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  • Minister Beds Mswati Wife

    When you have 14 wives and you are that age when life begins, something is bound to give even if you have or can have everything money can buy or power command. Just ask King Mswati II of Swaziland.When overseas last month one of his young wives lavished ...
  • Cameron Gets a 101 on Etiquette

    Prime Minister David Cameron has discovered a sure remedy for the ‘sticking his foot in his mouth syndrome,’ that has brought about many a cold sweat on his brow lately. Downing Street revealed that he has been having one-on-one sessions with the ‘c...
  • Drama With Libyan Security in Uganda

    The Air UG Flight BA 256 from Nairobi to Entebbe was without incident save for a moment when the aeroplane was cruising over Lake Victoria. Keen to pick out Migingo Island from the sky, I kept my eyes fixated on the navy-coloured, rather ruffled waters of...
  • Let’s Go Visit Magical Kenya

    Kenya has been positioned as an adventurer s paradise and fashioned as a historical ‘magnum opus’ unaltered by the passage of time, Kenya is a land with a vast allure of endless splendour, a rimless cornucopia of wonders and contrasts - a country ri...
  • Let’s Go Visit Magical Kenya

    Kenya has been positioned as an adventurer s paradise and fashioned as a historical ‘magnum opus’ unaltered by the passage of time, Kenya is a land with a vast allure of endless splendour, a rimless cornucopia of wonders and contrasts - a country ri...
  • TANZANIA ELECTIONS - Kikwete Prepares For Second Term

    His Chama cha Mapinduzi (CCM) has ruled in various guises since the country was founded in 1964 after mainland Tanganyika merged with the island of Zanzibar By JUMA KWAYERA Cast as an oasis of peace in politically turbulent region, Tanzania goes to the p...
  • SECOND REPUBLIC Constitution Triggers Diplomatic Rebirth

    While analyses of the anticipated sea change in Kenya’s political and legal architecture in the post referendum period has been thrashed out in the media and in the public domain, focus on Kenya’s relations on the international arena has not been that...
  • WOWED CHINESE IN SHOCKING CHINA - From Beijing with a Tale

    Nineteen year-old Kenyan student JUDIE OMBUOR travelled to China to compete in a global Chinese language competition. Compete she did, but perhaps more interestingly, she was confronted by culture shock. She shares her experiences with DEA After a long h...
  • DESTINATION ANGOLA - Kenya Airways Commences Flights to Luanda

    Leading African airline Kenya Airways commenced the much awaited flights to Luanda in August, the Angolan capital city - giving regional and international travelers from all over the world, direct access to the oil-rich nation. Kenya Airways will opera...
  • WORLD SUICIDE DAY - Stop Rush to Take Own Lives

    Three thousand people commit suicide everyday and about 1 million die by suicide every year. But, says the World Health Organisation (WHO), suicide is preventable and this is part of the message and activities to mark World Suicide Prevention Day on Se...
  • WORLD SUICIDE DAY - Stop Rush to Take Own Lives

    Three thousand people commit suicide everyday and about 1 million die by suicide every year. But, says the World Health Organisation (WHO), suicide is preventable and this is part of the message and activities to mark World Suicide Prevention Day on Se...
  • UNEP: Tunza Programme - Painting the Environment

    Young ambassadors of the environment recognised for capturing on canvas the effects of climate change Every year since 1991 the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) together with the Japan-based Foundation for Global Peace and Environment (FGPE), ...
  • UNDER SIEGE - UN in Extinction Alert For Animals and Plants

    Many species, one planet, one future” is adopted as rallying call for new global biodiversity approach to stem the tide I appeal to everyone – from Kigali to Canberra, from Kuala Lumpur to Quito – to help us sound the alarm. Get involved, speak out...
  • LAND IS LIFE - UN Launches Decade for Desertification

    About 40 per cent of the world’s population or 2.1 billion people live in the world s deserts and drylands, 90 per cent of them in developing countries, The UN launched the Decade for Deserts and the Fight against Desertification (2010-2020) on August ...
  • Unprecedented Flooding Cripples Pakistan

    The worst humanitarian crisis in the world today gets a helping hand from a cross-section of donors UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon has seen many disasters, but none, he says, compares to what is happening in Pakistan. Ki-Moon has compared the flooding...
  • BIG BROTHER - Obama Demands Access to Internet Records, in Secret, and Without Court Review

    The Obama administration is seeking authority from Congress that would compel internet service providers (ISPs) to turn over records of an individual’s internet activity for use in secretive FBI probes. In another instance where Americans are urged t...
  • BIG BROTHER - Obama Demands Access to Internet Records, in Secret, and Without Court Review

    The Obama administration is seeking authority from Congress that would compel internet service providers (ISPs) to turn over records of an individual’s internet activity for use in secretive FBI probes. In another instance where Americans are urged t...
  • INDIA HERE WE COME

    Scandals Plague Lead Up To Commonwealth Games When Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the President of the Congress Party Mrs Sonia Gandhi jointly addressed a burning issue last month, it was not about the economy, the violence in Kashmir or the so...
  • INDIA HERE WE COME

    Scandals Plague Lead Up To Commonwealth Games When Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the President of the Congress Party Mrs Sonia Gandhi jointly addressed a burning issue last month, it was not about the economy, the violence in Kashmir or the so...
  • STREAMLINING COMMERCE - Port Delays, Poor Roads Hamper Regional Trade

    Port delays and poor infrastructure across East African countries remain the biggest challenge to trade expansion in the region. In fact, it is due to the poor state of roads that East Africa has failed to attract significant foreign investment in rece...