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- Wednesday 15 September 2010
Kenya: Simba Vehicle Rental Revamps Local AVIS Services
Move is part of Simba Colt Motors Group’s investment in the hospitality industry. - Wednesday 15 September 2010
Protest as Mugabe, PM Increase Their Salaries
Civil servants cry foul after the two principals secretly give themselves a raise. - Tuesday 14 September 2010
EU Delegation Condemns Violence in Somalia
Mission Heads Express Outrage Over Attacks During Ramadhan as Special Envoys Call for Unity of Purpose - Tuesday 14 September 2010
Kenya: Mining Authorities Announce Gold Discovery
The Gold deposits could be mined up to 15 years, earning the country US$75 million. - Monday 13 September 2010
Kenya: Children Dying of Needless Pain
Legal hurdles complicate the supply of morphine. - Saturday 11 September 2010
Plight of Kenyan Child Highlighted.
A round up of the week’s news, compiled by Newsfromafrica staff writers. - Friday 10 September 2010
Somalia: AMISOM Foils Mogadishu Airport Attack
Suicide bombers’ attempt to blow up airport thwarted. - Thursday 9 September 2010
Somalia: Al-Shabab Threatens More Attacks on Uganda
Militia group reacts to Kampala’s offer to send more troops to Somalia. - Thursday 9 September 2010
Africa: Seventh African Development Forum to Focus on Climate Change
Forum will act as a preparation for the Climate Change Conference slated for Cancun, Mexico in December. - Thursday 9 September 2010
Africa: UN HABITAT awards African housing institutions
Institutions awarded for improving living conditions in towns and cities. - This Week in Africa |Thursday 9 September 2010
Fresh Clashes Kill Many in Darfur
A round up of the week’s news, compiled by Newsfromafrica staff writers. - This Week in Africa | Monday 6 September 2010
Police Arrest another Kampala Blast Suspect
A round up of the week’s news, compiled by Newsfromafrica staff writers. - Monday 6 September 2010
Kenya: Government assures public over ‘killer numbers’
Rumours doing the rounds in the country last week that it was dangerous to receive certain calls were a mere hoax. - Monday 6 September 2010
Africa: Green Revolution Forum convenes in Ghana
The first-ever African Green Revolution forum convenes with a call to invest in African agriculture - Monday 6 September 2010
Botswana: Laureates appeal to President over Bushmen
Recipients of the alternative Nobel Prize champion the rights of the Bushmen.