East Africa - Top News

• November 23
• New Vision Uganda: Cranes to Redesign Front Two

  CRANES boss Bobby Williamson will spend the next few days trying to identify the right attacking combination that will guarantee Uganda the desired goals in Nairobi-particularly with the absence of Brian Umony.

• New Vision Uganda: Afidra Dominant As Power Triumph

  IT is not surprising that D'Mark Power needed overtime to defeat Kyambogo Warriors 75-72 in Game 1 of the men's best-of-seven playoff finals at YMCA on Friday.

• New Vision Uganda: No Place for Faint Hearts

  UGANDAN athletes are ready to retain the MTN Kampala Marathon title, but the biggest competition will be in the 10km races, where former World champion medallists Moses Kipsiro and Dorcus Inzikuru are expected to fight for titles. But it will not be that easy in the star studded line ups.

• New Vision Uganda: Six for Taipei Contest

  UGANDA will send six boxers to the President's Cup in Taiwan next month.

• New Vision Uganda: Cross-Border Trade Grows But

  INCREASING numbers of Ugandans watch South African TV, enjoy South African music and radio, eat South African food and are kept connected with their families through the Ugandan subsidiary of South Africa's telecom gaint MTN.

• Garowe Online Somalia: Aweys Holds Secret Talks With Al-Shabaab

  The leader of Somalia's Hizbul Islam, Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys has secretly held talks with some top Al-Shabaab officials to discuss the brewing row between the two groups.

• New Times East Africa: EAC Expansion Good for Its People

  The news that East African Community's neighbours, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and the Sudan have shown interest in joining the five-nation grouping will go a long way in increasing the development prospects of the sub-region.

• Citizen Tanzania: Yanga Seek Itcs for Duo

  As the mini transfer window heats up, Young Africans have requested for International Transfer Certificates (ITC) of Nadir Haroub (Cannavaro) and John Njoroge.

• Citizen Tanzania: Veteran Golfer Triumphs in Zain Tourney

  Veteran golfer George Liljeblad put in a scintillating display to win the Zain Golf Tournament in the 18-hole event at Lugalo course on Sunday.

• Citizen Tanzania: Gymhkana Players Shine in BQ Junior Tennis Tournament

  Sara Bura defeated her archrival Georgina Kaindoah by 2-1 sets in the BQ Junior Tennis Tornament held at Dar es Salaam Gymkhana Club on Sunday.

• Citizen Tanzania: BoT Now Comes Up With New Limitation

  The Bank of Tanzania (BoT) has restricted outsourcing by banks and financial institutions to enhance the stability of the financial system in the wake of the global financial and economic crises.

• Citizen Tanzania: Mass Evictions As Region Acts On Forest Reserve Encroachers

  More than 3,000 people have been evicted from three tabora forest reserves in the past two months. The evictions were effected following a special campaign to kick out invaders from the forest reserves.

• Citizen Tanzania: Donor And Delegation Kept Waiting At School

  A Canadian donor was at the weekend temporarily barred from visiting a primary school in Misungwi District in Mwanza Region.

• Citizen Tanzania: Malaria Drug Costs to Be Cut - Govt

  The cost of first line malaria drug in the country (Allu) will be lowered to Sh400 per dose, the Government has announced.

• Citizen Tanzania: Cheka Set to Take On Areco At PTA Hall

  The title unification bout pitting the UBO middleweight champion, Francis Cheka and Argentine Enrico Areco will now take place at PTA Hall in Dar es Salaam, the Pugilist Syndicate of Tanzania (PST) said yesterday.

• Citizen Tanzania: Ex-Chadema Official Defects to NCCR

  Former Chama cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo (Chadema) information officer David Kazfulila has joined the opposition NCCR-Mageuzi.

• Citizen Tanzania: Initiate Review of the Statutes, Says Network

  The Government has been urged to review the Constitution ahead of next year's General Election.

• Citizen Tanzania: Karume - Rare Meeting With Hamad Was CUF's Initiative

  Zanzibar President Amani Abeid Karume yesterday said his agreement with the Civic United Front (CUF) to end longstanding animosity between them was the opposition party's initiative.

• Independent Uganda: Leaked - 2004 Heritage Oil PSA

  There's been a lot of news on the oil front in the past few days. Today, it was announced that Heritage Oil has sold its stake to Italian energy giant Eni S.p.A. for $1.5 billion -- quite a large sum.

• New Vision Uganda: I Am Assertive [interview]

  BARNABAS Tinkasimire is the MP for Buyaga County in Kibaale District. He told Elizabeth Namazzi why he didn't become a priest and what he thinks of Banyoro

• New Vision Uganda: Twelve Dogs Die of Aflatoxicosis

  THERE has been an outbreak of aflatoxicosis again, within Kampala. Twelve dogs have so far died of the disease. However, evidence shows that all the dogs had been fed on maize bran.

• Unamid Sudan: Demobilization and Reintegration Programme Begins in North Darfur

  More than 150 ex-combatants took part today in the first of a three-day demobilization and reintegration programme sponsored by the Government of Sudan and supported by UNAMID.

• Garowe Online Somalia: Pirates Threaten to Kill Old British Couple

  A British couple held hostage by Somali pirates are warning that their lives are in danger after their captives threatened to kill them if their ransom demands are not met within a week.

• Garowe Online Somalia: Heavy Fighting Erupt in Mogadishu

  Two civilians have been killed and five others injured in heavy fighting between rebel forces and Somali government forces backed by African Union troops that rocked parts of restive Somali capital Mogadishu.

• Garowe Online Somalia: Al-Shabaab Capture Southern Town

  Somalia's hardline insurgent group Al-Shabaab has said that it has seized the control of a southern Somali town from their rival Hizbul Islam group.