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Daily news and weekly updates from Africa
- Sunday 15 January 2012
Kenya: Diaspora Forum Set For London
Key speakers identified to address the delegates will include: Senior Government officials, and representatives drawn from major investment houses in Kenya, including the Nairobi Securities Exchange, Kenya Investment Authority, and several banks among others. - Sunday 15 January 2012
Kenya: Somalia’s Al-Shabab in Cross-Border Raids
A round up news, compiled by Newsfromafrica staff writers. - Friday 13 January 2012
Somalia: ICRC Suspends Food and Seed Distributions
The food and seed were to be distributed to the people most affected by the combined effects of two decades of armed conflict and the severe drought that has gripped Somalia since October 2010. - Friday 13 January 2012
Nigeria: Boko Haram Defends Attacks
A round up news, compiled by Newsfromafrica staff writers. - Thursday 12 January 2012
EAC: Delegation Embarks on Study Tour of European Union
During the tour they will study the formulation and conduct of monetary union policy in the Eurozone; the interaction between fiscal and monetary policies; design of macroeconomic convergence criteria; and understand the surveillance and compliance mechanism with regard to macroeconomic convergence. - Thursday 12 January 2012
Ghana: EU Pledges EUR 52 M to Tackle Maternal Health
This high quality project has been selected because it aims to deliver concrete results by reducing maternal mortality and improving health care services. - Thursday 12 January 2012
Nigeria: More Deaths Reported as Nigeria Chaos Rise
A round up news, compiled by Newsfromafrica staff writers. - Wednesday 11 January 2011
Somaliland: NUSOJ Raises Concern over Gagged Journalists
On Monday, 9 January 2012, Somaliland police arrested Abdqani Hassan Farah, nicknamed Gadari, who is reporter of Universal TV in Las Anod district of Sool region in northern Somalia. - Tuesday 10 January 2012
Guinea-Bissau: Ban Ki Moon Reassures Support after President’s Death
President Malam Bacai Sanhá, who was elected in Guinea-Bissau on Africa's western coast two years ago after the previous leader was assassinated, died on Monday in Paris after a long period in hospital. - Tuesday 10 January 2012
President Jonathan: Unrest worse Than 1960s Civil War
A round up news, compiled by Newsfromafrica staff writers. - Monday 9 January 2012
Somalia: AMISOM To Investigate Mosque Incident
It is reported that the Alhidaya mosque was hit on Saturday evening during an attack by the terror group al Shabaab. - Saturday 7 January 2012
Kenya: Equity Bank Supports 2140 Needy Students
Under the Wings to Fly programme launched earlier last year by President Mwai Kibaki, Equity Bank, Equity Group Foundation and The MasterCard Foundation with support from USAID will offer comprehensive scholarships across the country to children from needy backgrounds who have attained 350 marks and above in last year’s KCPE examinations. - Saturday 7 January 2012
South Sudan: Ethnic Clashes Threaten to Derail New Nation
Competition between ethnic groups over scarce resources has escalated in South Sudan. At the same time there is a security vacuum, leading to the formation of militia groups and a breakdown of traditional structures of authority. - Friday 6 January 2011
Somalia: NUSOJ Meets Journalists in a Media Forum
The meeting, which was the first of its kind, addressed the current conditions of the Somali journalists. - Friday 6 January 2012
Somalia: UN Special Representative Concerned about Continuing Dispute in Parliament
He noted that the violence, which has taken place in Parliament over the last few days, is most regrettable.