13 weeks 6 days 14 hours ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

NIGERIA OIL RIGHTS GRAB 'ILLEGAL' ! Nigeria is the world's eighth-largest oil exporter Nigeria's high court has ruled that its country's government illegally revoked exploration licences granted to a South Korean oil consortium. The ...

13 weeks 6 days 15 hours ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

KENYA DROUGHT WORSENS HUNGER RISK ! People are saying it is the worst drought for years More than one million Kenyans risk facing hunger because of a prolonged drought, the UN has warned. The lack of rains has caused crops to fail ...

14 weeks 15 min 46 sec ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

UGANDAN MAN DEFIES TOMB TRADITION ! Seventy-five-year-old Ugandan Gabriel Kyotera tells the BBC's Africa Have Your Say programme why he feels it is important to be prepared for death - and as a consequence built his own tomb five years ago. Mr Kyotera has been ...

14 weeks 16 hours 11 min ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

SOMALI TOWN CLEARED OF RADICALS ! Islamist groups control much of southern Somalia Islamists fighting Somalia's UN-backed government have lost control of a town - the second such loss in recent days. Commanders from a local militia ...

14 weeks 17 hours 51 min ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

ZIMBABWE DRIVERS FACE TOLL ROADS ! Crashes are frequent on Zimbabwe's roads Motorists in Zimbabwe have begun to pay fees for using roads, after tollgates were put into operation. The government says the money raised will be ...

14 weeks 1 day 11 hours ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

ERITRA TO PAY ETHIOPIA MILLIONS ! Tens of thousands of troops remain entrenched along the border An international tribunal in The Hague has ruled that Eritrea will have to pay Ethiopia millions of dollars in compensation for war ...

14 weeks 1 day 21 hours ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

CAIRO PROTESTS AT SWINE FLU BANS ! Angry scenes have been reported at Cairo airport as security forces barred Muslim pilgrims from travelling to Mecca because of fears over swine flu. Hundreds staged a sit-in on Sunday when the Egyptian authorities ...

14 weeks 2 days 18 hours ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

SOUTH AFRICA : TOWNSHIP REPORTS ! South Africa: Township reports South Africans living in the townships of Port Elizabeth share their views on President Jacob Zuma's first 100 days in power. You can read their views below: Asanda, 24, administrator: ...

14 weeks 5 days 14 hours ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

DEADLY GAME OF KENYA'S GEM TRADE !   The murder of a Scottish-born gem-mine owner in Kenya has revealed the dark underside of the country's precays more than 400 illegal miners invaded his farm and stole vast amounts of the mineral. And in April a gang attacked his family - killing his 17-year-old daughter and seriously ...

14 weeks 5 days 14 hours ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

MISSING SHIP 'FOUND' OFF AFRICA ! A missing cargo ship with 15 Russian crew members on board has reportedly been spotted more than two weeks after it mysteriously disappeared. The Arctic Sea was last sighted in the Bay of Biscay on 30 July, according to ...

14 weeks 5 days 19 hours ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

SOMALI PIRATES OVERPOWERED BY CREW ! Somali piracy has become a major international issue About 40 Egyptian fishermen have escaped from their Somali pirate captors near the northern town of Las Qorey, reports from the region say. A ...

14 weeks 6 days 14 hours ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

MURDERED GEMS EXPERT'S SON SPEAKS ! Murdered gems expert's son speaks ! Campbell Bridges was credited with discovering the rare stone Tsavorite The son of a Scottish gemstone expert murdered by a mob in Kenya has told the BBC how ...

14 weeks 6 days 15 hours ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

Khartoum denies arming militias! People hurt in the attack continue to recover in Akobo's hospital Officials in the north of Sudan have rejected accusations they armed militias who killed dozens in recent ethnic clashes in the south. Humanitarian minister Abdelbagi Gailani described ...

14 weeks 6 days 22 hours ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

US HONOURS 16 ! Obama awards medals of freedom President Barack Obama has awarded the highest US civilian honour - the Presidential Medal of Freedom - to 16 people praised as "agents of change". Recipients included South African human rights champion Archbishop Desmond Tutu and ...

14 weeks 6 days 23 hours ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

MOB KILLS UK GEMS EXPERT IN KENYA ! A leading Scottish gemstone expert has been killed in Kenya by a gang armed with clubs, spears, bows and arrows. Campbell Bridges, 71, was attacked by 20 men in the grounds of his 600-acre property near the southern town ...

15 weeks 18 hours 17 min ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

Swamp halts Africa's parliament ! The Pan-African Parliament was set up five years ago Building has been halted on new Pan-African Parliament in South Africa after officials realised the site was ...

15 weeks 2 days 19 hours ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

Clinton to tackle Congo conflict ! Many thousands have fled the violence in eastern DR Congo this year US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is heading to the Democratic Republic Of Congo, where ...

15 weeks 2 days 19 hours ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

Eritrea rebuffs 'smear campaign' ! Somali insurgents are trying to topple the UN-backed govenrment Eritrea has strongly denied allegations that it supports Islamist insurgents in neighbouring ...

15 weeks 6 days 8 min ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

'New era' for DR Congo and Rwanda ! Usher The leaders of Rwanda and Democratic Republic of Congo have pledged to boost economic and security ties, hailing an "all new era" after a rare meeting. The talks took place 13 years after the neighbours broke diplomatic ...

15 weeks 6 days 21 hours ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

Struggling after Egypt's pig cull ! By Christian Fraser BBC News, Cairo ...