African countries are urged to partner among themselves for more enhanced development and better standard of living in the continent.
Vice President Muhammad Namadi Sambo stated this yesterday when he met with Nigerians resident in Bujumbura , Burundi . He said this is necessary as majority of African countries are attaining their fifty years of independence [...]

A Chinese national has been jailed for 18 months by a Kenyan court for possession of illegal ivory barely a day after last weekend’s seizure of 2 tonnes of ivory and five rhino horns destined for Malaysia, the Kenya Wildlife Service disclosed on Thursday.
This was part of two more seizures of illegal ivory [...]

Lusaka, Zambia 25 Aug 2010 (ABN) – Zambia will start processing coal after its major coal mine Maamba Collieries Limited MCL announced it will in the next three months open a processing plant ending a five year long suspension on coal production.
The reviving of a new processing plant which will cost US 108 million dollars [...]

Lusaka, Zambia 25 Aug 2010 (ABN) – United Nations International Children’s Fund UNICEF Zambia has voiced its concern over effects of climate change in Sub-Saharan Africa which it says continue to hamper growth and expansion of Africa’s agricultural production and business.
UNICEF Zambia is the first of United Nations (UN) wing in Zambia to bridge into [...]

Lusaka, Zambia 25 Aug 2010 (ABN) – India is placed to strengthen its business presence in Africa after successfully launching Pan African E-network, a project aimed at providing effective communication in e-commerce and trade with African Union member states.
The project funded at a cost of US 117 million by India will run for five years [...]

The government was put on the spot Wednesday over its decision to increase and gazette new contribution rates to the National Health Insurance Fund and including out patient cover without parliament’s approval.
Gichugu Member of Parliament Martha Karua questioned why the government had bypassed parliament in its decision to review the charges that will now see [...]

The World Organisation for Animal Health has certified Nigeria rinderpest-free, reports theNews Agency of Nigeria (NAN) NAN reports that rinderpest is an infectious viral disease of cattle, sheep, goats and domestic buffalo as well as some species of wildlife.
It is commonly referred to as cattle plague, while the disease is characterised  by fever, oral erosions, [...]

Zimbabwe National Statistical Agency (ZNSA) on Monday (August 22) announced that the southern African country’s annual inflation marginally dropped to 4.1 percent in July from 5.3 percent in June and attributed to falling prices of food and non-alcoholic beverages.
The drop, the second in two months running is much in line [...]

Kenya’s former Ambassador to Washington, Peter Rateng Ogego has been appointed to take up the position of the Deputy Chair of the Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC) of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA).
Ambassador Ogego has served as Kenya’s Ambassador to Washington since 2006. He has also served as Kenya’s High Commissioner to Canada, among other [...]

East African trade unions have called upon their governments to harmonize the existing labour laws to eliminate cross border national comparisons of labour costs as it will encourage employers to move to areas that offer cheap labour.
The unions claim their countries are under attack from multinational corporations that are engaged in cutthroat competition and profit [...]