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Why Kenya chose to ignore warrants by ICC and sup with the devil
When Sudan’s President Omar Hassan al-Bashir showed up in Nairobi on August 27 for the launch ceremony of Kenya’s new constitution, he became the Big Party Pooper....
News
Pay radar money to us, Tanzania government tells SFO
The Tanzania government is demanding that the £30 million ($46 million) that Britain’s biggest arms company, BAE Systems, has...
News
How 42 Ugandan youths were duped into Nkunda's army
At least eight Ugandan youths are known to have died while fighting in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, having...
News
Phone giants call up political favours as price war rages
The explosive price wars in Kenya that have seen consumer prices of mobile phone talk-time tumbling by more than 40 per cent...
Business
Sir Martin's adventure in Africa
What happens when you bring together one of the world’s shrewdest businessmen in the communication business, with his equal in...
Business
Biofuels and the scramble for farmland in Africa
The European Union has been urged to drop its pledge to produce 10 per cent of all transport fuels from biofuels by 2020...
Business
Special bond money to go into roads, energy and water
The investment climate in Kenya is set to improve drastically following a flotation of an infrastructure bond recently. ...
