Africa News

[Capital FM]Nairobi -The Truth Justice and Reconciliation Commission (TJRC) has finally handed in its report to President Uhuru Kenyatta, bringing hope to Kenyans who have suffered historical injustices in the past.

[Capital FM]Nairobi -Orange Kenya has asked Google to share revenues acquired from traffic which runs on providers networks in order to enhance partnerships.

[Sudan Tribune]Khartoum -Sudan intends to establish a specialised micro-finance bank with a capital of $ 5 million to fight poverty, raise standards of living, and curb unemployment.

[The Herald]Chinese Vice Premier Mr Wang Yang arrived in Zimbabwe yesterday on an official visit to boost business and bilateral relations between Harare and Beijing.

[Sudan Tribune]Khartoum -The Sudanese oil minister Awad Al-Jaz on Tuesday denied reports that his government hampered the exportation of South Sudan crude through the Heglig pipeline, stressing it functions normally.

[Sudan Tribune]Juba -Major investors from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have been flocking to the new country in recent months seeking investment opportunities in various sectors.

[Sudan Tribune]Juba -South Sudanese police and national security personnel continued their crack down on places suspected to be selling alcohol on Tuesday in Lakes state capital, Rumbek.

[Aswat Masriya]A gunman was killed in an air strike on a village in northern Sinai during a security operation on Tuesday, reported a state-owned news channel.

[Aswat Masriya]Security sources in northern Sinai said that army and police forces began raiding homes in al-Sheikh Zuwayed and Rafah on Tuesday in search of the seven security members who were abducted on Thursday.

Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy are named in connection with post-election violence in a long-awaited report investigating human rights abuses.

[Aswat Masriya]Egypt's Armed Forces said on Tuesday it did not and will not hesitate in taking any steps to release the kidnapped soldiers in Sinai.

[Daily News]TANZANIA Ports Authority (TPA) has assured prospective investors that the authority will accord them cooperation and continue creating conducive environment for investment.

[Daily News]Zanzibar -THE Tanzania Atomic Energy Commission (TAEC) has said that people should not get worried about living near communication towers.

[Sabahi]Mogadishu -The Somali government last week began a three-phase campaign to remove illegal roadblocks set up by militia members on the roads connecting Mogadishu to the Lower Shabelle capital of Marka and the Bay capital of Baidoa.

[The Herald]PRESIDENT Mugabe is today expected to sign Constitutional Amendment (No. 20) Bill into law at State House at a function to be attended by Principals to the Global Political Agreement.

[Sabahi]Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama has pledged his country's support for Somalia's reconstruction period, Ghana's Graphic Online reported Monday (May 20th).

[Times of Zambia]THE Government's removal of subsidy on maize and fertiliser - justifiably or not - has helped to revive the argument on the need to diversify consumption from nshima to other foods.

[Times of Zambia]THE Government's removal of subsidy on maize and fertiliser - justifiably or not - has helped to revive the argument on the need to diversify consumption from nshima to other foods.

[Daily News]EFFORTS by the government to promote employment opportunities and subsequently reduction of poverty will bear fruits if the third generation of mobile telecommunication technology (3G) becomes accessible in rural and densely populated areas.

[Daily News]Dodoma -THE government will not renew licences for private cashew nut buyers who have been underpaying farmers, the Deputy Minister for Agriculture, Food and Cooperatives, Mr Adam Malima has said.