Kenya has joined countries pressing for reforms in the United Nation's key decision-making structures.
The political siege against Prime Minister Raila Odinga could be part of 2012 succession politics and a wider plot to derail the constitutional review process, experts suggest.
Traditional money transfer firms face tough times even as banks come up with new strategies to counter blistering competition from mobile cash transactions that put a strain on their deposits growth.
A casual look at the sharply dressed grey-haired man reveals little about the septuagenarian whose life story is intertwined with the founding of the Kenyan nation.
Erudite scholar and renowned cleric, Monsignor Matthew Hassan Kukah, yesterday decried Nigeria's health system in view of the country's dwindling health sector.
Delegates from the five partners' states of the East African Community last week met in Kigali to discuss modalities of implementing the forth coming Competition Act and how it will impact the economies of EAC member states.
A United Nations General Assembly panel that met this week broke new ground and helped build new momentum for ending human rights violations based on sexual orientation and gender identity, a coalition of sponsoring nongovernmental organizations said today.
Kenya is not a failed state. Not yet, anyway. The reason the country is often portrayed as on its way to becoming a basket case is partly because it has the highest concentration of foreign correspondents in Africa, who therefore have a front row seat to report the numerous negative stories that emerge in the country.
At the United Nations Conference on Climate Change, the question, when it comes to the world of faith, is not, "Who is in the Danish capital for 11 critical days in December?" but "Who is not here?"
One of the key components of global action on climate change will be measures to adapt to changes that are already unavoidable. The Global Gender and Climate Alliance argues that specific attention be paid to the needs of women.
Copenhagen offers the prospect of a robust political deal, endorsed by the world's leaders and witnessed by the world's people, that sets out clear targets and a timeline for translating it into law.
ZAMBIA has thrown its weight behind fellow least developed countries (LCDS) and G-77 countries advocating for the full implementation of the Kyoto Protocol and a final negotiated legally binding decision on Climate Change mitigations.
The fate of Guinea hangs in the balance following the shooting of the country's military ruler, Captain Moussa Dadis Camara. There are fears that the fractured security forces could split further and trigger serious violence.
The United States has stepped up pressure on Madagascar's rulers to agree on a transitional government or face losing trade benefits under American law.
Guinea's interim junta leader, General Sékouba Kounaté, has reiterated the regime's allegiance to his wounded and hospitalised military boss, Capt Moussa Dadis Camara.
Invictus has been showered with praise abroad, with US film critics giving it the thumbs-up for its conciliatory, emotional and empathic stance on unity, reconciliation and forgiveness.
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe will today officially open Zanu PF's congress at a defining moment following its defeat in last year's general election. There have been explosive internal clashes recently which have exposed simmering regional and ethnic hostilities threatening to tear the party apart.
The Security Council today called on the international community to support the preparation of elections in Burundi next year after the top United Nations official in the small Central African country warned that a lack of funding was challenging the "significant advances" already made after decades of ethnic and factional war.
The Central Bank of Nigeria has banned cheque payment for any amount above N10 million, even as it explained the huge losses posted by banks in their nine months operating results.
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe bemoaned the divisions ripping at his party, as he opened its first congress on Friday since it lost its absolute grip on power.
HEAD of delegation of the European Union (EU) Xavier Marchal yesterday said Europe was ready to restore relations with Harare if the country fully consummates the global political agreement (GPA). Opening an Economic Partnership Agreements (EPA) seminar in the capital, Marchal said the EU was not pushing for regime change as claimed by President Robert Mugabe.
Christmas merry making may have come a little early for gender rights' activists in the country after Parliament yesterday passed a new law that outlaws and criminalises female genital mutilation.
The British Government has withheld a Sh1.2billion grant over the disappearance of funds for the free primary education programme in two government ministries.
THE use of multi currencies has thrown Zanu PF into financial trouble, a central committee report on finance for this year says.
The two biggest polluters in the world, the United States and China have fallen out openly over who should benefit from climate change funds, at the ongoing 15th Conference of the Parties (COP15) to the United Nations Framework Climate Change Convention (UNFCCC) in Copenhagen, Denmark.
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