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Kenya Sports Minister Wants Olympic Committee Disbanded
Nairobi (AFP) - Kenya's sports minister, under fire after a series of scandals and embarrassments at the Rio games, on...
Kenya’s World-Class Running Matched By World-Class Graft
Nairobi (AFP) - Kenya's runners impressed at the Rio Olympics, but to the country's shame its officials were equally...
Africa and Japan Emphasize the Need For A Strengthened Partnership
Preparation for the Sixth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD-VI) began today with a Senior...
Top Kenyan Olympic Committee Official Arrested
Nairobi (AFP) - Kenyan police on Friday arrested the secretary-general of the country's Olympic committee (NOCK) in the...
Three Top Kenyan Olympic Officials Arrested Over Rio ‘scandal’
Nairobi (AFP) - Three top Kenyan Olympics officials have been arrested as investigators probe allegations of...
Kenyan Police Raid Olympic Headquarters Over Corruption Scam
Nairobi (AFP) - Kenyan police raided the country's Olympic headquarters Saturday probing a corruption scam that saw...
Kenyan Wins 2016 Norman Borlaug Award For Field Research And Application
A Kenyan research scientist at the International Livestock Research Institute based in Nairobi has won the 2016 Norman...
NIgeria’s Buhari Says Boko Haram Leader ‘wounded’
Abuja (AFP) - Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari said Sunday that Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau is "wounded", in...
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Attends the Japan-Africa Business Conference
1. On Sunday, August 28, commencing at 11:56 a.m. (local time; 17:56 p.m., Sunday, August 28, Japan time) for...
Why EACS EPA With The Eu Just Doesnt Add Up…Op-Ed
The EPA issue has once again re-emerged when Tanzania informed EAC Members and the EU that it would not be able to sign...
TICAD: Japan Promises To Africa Is Mere Publicity Stunt
The Chinese on Sunday appeared to spoil Japan’s big publicity from the Tokyo International Conference on African...
Mahama Urges Enabling Environment For Foreign Investment In Africa
President John Mahama has urged African countries to create an enabling business environment that will guarantee the...
2Baba Named Campari Ambassador For Nigeria
From 2Face to 2Baba, Innocent Idibia’s story has been one of grass to grace. When he started out as one of the trio...
Tanzania Upstages Mozambique On Gas
Tanzania, which won the geopolitics battle with Kenya, by snatching away the pipeline deal, has also upped its stake...
Japan, African Countries Team Up To Boost Food Security
Boosting agricultural productivity and food security in Africa will require collective efforts by African countries and...
African Govts Must Priortize Sanitation
Africa is a continent of astonishing potential. But if it is to build the future its citizens deserve, there is a need...
I’m Willing To Swap Boko Haram Prisoners For the Chibok Girls
Nigeria’s President has again renewed his commitment to the rescue of the Chibok girls, saying government will not...
Africa Can Be World’s Food Basket – Mahama
Africa has the potential of becoming the world’s food basket, Ghana’s President John Mahama has said. Speaking at...
Rush Is On To Get East Africa’s Oil, Gas To the Market
Oil and gas are the buzzwords in East Africa as countries try to outdo each other in getting their hydrocarbons out of...