celebrity has fallen victim to the flu. This time it’s actress Nicole Kidman. She was scheduled to make a trip to Kenya for the United Nations Development Fund for Women (Unifem) but had to cancel due to illness. A representative for Kidman says in a statement, “Nicole is deeply sorry that, because she is [...]
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Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
The Partnership for Change has issued a statement calling for Mwai Kibaki And Raila Odinga to cooperate with the International Criminal Court and ensure The Special Tribunal Bill in Kenya is passed and enacted into law within two weeks.
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Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Good governance has been linked to gains in economic and human development. Governments have begun using technologies to offer more citizen services, expand transparency and make information more accessible. We look at how Kenya and Uganda use ICTs to create better governance.
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Kenya hopes to eliminate malaria by 2017, a malaria conference heard last week.
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Security personnel were on Monday mobilised for possible deployment into the Mau forest after the expiry of a two-week notice ordering illegal settlers to leave.
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
The government on Monday said only vehicles with 2003 as the year of first registration will be allowed into the country from January next year.
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
The National Head of the Canon Law Office, Fr. Dominic Kimengich says that plans are underway to establish Canon Law offices at the Church's metropolitan levels in Kenya.
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BBC News (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Kenyan midfielders MacDonald Mariga and Robert Mambo will miss Saturday's decisive World Cup qualifier against Nigeria due to injury.
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Barely weeks after two of its much-trumpeted social programmes -- "Unga for the Poor" and "Kazi Kwa Vijana" -- flopped, the Kenyan government through Prime Minister Raila Odinga last Wednesday launched yet another initiative in which the rural and urban poor will receive a $20 monthly stipend to supplement their domestic expenditure.
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Once again, a Nairobi-based publication has given us a trenchant cartoon on the Tanzanian political situation, although this time, mercifully, without arousing too much ire in Dar es Salaam.
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patrickguillard | 09/08/2009
The European Commission, represented by the JRC, and the African Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development (RCMRD), have today signed a Collaboration Agreement on scientific issues regarding land-cover dynamics. The two organisations aim to collaborate in the field of agriculture and land-cover monitoring to support food security and the management of natural resources in East Africa....
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patrickguillard | 02/13/2009
This regular session of the Governing Bodies of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)will be held next week, at Nairobi. Among the subjects that will be addressed, we can quote the economic crisis and the protection of the environment and the rules for the use of mercury in the world.The Czech Presidency delegation will be lead by Minister BursÃk.
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Peter Brooke | 02/04/2009
Deep in Masai country of Africa, the road to Nairobi weaves approximately 100 miles. Of those 100 miles, the asphalt eventually gives way to a dirt road and finally a simple dirt track that scales broken hills and plunging desert flats. Welcome to Entasopia, Kenya. In November, Google financially backed the installation of a small satellite dish powered by a solar panel, in order for 3 engineers from...