February 11

• Youngster Allan Included in National Team to Face Ireland

  Nairobi Star

  The national cricket team has named a strong side to face Ireland in a series of matches next week. The two teams will battle it out in ICC Intercontinental Cup, the Twenty20 and... Read more »

• German Sailors Charged Over Weapons Take Fresh Pleas

  Nairobi Star

  OFFICIALS of Kenya Maritime Authority and from the port of Mombasa yesterday testified in a case in which three German sailors are charged with illegally being in possession of... Read more »

February 10

• Dutch Funds for Phd Students Gone Missing

  RNW Africa

  "We have a problem in Uganda": the Dutch government may have been the victim of an extensive fraud case in Kampala. Grant money meant to support 20 Ugandan PhD students has... Read more »

• Russia Opposes More Sanctions On Khartoum

  Sudan Tribune

  Moscow does not support the introduction of additional sanctions against Khartoum, a Russian official has declared after his country and China have been accused of flouting a UN... Read more »

• Opposition Leader Goes Back on Trial

  RNW Africa

  The trial against Rwandan opposition politician, Victoire Ingabire (UDF), will start again this month in Kigali, Rwanda's capital. While the international press seems to have... Read more »

• The London Conference - An Act of False Generosity? [opinion]

  Fahamu

  On 23 February senior representatives from over 40 governments and multi-lateral organisations will come together in London. The aim is to deliver a new international approach to... Read more »

• Panel Clears British Airlines Over U.S.$235 Million Penalty

  Daily Trust

  The judicial appeal panel set up by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) to look into the legality or otherwise of the $235 million fine slammed on two British airlines,... Read more »

• EU Reiterates Respect for Independent Justice System

  Egypt Online

  Answering a question on the EU's stance regarding Egyptian measures against NGOs operating in Egypt over illegal funding, the European Union (EU) special envoy to the Southern... Read more »

• Ousman Sonko Now Ambassador to Spain

  Daily Observer

  Barely a week after his reappointment as the minister of the Interior, the president of the Republic of The Gambia, His Excellency, Sheikh Professor Alhaji Dr Yahya Jammeh has... Read more »

• Kufuor to Address Education Forum in UK

  Ghanaian Chronicle

  Former President John Agyekum Kufuor left Accra on Monday night for a one-week visit to the United Kingdom (UK), to address a high level forum on the linkage between Agriculture,... Read more »

• Britons Inspire Students Through Sports

  Observer

  Bernard Mulondo, 19, is interesting to watch. He has that posturing that only teenagers can muster. Read more »

• Why I Don't Want to Visit the U.S. and UK [opinion]

  Fahamu

  Finger-printing in the visa application process for visitors to the US and UK concerns millions of people. One Chinese academic has decided not to visit the countries in protest at... Read more »

• Boko Haram - Jonathan Calls for EU's Support

  Daily Trust

  President Goodluck Jonathan has called for support from the European Union to deal with the security challenges being posed by the Boko Haram in the country. Read more »

• Scottish Rotarians Visit Arusha, Support

  Arusha Times

  A party of 14 Rotarians and their supporters from Kirkcaldy in Scotland have been in Arusha for the past two weeks delivering humanitarian support in partnership with Rotarians in... Read more »

• BA Plane Lands in Darkness At Abuja Airport

  Daily Trust

  A British Airways flight from London landed at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja in darkness early yesterday following a generator failure, Daily Trust learnt. Read more »

• EU Pledges Support to EDPRS II

  New Times

  European Union's envoy for Africa, Nick Westcott, has said that the EU will be proud to contribute to Rwanda's second phase of the Economic Development and Poverty Reduction... Read more »

• Dutch Officials Tour Musanze

  New Times

  A team of officials from the Dutch embassy in Kigali yesterday visited several areas of Musanze District to assess the economic development and priority areas that may need... Read more »

• Flower Exporters Shrug Off Effects of Cold in Europe

  Business Daily

  Fresh produce and flower exporters have been spared the vagaries of extreme weather in Europe -- Kenya's main market -- which has been experiencing unusually low temperatures that... Read more »

• Horticulture Exporters Get Tougher Rules

  Nation

  Horticulture exporters must now identify farms where they source their fresh produce from or risk losing their licences, as the industry regulator tightens the noose in a bid to... Read more »

• French Envoy Denies Sex Scam Claims

  Nation

  France's ambassador to Liberia is struggling to clear his name in a sex scandal involving street girls. Read more »

• Govt Spends Half of Climate Funds

  Citizen

  Tanzania has only spent half of Norwegian funds on Reduced Deforestation and Land Degradation (REDD), the ambassador of Norway, Ms Ingunn Klepsvik has said. Read more »

February 9

• Oxfam Calls On EU Not to Shut Down 'Pharmacy of the Developing World' [press release]

  Oxfam

  On the eve of a high-level summit between the leaders of India and the European Union in Delhi, Oxfam is calling on the EU not to pressure India into agreeing new trade rules that... Read more »

• EU Special Envoy - We Take Effective Measures to Help Govt Regain Its Smuggled Funds

  Egypt Online

  The European Union's special envoy to the Southern Mediterranean region, Bernardino Leon stressed on Wednesday 8/2/2012 that the EU attaches great importance to help Egypt to... Read more »

• IMF Cuts Nation's Growth to 4 Percent

  Monitor

  The International Monetary Fund has downgraded Uganda's 2011/12 growth by one percentage point to 4 per cent, saying the crisis in the Eurozone is likely to slow progress of the... Read more »

• Honorary MBE Awarded to Mr Lamin Kinteh of Soma

  Foroyaa

  The British High Commission has the pleasure to announce that in recognition of his services to scouting and educational projects, Mr Lamin Kinteh, of the Kaira Konko Project in... Read more »