East Africa News

[Daily News]The Maasai tribe of Kenya and Tanzania has long been a beacon of traditional culture to many Africans - and for Westerners on safari through Maasai Mara, Samburu or Amboseli, a familiar face.

[Daily News]Zanzibar -THE development of technology and innovation in Zanzibar is largely hampered by deride, lack of assessment and lack of policy, government leaders said on Thursday at the Smart Partnership Dialogue workshop help here on Thursday.

[Daily News]President Ali Mohamed Shein has said that Zanzibar needs stronger relations with development partners including Indonesia and Demark to achieve its development goals.

[Daily News]Kasulu District Hospital labour ward caters to more than 4,500 deliveries per year in a single room with four beds, facing problems when compared to a hospital in Sweden which has 8 delivery rooms and 65 physicians.

[Daily News]THERE is widespread misconception in many parts of the world that it is only the rich people who are duty bound to help the less fortunate members of the society.

[Daily News]GOVERNMENT is collecting views from wildlife stakeholders on the establishment of the Tanzania Wildlife Authority (TAWA).

[Daily News]THE initial and continuing support of the World Lund Foundation maternal health project in the country has come from New York based Bloomberg Philanthropies.

[Garowe Online]Deputy President William Ruto said the instability in Somalia is piling pressure on Kenya's security situation.

[Garowe Online]Military experts attending the ongoing field training exercise of 10 Eastern Africa armies held here in the eastern Ugandan district of Jinja have said the Eastern African Standby Force (EASF) would be ready for operation by 2015.

[Garowe Online]Kismayo -A delegation from the Inter Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) arrived Saturday in the Somali southern port city of Kismayo and was warmly received by Jubaland President Sheikh Ahmed Mohamed Islam (Madobe) in Kismayo, Garowe Online reports.

[Shabelle]Mogadishu (Sh.M.Network) the president of the federal republic of Somalia Hassan Sheikh Mohamud during the opening ceremony of an educational center funded by the Turkish government touched on the situation of the Juba regions.

[Shabelle]The first ever Europe Day in Mogadishu was celebrated on 15th May 2013. The celebration brought together Somalia government officials, Civil Society and international partners, led by the European Union Special Envoy, Ambassador Michele Cervone d'Urso. All parties to the celebration noted the significance and the symbolism of the event-Europe Day marked the day that Europe decided to join forces to prevent further conflict by 'making war not only unthinkable, but materially impossible'. The EU Special Envo

[Shabelle]El Barde -News sources from El Barde in Bakol region report that a fierce battle occurred today at a place not far from the town of El Bar between government forces and Alshabab militia.

[New Vision]South Korea has hailed the government of Uganda for ensuring national security that has stimulated peace and an environment that fosters economic growth.

[New Vision]The Siamese twins admitted at Mulago hospital have developed pneumonia.

[New Vision]Several health centres across the country are still grappling with lack of vaccines for immunisation against child killer diseases, the Ministry of Health has confirmed.

[New Vision]Government has been called on to consider the rural communities during the planning process if the country is to increased household incomes that will reduce poverty levels.

[New Vision]DEFENDING champions St. Mary's Kitende's defence was breached for the first time in the COPA Coca-Cola yesterday but St. Leo's Kyegobe could not stop their march into the final.

[New Vision]The Government is considering removing all tax levied on retirement benefits for employees in the formal sector.

[New Vision]The police have arrested a key suspect in the last month's murder of a private security guard at the offices of Samaritans Purse, an international NGO in Bugolobi, a city suburb.