UPI
March 9, 2010
TEL AVIV, Israel — Israel is struggling to keep its diplomatic friends in Africa as Iran makes a determined effort to expand its influence there, making the continent an emerging theater in the Iran-Israel confrontation.
But these days the Jewish state has a new ally, Kenya, which wants Israeli help to fight the growing [...]
Category Archives: Kenya
Israel eyes new alliances in Africa
March 12, 2010 – 8:23 am
Israel eyes new alliances in Africa
March 11, 2010 – 8:31 pm
UPI
March 9, 2010
TEL AVIV, Israel — Israel is struggling to keep its diplomatic friends in Africa as Iran makes a determined effort to expand its influence there, making the continent an emerging theater in the Iran-Israel confrontation.
But these days the Jewish state has a new ally, Kenya, which wants Israeli help to fight the growing [...]
How food and water are driving a 21st-century African land grab
March 8, 2010 – 3:25 pm
Guardian, UK
March 7, 2010
An Observer investigation reveals how rich countries faced by a global food shortage now farm an area double the size of the UK to guarantee supplies for their citizens
A woman tends vegetables at a giant Saudi-financed farm in Ethiopia.
We turned off the main road to Awassa, talked our way past security guards [...]
Ethiopia-Kenya power grid link to go live this year despite protests
March 8, 2010 – 3:20 pm
The East African, Kenya
March 7, 2010
ARGAW ASHINE
Kenya and Ethiopia, two nations that have co-existed peacefully for five decades in one of Africa’s toughest neighbourhood, last week deepened their economic ties with a major energy-sharing deal.
Meeting on the sidelines of the African Union conference, President Mwai Kibaki and his counterpart, Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Meles [...]
Ethiopia plan to drain L. Turkana
March 3, 2010 – 8:37 am
Daily Nation, Nairobi
March 2, 2010
LION LEPALO GIDEON
The Omo River Basin is the source of the only remaining desert lake in the world — Lake Turkana. Yet a dam is about to be built in it.
The Gibe III hydro-electric project is a private partnership, part of the 25-year national energy master plan of Ethiopia. Planned to [...]
Ethiopia plan to boost tea output causes jitters
February 26, 2010 – 11:22 am
Business Daily, Kenya
February 26, 2010
A spirited drive by Ethiopia to boost its tea output is causing jitters in the local industry as competition for both regional and international markets intensifies.
Though its production capacity is smaller compared to Kenya, its leaf quality is causing concerns that the country could soon launch a formidable challenge to Kenya’s [...]
Experts call for holistic war against piracy
February 22, 2010 – 5:09 pm
The East African, Kenya
February 22, 2010
BERNARD SANGA
International maritime experts are rooting for a multi-pronged approach to eradicate piracy off the Somali coast. They are calling for a land-based strategy, a pointer to the limitations of the on-going sea-based approach.
The proposed strategy, seen by The EastAfrican, underscores the importance of matching the current military [...]
Tergat says Kenya must find a way to stop Ethiopia
February 21, 2010 – 10:29 pm
Reuters
March 21, 2010
NAIROBI – Kenyan coaches must improve training and motivation if the country is to end Ethiopia’s dominance of the world cross country championships, five-times world champion Paul Tergat said on Saturday.
“We let the Ethiopians inside our tent and they took control,” Tergat told Reuters at the Kenyan national cross country championships.
“It will need [...]
Somali rebel groups clash near Kenya border
February 19, 2010 – 7:46 am
Reuters
February 18, 2010
Ibrahim Mohamed
MOGADISHU – Somali rebels clashed in a town very close to the Kenyan border on Thursday in a resurgence of fighting between two formerly allied Islamist groups in the south of the Horn of Africa nation.
Residents of Dhobley said Hizbul Islam attacked fighters from hardline rebels al Shabaab who have been occupying [...]
American charity eases ’menstrual’ pains among schoolgirls in Kenya
February 16, 2010 – 11:06 pm
African Press Association
February 16, 2010
London (Unit Kingdom) An American NGO has begun distributing sanitary kits in Kenya ; aimed at tackling absenteeism and other widespread problems associated with ’menstrual health’ among school-girls in the East African country, APA learns here.
In tackling the issue which they see as ’rarely’ discussed in the society, officials of AmericaShare, [...]
