/news/-/2558/2558/-/o3vy3hz/-/index.html http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/news/The+forgotten+Darfur+conflict/-/2558/1409098/-/yrpo3bz/-/index.html The nine-year-long war in Darfur is said by differing sources to be either winding down or intensifying. 2012-05-19T10:51:42Z http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/news/Hunt+for+Kony+buoyed+by+capture+of+top+aide/-/2558/1409096/-/54ljec/-/index.html The arrest of Kony’s No. 3 marks the turning of the tide 2012-05-19T10:50:30Z http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/news/Coca+Cola+Consumers+thirsty+for+optimism++happiness/-/2558/1409094/-/wo60cg/-/index.html Global soft drinks maker Coca-Cola has been stepping up its investments in East Africa over the past one year as it seeks to fight off its rivals, 2012-05-19T10:48:10Z http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/news/New+UN+laws+to+protect+farmers+in+land+grabs/-/2558/1409092/-/8nrkhez/-/index.html THE UNITED Nations has introduced new rules which will protect poor farmers in Africa when large Western multinational companies buy their land. 2012-05-19T10:43:28Z http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/news/Breastfeeding+key+to+Africa+attaining++millennium+goals/-/2558/1409090/-/68yehcz/-/index.html While Rwanda is on track — with close to 90pc of its children being breastfed exclusively for six months — Uganda, Tanzania and Kenya lag behind with 60, 41 and 32 pc respectively 2012-05-19T10:42:29Z http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/news/In+a+world+of+plenty++Africa+is+starving/-/2558/1409088/-/yayswez/-/index.html Many people are finding it hard to make ends meet as high food prices erode buying power 2012-05-19T10:40:05Z http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/news/Uganda+to+launch+coded+addresses/-/2558/1409086/-/vbw8m8/-/index.html It will encourage more people to use postal and courier services as well as increase revenue to the sector 2012-05-19T10:39:05Z http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/news/Diageo+rolls+out+barley++sorghum+projects+in+East+Africa/-/2558/1409084/-/fbg7tlz/-/index.html The projects, which will cost $3.5 million, are also aimed at supporting agricultural economies in Africa 2012-05-19T10:36:58Z http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/news/Butera+under+fire+over+political+detentions/-/2558/1409076/-/qw509az/-/index.html Concerned Citizens accuse DPP Richard Butera of allowing himself to be used to target opposition politicians 2012-05-19T10:35:48Z http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/news/Rwanda+roads++energy+get+budget+lion+share/-/2558/1409068/-/cg3ehaz/-/index.html Key projects will include rehabilitation and maintenance of feeder roads increasing access to electricity and speeding up ongoing hydropower projects. 2012-05-19T10:32:17Z http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/news/Political+federation+faces+delays+over+sovereignty+jitters/-/2558/1409062/-/203ywgz/-/index.html REGIONAL leaders will soon be receiving proposals on how to create a Political Federation, but the fear of losing absolute state control is slowing down the process, an outgoing East African Community official has warned. 2012-05-19T10:30:47Z http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/news/Somali+politics+entering+most+critical+phase/-/2558/1409046/-/slqxpyz/-/index.html Time and money are both in short supply as Somalia scurries to meet an approaching deadline for establishing a new political order, the United Nations special envoy for Mogadishu warned last week. 2012-05-19T10:27:12Z http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/news/Kenya+s+exports+to+region+up+34+pc/-/2558/1409040/-/738qvh/-/index.html The country is increasingly focusing on the EAC for business, attracted by friendlier trading policies in countries like Uganda 2012-05-19T10:22:16Z http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/news/Kenya++South+Africa+silent+rivalry+in+AU+fight/-/2558/1409036/-/wyse91z/-/index.html Kenya’s refusal to support a South African candidate in the forthcoming elections of the chairperson of the African Union Commission is being seen by analysts as a sign of the silent rivalry between the two nations. 2012-05-19T10:17:34Z http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/news/Chinese+firm+leased+obsolete+aircraft+for+Air+Tanzania/-/2558/1409032/-/tclnyt/-/index.html Debt accumulated from the transactions... is enough to purchase three brand new Airbuses of the same series 2012-05-19T10:13:29Z http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/news/Lowly+paid+workers+bear+the+brunt+as+incomes+shrink/-/2558/1409030/-/12mjqk9/-/index.html Just 3.5 per cent of working Kenyans earn a basic salary of more than Ksh30,000 ($375) a month and less than a third of these are women, new data shows highlighting the country’s challenges in growing household incomes. 2012-05-19T10:10:10Z http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/news/Tough+job+ahead+for+Kenya+next+president/-/2558/1409028/-/12xf8ji/-/index.html FOR A COUNTRY that has failed to solve many of its most pressing challenges — feeding the hungry, building infrastructure and even giving people toilets — it is worrying that none of the candidates who want to be the country’s next president has set out an agenda on how to fix the economy. 2012-05-19T10:08:53Z http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/news/-/2558/1409026/-/miygimz/-/index.html In a sense, the move on Lafarge by Kenya is a sign of the changing political risk environment in the cement industry in Kenya. 2012-05-19T10:07:12Z http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/news/Kenya+orders+Lafarge+to+dilute+its+stake+in+EA+Portland/-/2558/1409022/-/g5sc92z/-/index.html Acting director of the Competition Authority of Kenya, John Mwangi, accused the French multinational of ‘unwarranted concentration of economic power in the cement industry in Kenya’ 2012-05-19T10:04:37Z http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/news/Nairobi+loses+the+lead+in+job+creation+to+other+urban+areas/-/2558/1409014/-/a08hgaz/-/index.html ‘Being the capital city, it’s grown so much until now, the point where traffic jams, high rents and high costs of production means that investors would want to set up shop in other towns’ 2012-05-19T10:00:35Z http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/news/Regional+players+want+more+Somalis+involved+for+stability/-/2558/1409010/-/2530d9/-/index.html KEY REGIONAL players and the international community, who are central to restoring stability in Somalia, want Somalis to play a bigger role in the fight against Al Shabaab insurgency. 2012-05-19T09:59:23Z http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/news/Uganda+beats+Kenya+on+donor+diplomacy/-/2558/1409008/-/o0qaxn/-/index.html Kampala has been more aggressive than Kenya in image-building intended to impress donor states such as the UK and the US 2012-05-19T09:54:11Z http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/news/Kenya+slashes+2012+economic+prospects++cites+high+inflation/-/2558/1406302/-/x6o4lb/-/index.html Kenya has slashed its 2012 economic growth projections to between 3.5 and 4.5 per cent from last month’s forecast of 5.2 per cent, 2012-05-15T13:26:52Z http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/news/Power++politics+and+money+behind+KenolKobil/-/2558/1404448/-/114dhmxz/-/index.html TOO BIG? Kenol is not only a well-connected firm rescued from the dead 30 years ago; with $2.1 billion in sales, it is East Africa’s largest company. Now it has bitten off more than it can chew 2012-05-12T10:22:01Z http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/news/Member+states+to+pay+more+as+bloc+unveils++123+7m+budget/-/2558/1404446/-/15avokr/-/index.html THE EAST African Community has unveiled its $123,789,199 budget for the 2012/2013 fiscal year. 2012-05-12T10:19:55Z