UPI
March 10, 2010
NAIROBI, Kenya — East Africa is emerging as the next oil boom following a big strike in Uganda’s
Lake Albert Basin. Other oil and natural gas reserves have been found in Tanzania and Mozambique and exploration is under way in Ethiopia and even war-torn Somalia.
The region, until recently largely ignored by the energy industry, [...]
Category Archives: Uganda
East Africa is next hot oil zone
March 11, 2010 – 5:43 pm
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 [...]
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 [...]
Locked-up and tortured for being a journalist
February 16, 2010 – 8:34 am
Monitor, Uganda
February 14, 2010
Catherine Haywood
Mr Embye, an Eritrean journalist
Kampala
Yonas Embye talks without pause for breath. His ideas are fired scattergun-style, revealing insights from his multiple personalities – journalist, torture victim, humanitarian worker, escapee extraordinaire. But his message is clear. “I must express myself,” he says, shifting restlessly. “Sometimes I cannot sleep [...]
Over 1,700 UPDF soldiers for Somalia
February 15, 2010 – 11:04 am
New Vision, Uganda
February 14, 2010
Ayiga Ondoga
A TOTAL of 1,750 Uganda People’s Defence Force (UPDF) soldiers have been passed out for the peacekeeping mission in Somalia.
The event was presided over by the commander of the lands forces, Lt. Gen. Katumba Wamala, at Singo training camp in Nakaseke district on Friday.
The soldiers underwent a one-month [...]
Somali recruits trained for battle in Kenya
February 7, 2010 – 11:46 am
Reuters
February 5, 2010
Noor Ali
ISIOLO, Kenya – Thousands of Somalis have been trained in Kenya and are ready to join a Somali government offensive against rebels in the failed Horn of Africa state who have vowed loyalty to al Qaeda, security sources said on Friday.
The international community and neighbouring countries are increasingly worried about the broader [...]
ETHIOPIA: Dam Critics Won’t Go Away
February 7, 2010 – 11:44 am
IPS
February 6, 2010
What will happen to the Omo River and the lake it feeds if the Gilgel Gibe III dam is completed?
ADDIS ABABA – Ethiopia is building a 240-metre high dam on the Omo River that is intended to end the country’s electricity shortage and supply power to neighbouring countries. Not everyone’s happy.
The Gilgel [...]
Ethiopia sees higher coffee prices for Africa
February 5, 2010 – 9:29 am
Reuters
February 5, 2010
Duncan Miriri
ADDIS ABABA – African coffee producers are expected to enjoy higher prices this year thanks to falling output in Colombia, the world’s third biggest exporter, the chief executive of the Ethiopia Commodity Exchange (ECX) said.
“The outlook for Arabica prices seems to be they will continue upwards because of the shortfall of production [...]
Somali regions urged to battle Islamist militia
February 4, 2010 – 8:09 am
Guardian Newspaper, Nigeria
Tuesday, February 02, 2010
A SIX-NATION East African regional bloc has urged Somalia’s two breakaway regions of Puntland and Somaliland to jointly battle Islamist militia which it said had extended to the areas.
Heavy mortar fire between African Union peacekeepers and Islamist insurgents [...]
Statement on IGAD by Eritrean Govt
February 4, 2010 – 8:04 am
www.eastafricaforum.net
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of Eritrea
February 3, 2010
Press Release
IGAD: A communiqué devoid of any legality
The IGAD Council of Ministers has issued a communiqué on Somalia and Eritrea following a meeting convened in Ethiopia this weekend. Apart from its ill-advised content which can only exacerbate the crisis in Somalia and hamper the objectives of peace [...]
