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East Africa
Transitional Federal Government of Somalia must succeed-African Union
Wednesday, 21 March, 2007 E-mail this story to a friend  Printer friendly view of this page
Blackman Ngoro
The Commissioner for peace and security of the African Union, Ambassador Said Djinnit, visited Somalia amid all the chaos and met with president Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed and other members of the Transitional Federal Institutions (TFIs) in Mogadishu.
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East Africa
Majority of African countries far from achieving UN development goals
Thursday, 22 February, 2007 E-mail this story to a friend  Printer friendly view of this page
 Blackman Ngoro
In 2001 the United Nations adopted as key targets for the developing world, the Millennium Development Goals. The achievement of these goals frees men and women and children from grinding poverty.		 
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East Africa
Oil is like Mafia business in African oil producing countries
Tuesday, 20 February, 2007 E-mail this story to a friend  Printer friendly view of this page
Blackman Ngoro

Ambassador to Japan, M. Mulumba Tshidimba,  from the Democratic Republic of Congo, an oil producing country said in Tokyo, only knowledge of political patronage networks, (read corruption) can make it possible for oil deals to be concluded.

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East Africa
Dominant International relations scholarship in a bind over China-Africa cooperation
Saturday, 10 February, 2007 E-mail this story to a friend  Printer friendly view of this page
By Blackman Ngoro

The hegemony of Western international relations scholarship presented within neo-realist and neoliberal contexts is under threat in the same way as the USA feels threatened by China’s rising superpower status and involvement in Africa.
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East Africa
Institute Launches Free ICT Journalism Course
Monday, 27 March, 2006 E-mail this story to a friend  Printer friendly view of this page

The International Institute for ICT journalism, otherwise known as PenPlusBytes has launched its first online training course aimed at improving the quality of journalism through the use of Information Communication Technology tools, writes Waweru Mugo in Nairobi.

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East Africa
Japanese ambassador promises to woo more investors to Uganda
Friday, 10 March, 2006 E-mail this story to a friend  Printer friendly view of this page
By Drake Nyamugabwa
In a bid to strengthen bilateral cooperation between Uganda and Japan, the Japanese ambassador, Ryuzo Kikuchi (right) promised to woo more Japanese companies to invest in Uganda. Kikucho made the promise during the launch of Toyota’s new head office in Kampala Uganda.
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East Africa
Ugandan Trust in judiciary fades as anarchy prevails
Monday, 20 February, 2006 E-mail this story to a friend  Printer friendly view of this page
By Charles Kazooba
The opposition in Uganda says government should declare no rule of law because of the chilling political situation that is unfolding.The Forum of Democratic Change (FDC) has said it doubts whether efforts to sustain the rule of law are necessary since the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) shows little concern.
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East Africa
Rwanda, Burundi join East African Community next month (March)
Tuesday, 07 February, 2006 E-mail this story to a friend  Printer friendly view of this page
·  power crisis threatens regional body
By Charles Kazooba
Speculation on Rwanda and Burundi entry into the East African Community (EAC) has ground to a halt. The acting head of EAC secretariat in Kampala says the two central African countries will be admitted to EAC in the March summit.
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East Africa
Uganda urges UN to backup AU disarm foreign militias in Congo
Thursday, 02 February, 2006 E-mail this story to a friend  Printer friendly view of this page

By Charles Kazooba

Uganda has asked the United Nations Security Council to support the African Union to disarm the foreign militias holed up in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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East Africa
Japan intervenes in Uganda’s worsening humanitarian crisis with US$2m food aid
Tuesday, 31 January, 2006 E-mail this story to a friend  Printer friendly view of this page

By Charles Kazooba in Kampala


The Japanese government has donated over US$2 million (Ug. Shs 3.6 billion) worth of rice to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) to assist people at risk in Uganda, including 1.5 million displaced persons sheltered in congested camps north of the country.
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