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Port project a possible threat to Lamu culture
07/03/2012 - International report

Port project a possible threat to Lamu culture

On 2 March, several African heads of state travelled to Lamu in Northeastern Kenya for the groundbreaking ceremony of a multi-billion dollar port project.

04/03/2012 - Report: Kenya - South Sudan - Ethiopia

Kenya's new port to be gateway to Great Lakes region

The construction of Lamu Port in Kenya has been officially launched by Kenya’s President Mwai Kibaki, South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir and Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Meles ...

AU to boost troops in Somalia
29/01/2012 - African news explained

AU to boost troops in Somalia

The African Union has asked the UN Security Council to allow its Amisom peacekeeping mission in Somalia to be boosted to 17,000 troops.

28/01/2012 - Somalia - African Union summit

AU confident UN will approve Somalia troop boost

The African Union is confident that the United Nations will soon rubber stamp its proposed boosting of its force in Somalia to 17,000 troops.

26/01/2012 - Report - African Union summit

Ping fights to keep AU chair at Addis summit

As the African Union summit kicks off in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the battle for the top job at the regional bloc is the hot topic on the lips of delegates.

Ethiopian Media Crackdown
21/01/2012 - African Media

Ethiopian Media Crackdown

This week's look at the African Media goes to Ethiopia. Claire Beston - Amnesty International Ethiopia researcher - looks at a recent court ruling.

 

19/01/2012 - Ethiopia

Belachew Germa, Laughter King

Ethiopian Belachew Girma claims to hold the world record in nonstop laughing. Back in 2008, he laughed nonstop for three hours 6 minutes.

13/01/2012 - Ethiopia

Addis Acoustic Project revitalises jazz in Ethiopia

Addis Acoustic Project, AAP for short, is the three-year-old brainchild of composer and guitarist Girum Mezmur.

13/01/2012

African press review 13 January 2012

There's trouble and strife across the continent today.

11/01/2012 - Ethiopia

Half a century of working to lift the stigma of disability in Ethiopia

As many as nine million Ethiopians have disabilities - about 10 per cent of the  population.

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