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Kenya beat Malawi to earn Cecafa semi-final spot

December 4, 2012October 21, 2016 Global AuthorBurundi, east africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Somalia, Tanzania, Uganda

Kenya beat guest team Malawi 1-0 to secure a place in the semi-final of the Cecafa Senior Challenge Cup in Uganda.Veteran striker Mike Baraza scored the only goal of the game 12 minutes after half-time. The Harambee Stars will play Zanzibar in Thursday’s semi-finals of the east and central African regional event.Hosts and defending champions Uganda take on Ethiopia in… Read More

Tanzania asks for mediation over Lake Malawi dispute

October 7, 2012October 21, 2016 Global AuthorBurundi, east africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, kenya, Lake Malawi, Lake Nyasa, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Oil Dispute, Somalia, Tanzania, Uganda

DAR ES SALAAM - Tanzania called on Saturday for an international mediator to resolve a long-standing border dispute with Malawi, conceding the latest talks over territorial rights to Lake Malawi and its potential reserves of oil and gas have failed. The call comes after Malawi accused its neighbour of intimidating its citizens, halting talks with Tanzania over the ownership of... Read More

Malawi, Tanzania Lock Horns Over Lake

October 3, 2012October 21, 2016 Global AuthorBurundi, Dispute over Lake Malawi, east africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Somalia, Tanzania, Uganda

BLANTYRE, Malawi — Malawi and Tanzania are expected to hold a high level meeting August 20 on their standoff over oil and gas exploration in and ownership of Lake Malawi. The body of water - also known as Lake Nyasa in Tanzania - is the third-largest fresh water resource in Africa. The dispute escalated last year when Malawi’s late president... Read More

Civil War Brews in Kenya

August 31, 2012October 21, 2016 Global Authorkenya, Kikuyu, Luo, Mwai Kibaki

Faced with a combination of body blows ranging from spiking prices for maize, import dependent Kenya’s staple food, IMF mandated food subsidy cuts, a foolhardy USA instigated invasion of Somalia, election triggered ethnic warfare and a simmering independence movement by the Muslims in the Mombasa coastal region Kenya is in trouble, serious trouble. Hunger speculators lead by financial terrorists such... Read More

Malawi, Tanzania fail to Resolve Lake Malawi Oil exploring dispute

August 27, 2012October 21, 2016 Global AuthorBurundi, east africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Joyce Banda, kenya, Kikwete, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Membe, Somalia, Tanzania, Uganda

MZUZU--Malawi and Tanzania on Saturday announced that they had failed to resolve their dispute on the border of Lake Malawi and agreed to continue to push for a diplomatic and negotiated solution. "After frank and spirited discussions between the two countries, we have concluded that our differences still remain," Tanzanian Foreign Affairs Minister Bernard Membe said at the end of a... Read More

Sixty Somali immigrants drown on Lake Malawi

June 20, 2012 Global Authorkenya, Lake Malawi, Malawi news, Tanzania

Lilongwe -- Latest shocking news indicates over sixty immigrants from Somalia have drowned on Lake Malawi, Karonga Police have confirmed from its Kaporo Station. Reports indicate just 35 bodies as having been retrieved and the rest missing. They were 'floating' their way secretly on Tuesday into Malawi's northern lake-shore district of Karonga from neighboring Tanzania. Lately, a number of illegal immigrants,... Read More

Tsunami scare hits Tanzania

April 12, 2012October 21, 2016 Global AuthorBurundi, east africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Somalia, Tanzania, Uganda

I am in Dar es Salam, Tanzania, on the Indian Ocean coast resort tourism attraction, the Giraffe Ocean View Hotel. A Tanzania Broadcasting Corporation TBC anchor announces a tsunami might hit the coasts from around 6pm on Wednesday, 11th April 2012. . Read More

Kenya – Tanzania border closed over row on vehicle levy

February 19, 2012 Global Authorkenya, Tanzania

The Kenya - Tanzania border in Taveta has been closed after motorist protested the increment of vehicle levy by Tanzania authorities. The Tanzanian government has imposed a vehicle levy of USD200 for vehicles entering its borders. Stranded travellers at the border have asked the Kenya and Tanzania governments to resolve the situation. . Read More

ICC and an Update on Kenya situation

January 24, 2012October 21, 2016 Global AuthorFrancis Kirimi Muthaura, ICC, International Criminal Court (ICC), Joshua arap Sang, kenya, Uhuru, William Samoei

On Monday, 23 January 2012, Pre-Trial Chamber II of the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued its decisions on the confirmation of the charges in the case of The Prosecutor v. William Samoei Ruto, Henry Kiprono Kosgey and Joshua Arap Sang and in the case of The Prosecutor v. Francis Kirimi Muthaura,Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta and Mohammed Hussein Ali. The confirmation of... Read More

Wangari Maathai dies at 71; Kenyan environmentalist

September 27, 2011 Global Authorcancer, environment, kenya, nobel peace prize, sustainable development, wangari Maathai

Reporting from Johannesburg, South Africa— Wangari Maathai, a Kenyan environmentalist who made it her mission to teach her countrywomen to plant trees and became Africa’s first female Nobel Peace Prize winner, has died. She was 71. One of Kenya’s most beloved figures, Maathai died Sunday after a yearlong battle with cancer. Her illness was not widely known until after her… Read More

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