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Kenya-West trade relations soar despite the “looking east” policy By Bedah Mengo Xinhua NAIROBI- Trade relations between Kenya and western nations continue to blossom despite the country’s increasing new bilateral ties, particularly with the East. New economic data from Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) received on Monday indicates that western nations remained Kenya’s top […]

Nigeria celebrates its 100 year union created by the British Nigeria is marking a century of its existence following the amalgamation of the mainly Muslim north and Africans who followed Traditional African Religions, who were converted into Christians, in the south under British colonial rule in 1914. ________ Modern-day Nigeria came into being on January […]

Ethiopia: Halfway point reached in Addis Ababa Light Rail public transportation project By Yonas Mulatu Addis Fortune ADDIS ABABA- The Ethiopian Railway Corporation (ERC) says 50 percent of the Addis Ababa Light Railway project (LRT) has been completed. The construction of railway tracks for the 34.25 km (21.28 miles) of electric railway line has been […]

European Union suspends most of its remaining sanctions against Zimbabwe The European Union is to further ease sanctions on Zimbabwe next week, but will keep a travel ban and asset freeze on President Robert Mugabe and his wife. Agence France Press (AFP) BRUSSELS– The European Union is ready to suspend most of its remaining sanctions […]

South Africa to hold general elections on May 7, 2014 Xinhua CAPE TOWN– South Africa will hold its national and provincial elections on May 7, President Jacob Zuma announced on Friday. “We hold national general elections without fail every five years,” Zuma said in a statement. “These are historic elections as they take place during […]

Ghana Jubilee Field to probably flare gas starting next month By Ekow Dontoh Bloomberg Ghana will probably start flaring natural gas at the offshore Jubilee field next month to relieve pressure at the deposit operated by Tullow Oil Plc. (TLW) The Environmental Protection Agency will allow the flaring because the pressure has swelled and will […]

President Obama to invite 47 leaders to US-Africa summit in August AFP President Barack Obama will invite 47 leaders to a landmark US-Africa summit in August 2014, seeking to widen US trade, development and security ties with an increasingly dynamic continent to which he traces part of his ancestry. Obama will send out invites to […]

Oil investments in Ghana to hit $20 billion (US) in 5 years Xinhua ACCRA- Ghana’s investments in the petroleum sector are estimated to reach 20 billion U.S. dollars over the next five years. Alex Kofi Mould, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), disclosed this here on Tuesday, saying the investments […]

Uganda inches towards oil sales East African Business Week KAMPALA, Uganda – With China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC), the only holder of an oil production license for the Kingfisher Discovery Area, expectations are that 2014 will likely be the year for the government to issue more production licenses to other firms. Last week, all […]

10,000 African migrants stage demonstration in Israel Knesset speaker nixes meeting between protest leaders and MKs; Peres: We’ll act morally; round them up and deport them, says ex-interior minister By Spencer Ho Times of Israel Protests by African migrants in Israel, unprecedented in their scope, continued for a fourth straight day Wednesday as about 10,000 […]