Thursday 3 March 2011
Of the total number of primary school age children in the world who are not enrolled in school, over 40 per cent live in countries affected by conflict, according to UNESCO’s 2011 Global Monitoring Report.
Thursday 3 March 2011
A Kenya-based online question and answer platform, ‘majibu.com,’ is set to begin a franchising model to speed up its usage in other African countries as well as to provide more monetization opportunities.
Wednesday 2 March 2011
Koinonia Community is among the NGOs based in Nairobi Kenya that makes a special effort to address the plight of street children. The number of children under rehabilitation and the length of it experience - Koinonia dates it back when it started in 1995 - making it one of the most effective agencies in this area. The NGO has six centers situated in different localities within and in the outskirts of Nairobi.
Tuesday 1 March 2011
Leaked diplomatic cables say the Deputy Prime Minister and Finance minister loves his beer bottle and is associated with the dreaded Mungiki sect.
Tuesday 1 March 2011
As the crisis in Libya relentlessly goes on and Muamar Gadafi decidedly holding on to power, the United Nations High Commission for Refugees has stepped in to assist avert a humanitarian catastrophy faced by thousands of immigrants workers from the region.
Monday 28 February 2011
Partnership between UAP Insurance, Syngenta Foundation, Safaricom expand insurance plan to cover value of farm harvests, more crops to provide safety net for Kenyan farmers.
Saturday 26 February 2011
Despite President Barack Obama’s strategy to disarm the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) and neutralise their threat to civilians, current efforts are falling short and risk discouraging fighters from defecting.
Tuesday 22 February 2011
Kenya’s learning institutions - both primary and secondary – are set to benefit from learning content developed by the Wikimedia Foundation working in partnership with local content developers.
Monday 21 February 2011
Unprecedented protests continue to rock North Africa as fearless demonstrators demand reforms
Monday 21 February 2011
Known as the ‘Great Green Wall’ for the Sahara and Sahel Initiative (GGWSSI) and Lake Chad, country leaders said the joint venture will employ a mosaic of approaches to manage natural resources over a 15 km wide and 7,775 km stretch from Senegal in the west to Djibouti in the east.
Saturday 19 February 2011
A combination of inter-communal competition for natural resources, decline of local traditional justice systems and rising external threats risks destabilising what has hitherto been a relatively quiet part of the vast country if not promptly and unambiguously tackled.
Saturday 19 February 2011
A subsidiary of one of the world’s largest commodity trading companies stands accused of a series of tax irregularities in Zambia – a desperately poor developing country where life expectancy is 47 and tax revenues are urgently needed.
Friday 18 February 2011
Grant will further help in the integration of financial market infrastructure, development of the regional bond market, capacity building in both EAC Secretariat and regulatory bodies in EAC Partner States
Thursday 17 February 2011
Cash shortage looms as power struggles continue in the West African nation
Tuesday 15 February 2011
Kenya government Monday launched the first global roll-out of vaccination with pneumococcal conjugate vaccine against pneumonia, a leading killer of children under five years.
