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Two studies on donor health funding for regions like East Africa recently reached the same controversial conclusion -- that aid money often does not go to the right countries and diseases, and in some cases serves to weaken public health systems.
Botswana has said that it does not agree with the African Union (AU) decision to denounce the International Criminal Court (ICC) and to refuse to extradite Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir to stand trial for genocide.
The United States on Saturday continued to pile pressure on the grand coalition government to implement reforms it promised under Agenda Four of the National Accord.
President Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga may be called to account for atrocities committed during the post-election violence, should the International Criminal Court take up the matter.
After a 50-year wait, thousands of Kenyans in Central Province have received the most coveted asset in the country - a piece of land.
Tanzania will receive $100 million credit from the International Development Association to extend its access to affordable communications services.
Tens of thousands of elephants on the Tanzania-Mozambique border have been killed for their ivory tusks in the past five years, says new scientific research which has been able to trace the origin of ivory sales now booming again in East Asia.
Tanzania might not be known as a great sporting nation beyond East Africa, but the country now boasts of the first ever international basketballer from the region to grace the world famous NBA, the US top basketball league.
Women's groups in embattled Mogadishu are stepping into the aid vacuum to assist thousands more displaced by fighting in the capital, civil society activists said.
An Antonov 28 fixed wing aircraft belonging to Supreme Global Services Solutions, which has been contracted by the United Nations to supply food rations in its peace operations, crash landed in Saraf Omra in Kabkabiya Province, North Darfur earlier today. According to reports, the incident occurred on approach to the runway when the aircraft's nose wheel collapsed.
The joint statement from the only opposition parties in Somaliland, Kulmiye and UCID, stated that the presidential election has been "delayed four times" and that the opposition has "no confidence" in the Somaliland election commission.
Kenya is the most corrupt county in the East African region followed by Uganda, the latest Bribery Index report has said.
The public will have a taste of the budgeting process when House teams sit next week to discuss this year's budgetary allocations.
Sheik Moktar Abu Zubeyr, the (Amir) leader of Harakat Al-shabab Mujahideen has sent message to the media at overnight and called for the transional government soldiers to hand over their weapons to the Islamist forces with in 5 days.
The United States will focus on boosting farm productivity, through sustainable agricultural development assistance under its foreign assistance programme to Ethiopia, its Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Recourses Jacob J. Lew disclosed.
While acknowledging that Kenya's Grand Coalition Government (GCG) has given rise to much debate and commentary, Zaya Yeebo argues that civil society's ability to influence change without violence is often ignored. Though other African countries see their people's voices expressed through groups such as trade unions and youth organisations, Kenyans' voices are muted by the noisy contestations of ...
After years of bad news, the tea industry finally has some good news.
Widespread corruption in key public institutions in East Africa could soon cripple trade and development in the region, a new report has warned.
United States authors and publishers who filed a class action lawsuit against Google, for allegedly violating their copyrights have agreed to a landmark settlement that could significantly benefit their counterparts in East Africa too.
US think tank Fund for Peace has ranked Kenya 14 out of 20 countries considered to be critical in the "failed state" category.
Confirmation by Kenya of the region's first case of swine flu or H1N1 is raising fears of economic repercussions, with the farming and tourism sectors at most risk.
An ambitious campaign to have Uganda shift its transit goods from Kenya to Tanzania as an alternative and cheaper route is a long shot.
Even as East Africa gears up to host the 8th Africa Growth Opportunities Act Forum in Kenya, the private sector in the region says it is yet to fully benefit from trade between itself and the United States under the arrangement.
Starting this month, all goods imported through the port of Dar es Salaam and destined for inland container depots will have to be clearly labelled to check pilferage and loss of revenue by the government.
An Africa-centred campaign to discredit the International Criminal Court (ICC) could have repercussions for a potential move to bring before the court the cases of Kenyans accused of orchestrating the 2008 post-election violence.
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