The voting for a proposed constitution started on Wednesday, which is likely to make Kenya much more democratic than before. Tight security is established on all the polling booths in order to avoid previous post election massacare which occured in 1997. People gathered to vote at several polling boths and formed long Queues at Nairobi [...]
The Eastern Democratic Republic village of Congo was devastated and at least 220 people were killed as a lorry carrying fuel turned over on the highway leaking oil, that spread like would fire across the neighboring terrain. Many people from the Sange, gathered around the site of accident as many homes were devastated with the [...]
Lieutenant General Kayumba Nyamwsa was shot in an assassination attempt and the four men who tried to kill him have been arrested and identified. They are Juma Huseni who is 35 years of age and is from Tanzania, Ahmed Ali is 26 and hails from Somali, George Francis is a 31 year old Mozambican and [...]
The presidential elections held in Burundi turned violent with grenade attacks and boycotts. According to reports there were three grenade attacks in the capital while two more explosions occurred din the northern part of the country. But despite all the political unrest, Pierre Nkurunziza remains unfazed and is all set to come out a winner. [...]
The outcome of the presidential elections held in Guinea in West Africa mark the democratic experiment as having a major impact in shaping the political evolution in the country. If Guinea’s democratic transition holds it will be the largest democracy as well as secular democracy in Africa. The transition could have enormously important global consequences [...]
On Sunday, an explosion ripped across back to back at a political rally leaving 5 dead and 75 injured. The incident occurred in a prayer meeting in the capital, Kenya, which was held by the leaders of church and politicians who are campaigning against the new constitution. Another two blasts ripped through the Uhuru Park, [...]
Over 10 million people from four countries in west Africa are adversely affected by a severe drought according to aid agencies. Nigeria which is the worst affected country has some 7.1 million people who are suffering from hunger, with nearly half considered highly food insecure because of the loss of livestock and crops coupled with [...]
The prime minister of Ethopia has rejected all threats by Egypt, in order to prevent the construction of dam and other projects on the Nile river. Meles Zenawi told that Eygpt can’t prevent Ethopia from construction of dam on the river nile. Just few days back Ethopis along with Rwanda, Uganda and Tanzania signed a [...]
The SPLM or Sudan People’s Liberation Movement on Wednesday told that, its presidential candidate, Mr Yasir Arman would boycott the poll and withdraw from the election which will be held in April after a gap of 24 years. The reason behind this step was mainly because of unfair or irregularities in the election and also [...]
Somalia’s Al shabab group announced that they are all set to confront US and that they are not scared of the worlds superpower. Speaking to journalists, the spokesman of the group, Ali Mahmoud Rajhi said that now they are even more sure that they are on the right path since the tie-up of US with [...]
