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Yolo! Intel smartphone launched in Kenya

Kenya’s Safaricom has announced the release of the Yolo smartphone, the first smartphone for Africa using the Intel smartphone platform. The device is aimed at the growing number of cost-conscious

Egyptian president cancels visit to Ethiopia in light of violence at home

President Morsi will not participate in an African summit, preferring to lead current meeting with defence council dealing with Egypt’s turbulent situation; Teargas once again overwhelms Egypt’s air. Ahram Online

Paper kingdom: The Nation Group is thriving in east Africa, where “old media” still reign

“I USED to do drugs,” quips a jovial Linus Gitahi, the boss of east Africa’s largest private media company, Nation Group. Few Western media chiefs have the time and spirit

Muwangula Misambwa

Fake drugs flood East African markets

KAMPALA, Uganda — In the bustling slums of Kampala, amid dilapidated shacks constructed alongside open sewers, Muwangula Misambwa’s business is booming. Misambwa is one of Uganda’s traditional healers — witch

Report: UN Doc Links Britons to Somalia Kidnapping

The Times of London says a secret section of a United Nations report has linked British citizens with Somali piracy. The newspaper says that a 2012 report drawn up by

Hope, and Lessons, in Somalia

Somalia has been the paradigm of failed states since before 1993, when militants shot down two Black Hawk helicopters and killed 18 American soldiers in Mogadishu. One of the world’s

Somali leader asks for Minnesota’s help

A day after the US officially recognised Somalia’s government for the first time in two decades, President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud called on Somalis living in Minnesota to help rebuild their

Military-Aircraft

How Coalition Planes Hunt For Somali Pirates Off The Coast Of Africa Read

DJIBOUTI – The shipping lanes of the pirate-infested Somali basin have faded somewhat from the headlines in the past year as attacks and successful hijackings have dropped significantly.  The decrease

Joyce-Beatty

Joyce Beatty wins primary not constituents

Ahmed Adan, The Somali Press Ahmed.h@somaliculture.org Joyce Beatty showed to have strong support in a diverse and divided newly drawn 3rd Congressional District by winning Democratic primary. The four candidate

Global financial crisis as a human rights issue

The UN should have the obligation to protect citizens who are being abused by elite decisions and inequality. Danny Schechter , News Dissector Danny Schechter edits Mediachannel1.org. He is the

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