Category: Kenya
Ethiopian Athletes Miss London Flight
Kenya’s contingent to the London Marathon flew into the English capital Monday morning with reports indicating that some Ethiopian athletes failed to catch the special flight for unknown reasons. Race organisers are expected to make adjustments to the start list following the setback. The organisers had chartered an executive Boeing 737-500 from London Stanstead-based Oryx…
Business Delegation Stresses Significance Of GERD To Sudan
Addis Ababa -The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) will have much benefit for the people and government of Sudan, head of the visiting Sudanese business delegation said. Head of the delegation, Captain Tageldin Abuelgassim, told ENA that the dam is of paramount significance to Sudan. As the two countries have very good relation, development projects…
Kenya: Expand Counter-terrorism Drone War
WASHINGTON (HAN) September 15. 2020. Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Monitoring Regional Issues. The U.S. military’s Africa Command is pressing for new authorities to carry out armed drone strikes targeting Qaeda-linked Shabab fighters in portions of eastern Kenya, potentially expanding the war zone across the border from their sanctuaries in Somalia, according to…
Kenya: Ethiopian Raiders Kill Four Herders in Turkana
Addis Ababa (HAN) September 11. 2020. Monitoring Regional Issues. By Sammy Lutta. Armed raiders ambushed a group of herders in Turkana on Thursday afternoon killing four of them. Turkana police boss Samwel Ndanyi said one of the raiders, who are suspected to come from Ethiopia, was killed in the attack. The herders had just arrived…
KENYA ALCOHOL BAN TO COST BILLIONS
Alcohol manufacturers and distributors have warned that the alcohol ban placed by the government to control the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19), will cost workers, sorghum farmers, and the government billions of shillings and thousands of jobs in three months to September. The ban which began in July has created a massive disruption of the alcohol value chain with the…
KENYA’S PLAN TO REGAIN EAST AFRICA’S PETROLEUM EXPORT MARKET
kenya is adopting measures to address challenges in its petroleum export industry which has led to the loss of up to 30 percent of market share to neighbouring Tanzania. Some of these issues, which has threatened Nairobi’s position as East Africa’s top petroleum exporter, are high pipeline tariffs, fuel adulteration and smuggling. Last year, Kenya…
Djibouti, Eritrea threat to Lamu Port, Lapsset Corridor
Lamu Port could fail to attract Ethiopia and South Sudan markets who might opt for the Djibouti and Eritrea ports, according to the Shippers Council of East Africa (SCEA). The Lamu Port-South Sudan-Ethiopia- Transport Corridor project pegs its sustainability on the two countries. According to the shippers council, the end of political and economic wars…
Should Tech Firms in Africa Pay People for Their Data?
Nairobi (HAN) December 4th, 2019. Global Digital Initiatives to counter poverty and terror. Pay-for-data arrangements promise to reduce exploitation and encourage firms to be more selective about the data they gather in Africa. The SIRAD institute to empower African Statecraft argues that we should consider the possibility that being paid for data undermines, rather than…
Kenya to Remain with AU Mission in Somalia Amid Tensions
NAIROBI – Kenya’s president has said his forces will remain part of the African Union Mission in Somalia and leave the country when it’s secure and stable. The president’s statement came at a time Kenya’s forces are facing hostility in parts of Somalia for their support of the Jubaland administration, which the Somali government has…
Kenya hosting ONLF, Jubaland officials’ meeting, causing concern in Ethiopia
Addis Abeba, November 26/2019 – Kenya is playing a host to a meeting between high level officials from the Ogaden National Liberation Front (OLNF) led by party Chairman, Abdirahman Mahdi Madey, and high level officials from Jubaland, led by its recently elected President, Ahmed Mohamed Madobe, causing concern in Ethiopia, a well placed diplomatic source told Addis Standard. According…
