By Mark Anderson in Shimanyiro Dotted along the narrow path that skirts the edge of Beatrice Alvitsa’s house in Shimanyiro, a green Kenyan valley near the border with Uganda, are dozens of millet plants, each protected by a carefully assembled fence made of sticks. “These keep the chickens and other animals out,” she says, bending...
BY CHRISTINE MUNGAI If we were to redraw Africa’s borders to have each ethnic group in their own country, we would have at least 2,000 countries Sign in Botswana: turn left for Namibia, right for Zimbabwe and Zambia. (Photo: Flickr/ Guitarfish). AFRICA’S arbitrary borders have done much to foment strife and instability on the continent. Partitioning...
1. The first annual Ministerial High Level Partnership Forum was held in Copenhagen 19-20 November, co-chaired by HE Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, the President of the Federal Government of Somalia, and the United Nations, and hosted by the Government of Denmark. 2. Fifty-six delegations gathered to review progress made since the Brussels Conference in September 2013,...
MOGADISHU, – UN chief Ban Ki-moon met the president of Somalia, President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, under heavy security Wednesday in Mogadishu, his first visit to the dangerous capital of the war-torn nation in almost three years. Ban, along with World Bank chief Jim Yong Kim, met Mohamud inside the fortified airport zone, guarded by troops...
By Shem Oirere Djibouti and Ethiopia are developing new geothermal power capacities that are intended to enable them meet increasing demand for electricity and enhance their sustainable-energy portfolio. The World Bank has provided details about its contractor prequalification procedure for the drilling of four full-size geothermal production wells in Djibouti, while Icelandic powerplant builder Reykjavik...
By Yonas Abiye – Three Chinese firms shortlisted for Geba hydro-power project – Over USD 32.7 mln secured from power export The Ministry of Water, Energy and Irrigation (MoWEI) said Tuesday that it had received promising signals of getting a loan from the Export-Import (EXIM) Bank of China to finance the Aysha II wind energy project,...
By Abdi M. Jarik Dear Mr. President, I would like to congratulate you on your election as President of Puntland State of Somalia, and wish you success in this enormous task. Following the arduous campaign for such an august position, in which many of us wished you to win, I believe you are well deserved...
W/T: Cabdiraxmaan Beyleh PhD (Cabdi Wadaad) Walaalaha Soomaalilyeed ee caalamka daafihiisa ku kala noolow, waan idin salaama. Waxaan idiin rajeynayaa Sannad Wanaagsan oo wacan, 2014. Jiiftadii sannakan 2013 gunaandadkeeda iyo oddoroska inna soo food-saaray, 2014, way soo socotaa. Haddase, waxaan saaka idiin soo gudbinayaa maanso aan u bixiyey DALANBAABI (Rough translation would be: UTTER DISPPAIR)....