Reuters September 2, 2010 Barry Malone ADDIS ABABA – Ethiopia on Thursday rejected criticism of its massive hydropower dam projects and vowed to push ahead with plans to boost its power generating ability from 2,000 MW to 10,000 MW within five years. The Horn of Africa nation’s ambitious dam building programme has drawn fire from [...]
Category Archives: Kenya
Coffee threatened by beetles in a warming world
August 28, 2010 – 11:44 am
Guardian, UK August 26, 2010 A tiny insect that thrives in warmer temperatures — the coffee berry borer — has been spreading steadily, devastating coffee plants in Africa, Latin America, and around the world The highlands of southwestern Ethiopia should be ideal for growing coffee. After all, this is the region where coffee first originated [...]
In Kenya’s capital, Somali immigrant neighborhood is incubator for jihad
August 22, 2010 – 6:42 pm
Washington Post August 22, 2010 Sudarsan Raghavan (Sudarsan Raghavan/the Washington Post) Worshipers gathered at Eastleigh’s Masjid Sahabi mosque, where clerics preach a moderate message. Imams at other neighborhood mosques, however, have become increasingly radicalized, praising and recruiting supporters for Somalia’s al-Shabab militia. NAIROBI — Behind the blue gates of his Islamic school in Nairobi’s Eastleigh [...]
Somalia’s al Shabaab increases Kenya border raids
August 19, 2010 – 10:41 am
Reuters August 18, 2010 Noor Ali * Al Shabaab raids into Kenya said on the rise * Locals feel under threat from fighters WAJIR, Kenya – Hardline Islamists from Somalia are increasingly launching cross-border raids into Kenya’s remote north east despite a heightened state of alert there, local residents and officials said. Kenya has long [...]
Kenya arrests Ethiopian aliens
August 18, 2010 – 3:57 pm
Capital FM, Kenya August 18, 2010 BERNARD MOMANYI NAIROBI, Kenya – Police raided a residential house in the outskirts of Nairobi early Wednesday and arrested 89 illegal Ethiopian immigrants. The aliens – mainly men aged between 18 and 45 – had been staying in the house in Dagoreti for close to a week before it [...]
European Investment Bank abandons Ethiopia mega dam
August 12, 2010 – 5:41 pm
Survival August 5, 2010 The European Investment Bank (EIB) has announced it is no longer considering funding Africa’s tallest dam, in Ethiopia. The hydroelectric dam, called Gibe III, has drawn international criticism because of the devastating effect it is likely to have on the food security of at least eight Ethiopian tribes. In a statement, [...]
Kenya’s Rudisha roars to fastest 800m on home soil
July 31, 2010 – 4:10 pm
Reuters July 30, 2010 Jack Oyoo NAIROBI – Kenya’s David Rudisha retained the African Championships 800 metres title in the fastest time ever run in the athletics-mad country but remained guarded about attacking Wilson Kipketer’s world record soon. “I had planned to run 1 min 41sec this year which I did in Belgium. Today I [...]
Cheruiyot doubles up for Kenya
July 31, 2010 – 12:53 am
Reuters July 29, 2010 NAIROBI – Kenya’s world champion Vivian Cheruiyot won the 5,000 metres after a terrific last lap sprint with big Ethiopian rival Meseret Defar on the second day of the African Championships on Thursday. Her victory followed that of compatriot Wilson Kiprop in the 10,000 metres on Wednesday. Cheruiyot won in 16:18.72 [...]
Egypt extends olive branch in Nile river row
July 28, 2010 – 11:38 pm
Reuters July 26, 2010 Barry Malone * Egypt PM says “no strategic differences” over Nile waters * Meeting of heads of state by November KAMPALA – Egypt sounded a conciliatory note on Monday in a dispute over how Nile waters should be shared by the countries it passes through at an African summit in the [...]
Kiprop gives Kenya 10,000m gold
July 28, 2010 – 11:33 pm
AFP July 28, 2010 Aileen Kimutai NAIROBI — Hosts Kenya claimed the first gold in the African Athletics championships on Wednesday when Wilson Kiprop held off Uganda’s Moses Kipsiro to win the men’s 10,000 metres. Kiprop, the national record holder, moved into the lead on the final bend after taking over from his tiring compatriot [...]
