East Africa

East Africa: Ugandans, Kenyans Work as 'Mercenaries' in Iraq

All Africa (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago

Thousands of Ugandans and Kenyans are working in Iraq and Afghanistan as contractors for US-based security companies.

East Africa: Presidents Sign Common Market Pact

All Africa (Free subscription) | yesterday

Heads of State of the five East African Community partners yesterday signed the protocol on the establishment of the East African Common Market.

A common market in East Africa

Rigotnomics (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009

"The presidents of Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Uganda and Burundi have agreed to the free movement of people and goods across the region. The common market is due to come into effect by July 2010." ( BBC ) No more visas, no more tariffs! Pretty incredible no? Let's see.

East Africa: It's Dawn of New Era for EA Region

All Africa (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009

Today marks a major turning point in the history of the revived East African Community.

Trade deal agreed in East Africa

BBC News (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009

Leaders from Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi sign a common market trade agreement.

Somali woman stoned to death

Muslims Against Sharia (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago

A Somali woman has been stoned to death for committing what a judge has said was adultery. The 20-year-old divorcee was executed on Tuesday after confessing to having had sex with a 29-year-old unmarried man. Sheikh Ibrahim Abdirahman, the judge for a court created by the rebel group al-Shabab, says the woman was killed in front of a crowd of some 200 people near the town of Wajid. The woman, who gave...

The East African Community is great

Schneider Home (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago

The East African Union is set to become a proper free trade and free movement area from the middle of next year . This is excellent news. Part of the global trade problem is the extremely high barriers erected between developing countries, especially in Africa. This Union , modeled on the EU, of Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, and Kenya should promote greater trade and prosperity in the region,...

Africa population tops a billion

Geostrategy (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago

AFRICA'S POPULATION: 1BN# Central Africa: 125.7m# East Africa: 318.8m# North Africa: 209.4m# West Africa 298.6m Source: UNPF, State of the World Report 2009The number of people in Africa has passed the one billion mark, the UN Population Fund says in a report.UNPF's Executive Director Thoraya Obeid told the BBC that the annual figures showed the continent's population had doubled in the last 27

TV puppet satire torments Kenyan elite

The Guardian (Free subscription) | 16 hours ago

African version of Spitting Image has delighted big audiences by ridiculing corrupt politicians A rapping president describes himself as "a real bad dude"; a prime minister and vice-president fight over lavatories; and a set of parliamentarians suffer from a brain disease called "corruptophaelia". Welcome to Kenya, as seen and portrayed by Africa's version of Spitting Image , a...

HMCS Fredericton begins anti-piracy patrols

CBC.ca (Free subscription) | yesterday

Canadian warship HMCS Fredericton has taken up anti-piracy duties off east Africa and will spend the next six months patrolling in the Gulf of Aden and off the Horn of Africa.

• Canadian Warship to Begin Counter-Piracy Operation - The Earth Times Online Newspaper
• Department of National Defence: Canadian Warship to Begin Counter-Piracy Operation - Market Wire

An Empathetic Evolution: The 2009 Acumen Fund Investor Gathering

Acumen Fund Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday

Several days ago, Acumen Fund hosted its Investor Gathering, an annual event – part open house, part state of the union – that gives investors a comprehensive view of what Acumen Fund has been doing over the past year and the ways it aims to grow in the next. With staff and investees coming in from Pakistan, India, and East Africa, and with over a hundred and fifty partners from 16 countries...

EAC common market protocol to spur economic growth

People Daily (Free subscription) | yesterday

The signing of the East Africa Community (EAC) protocol in Arusha on Friday is expected to spur economic growth in the region. The Common Market which shall be managed in accordance with relevant laws of the East African Community provides for the free movement of goods, persons, labor, services and capital. The common market further provides for the right of establishment, the right of residence,...

• East Africa sign customs union protocol - New Vision
• East African bloc to sign common market treaty - France24

Somalia: Abusive Behavior in Puntland

All Africa (Free subscription) | yesterday

In late October, the Puntland government arrested five men of Ogadeni origin. These men came to Puntland using Somali travel documents provided by Somali authorities in Yemen.

British yacht couple captured by Somali gunmen make desperate plea.Rachel Chandler Paul Chandler captured by somali pirates to be killed within days

My World Earth (Free subscription) | yesterday

Captured: The moment the Lynn Rival was boarded by pirates off east Africa Video: Rachel and her husband Paul, who were kidnapped by Somali pirates last month, begged for their lives as they warned they could be killed within days Plea: Mr Chandler appeared healthier than his wife but was clearly showing signs of exhaustion from the ordeal Terror: Rachel Chandler trembles as pirates menace her with...

EAC common market protocol to spur economic growth

Xinhuanet (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009

The signing of the East Africa Community (EAC) protocol in Arusha on Friday is expected to spur economic growth in the region.

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victorio | 05/08/2009

Summary: Father Lankester Merrin thinks that he has glimpsed the phiz or phizog of Evil. In the years ensuing World War II, Merrin is relentlessly tormented by way of memories of the unspeakable brutality perpetrated contra the honest community of his fol during the War. In the wake of every bit of the alarm he has seen, both his credence in his boy male adult and his credence in the Almighty keep...