By Mark Oloo (Nairobi) – Kenya has challenged the UN and the international community to seek a sustainable solution to conflict in Somalia. Referring to threats of terrorism and instability in the Horn of Africa country, Kenya yesterday said the international community holds the key to peace in Mogadishu. Speaking in Nairobi, Foreign Minister Moses Wetangula said Somalia’s UN-backed Transitional Federal Government (TFG) was faced with critical security challenges and required urgent external support. Mr Wetangula said the conflict in Somalia was a critical challenge to peace in Eastern Africa and the region economy. He said the Intergovernmental Authority on... Continue Reading
By David Tumusiime – I have been a blogger for close to five years. To be a blogger was not always my dream. I wanted to be a writer. A published writer of novels and short stories, best selling in their career, and one day be invited to sit on a panel with Chinua Achebe and Wole Soyinka, the ghost of Okot P’Bitek winking at me. I spent most of my twenties trying to achieve that. I failed. Now I’m a blogger. I was going to say only a blogger. Then I caught myself from falling into a state of... Continue Reading
By Novell Zwange – JOHANNESBURG -This weekend, Life Beats, a collaborative project by Drama for Life/Sex Actually Festival and the HIV/AIDS and the Media Project, is organising a workshop designed to bridge the gap between traditional health journalism and arts journalism when reporting on the human drama that relates to HIV. The workshop offers participants a closer understanding of both the performing and visual arts (particularly those dealing with HIV) and the HIV epidemic as a news story. With its two-pronged approach, Life Beats has something to offer to both news journalists wanting to access the arts as well as... Continue Reading
ARUSHA Over 100 participants drawn from the East African Community Partner States’ key ministries and Government institutions, regional and international organizations and civil society will this week attend the EAC Conference on Good Governance in Nairobi, Kenya. The conference, whose theme is “Good Governance for Sustainable Integration, Stability and Development” is slated to take place 19-21 August at the Nairobi Hilton Hotel. It is organized by the EAC Secretariat and will build on the momentum of the first conference held in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, in January 2009. The issues to be discussed at the conference include Human Rights, Corruption,... Continue Reading
TOKYO – The Government of Japan has decided to provide additional assistance to peacekeeping training centers in Africa, amounting to approximately 2.52 million US dollars (approximately 237 million Japanese yen). Specifically, 0.6 million US dollars will be provided additionally to the Peace Keeping School (Ecole de Maintien de la Paix) (EMP) in Mali, the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC) in Ghana and the Cairo Center for Conflict Resolution and Peacekeeping in Africa (CCCPA) in Egypt, respectively, as well as approximately 0.72 million US dollars to newly EIFORCES in Cameroon. In recognizing that training of personnel is essential in... Continue Reading
