Full Coverage: East Africa

30.11.2007 The Kenyan government will soon declare tuberculosis a national disaster, as approximately 70 Kenyans die from the disease every day.
From: Daily Nation (Nairobi)

30.11.2007 The verdict in the case of Ethiopian anti-poverty campaigners Daniel Bekele and Netsanet Demissie, which was expected today, has been postponed yet again because one of the three judges has had to be replaced because of illness.

29.11.2007 Although aid workers say his fate is "vital to the ongoing [peace] process," a top player in Uganda's main rebel movement has not been heard from for several weeks.

26.11.2007 The government has controversially retained Dr Tafataona Mahoso as the chairperson of the restructured state-controlled Media and Information Commission (MIC) which will look into the Associated Newspapers of Zimbabwe (ANZ) application to be duly licensed despite court findings on his bias against the publishing company.

22.11.2007 The verdict in the case of Ethiopian anti-poverty campaigners Daniel Bekele and
Netsanet Demissie, which was expected today, has been postponed again because a judge is in hospital.

21.11.2007 A group of Ugandan women parliamentarians spoke to American lawmakers about the importance of women's empowerment as a step toward ending conflicts around the world.
From: Centre for Development and Population Activities

21.11.2007 The number of displaced people inside Somalia has risen sharply to one million, says the UN refugee agency.

20.11.2007 The chief executives of the Financial Gazette and Zimind Publishers Jacob Chisese and Raphael Khumalo respectively, were arrested for allegedly increasing cover prices without the approval of the National Incomes and Pricing Commission.

20.11.2007 Up to 80 per cent of computer consumable products on sale in East Africa could be fake, a major regional distributor with branches in four countries has claimed. Among the most affected are the HP brand of toners and cartridges, according to Red Dot Kenya country manager Asif Saroya. Red Dot is a distributor of computers and related accessories with offices in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Ethiopia

19.11.2007 YES (Youth Employment Systems) Fund – the Global Fund for Youth Entrepreneurship – has announced its ICT Business Plan Competition for year 2007-2008. Winners will be judged on the basis of most innovative ideas and business plans in India and Kenya.

14.11.2007 Joy TV- a sister company to Joy Radio has been held up in the wrangle with the country’s communications regulator after it challenged Macra Board in court describing it as illegal.

09.11.2007 Countless Somalis struggle daily to acquire just ten liters of water for their entire families -- roughly the same amount used to flush a toilet in an industrialized nation. See what life is like for the average, thirsty Somali citizen.

09.11.2007 Zambia and India have signed an agreement that will see India fund Zambian centres to train researchers and the public in information and communication technology (ICT) skills. Peter Daka, the Zambian minister of science and technology, and River Wallang, the Indian high commissioner to Zambia, signed the agreement in Lusaka.

09.11.2007 The Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (Macra) has ordered Joy TV to immediately stop any television broadcasting until the station is issued with appropriate radio and broadcasting licenses.

08.11.2007 Umaru Yar'Adua has become the first African head of state to criticize the Zimbabwean president -- citing his disregard for the rule of law -- in the lead up to next month's Africa-Europe summit.
From: SW Radio Africa

08.11.2007 All over northern Uganda, families are leaving the huge "mother camps" of the war years and moving to transitional villages like Oyere, whose 1,068 residents all originally come from within a mile or so of here.

07.11.2007 Slow internet connections at cafes in Nairobi will shortly speed up, thanks to a deal soon between the Kenyan government and French/US engineering company Alcatel-Lucent, to lay a fibre-optic cable network in the country.

07.11.2007 Joy Television Limited, expected to be Malawi’s first private TV station, will not go ahead to launch 24 hour beaming of its programmes following Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (Macra’s) refusal to give the station a broadcasting frequency.

06.11.2007 Successful government reforms have helped Rwanda reach second place (in a tie with Finland) on the latest Gender Equity Index.
From: New Times (Kigali)

06.11.2007 War between Ethiopia and Eritrea could break out again within weeks, potentially throwing the entire Horn of Africa into new turmoil, a think tank warns.
From: International Crisis Group