Daily Africa News

[SURVIVORS of the Saturday bandit attack in Samburu are fighting for their lives at the Kenyatta National Hospital. The nine who were wounded following an attack by cattle rustlers in the newly-created Baragoi constituency were flown to Nairobi by government forces for specialised treatment.They included four APs, one GSU, two anti-stock theft officers and two…

[A l’issu d’un atelier de deux jours organisé à Goma au Nord-Kivu sur la situation sécuritaire en République démocratique du Congo (RDC), les coordinations de la société civile des provinces du Maniema, de la Province Orientale, du Katanga, du Nord-Kivu et du Sud- Kivu ont exigé dimanche 11 novembre au comité des sanctions de l’ONU…

[African states including the East African Community (EAC) member states have been urged to dismantle trade barriers in a move that would enable them to generate an extra $20bn earnings per annum. A new World Bank report says that Africa’s farmers can potentially grow enough food to feed the continent and avert future food crises…

[Algeria, a key power in north Africa, has given tacit approval for African-led military intervention to stop Islamic militants in neighboring Mali, sources in Algeria and France said. The former French colony shares a 1,200-mile border with Mali, and is wary of any outside interference and conflict spilling over its borders. It fears military action…

[France will move surveillance drones to West Africa and is holding secretive talks with U.S. officials in Paris this week as it seeks to steer international military action to help Mali’s feeble government win back the northern part of the country from al-Qaida-linked rebels, The Associated Press has learned. France and the United Nations insist…

[The European Union on Sunday urged Gambia to honour a freeze on the death penalty after the tiny west African nation’s supreme court upheld death sentences against seven officials for treason. Gambian President Yahya Jammeh last month announced a temporary halt to executions, bowing to international pressure after putting to death nine prisoners in August….

[Rwanda will replace South Africa on the UN Security Council when the latter relinquishes its non-permanent seat at the end of the year. Rwanda, who had the backing of the African Union, joins Australia, South Korea, Luxembourg and Finland for two years terms starting on January 1.But Rwanda’s was the most controversial of the lot…

[The First Pan African Conference on Sustainable Tourism Management in African National Parks was opened Monday this week in northern Tanzania’s tourist city of Arusha, with commitments from African governments to develop responsible tourism. UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Secretary General Dr. Taleb Rifai said in his opening speech that Africa needs concerted efforts to…