(SomaliNet) The UN special envoy on northern Uganda, Joachim Chissano, in a telephone call to LRA chief Joseph Kony said he wanted to first meet local leaders before President Yoweri Museveni and signing the final peace agreement.
A according to news reports, Chissano told internally displaced p
(SomaliNet) A senior leader of the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) is among the eight Darfur rebels sentenced eight to death on Sunday for their involvement in an unprecedented attack on the capital.
Chanting for a new Sudan and for justice before the court, the eight rebels including JEM le
(SomaliNet) Sudan's president Omar al-Bashir denies that his regime is orchestrating genocide in the troubled western region of Darfur.
In July, the International Criminal Court in The Hague indicted Omar al-Bashir on genocide and war crimes charges.
Prosecutors say militias unleashed by his
(SomaliNet) As the embattled railway operator struggles to retain its contract and get more funds from international financiers, RIFT Valley Railways (RVR) shareholders have pledged to raise $10m.
According to reports, the operator of the Kenya-Uganda railways was given a deadline of October 31
(SomaliNet) Tanzania’s Energy and Water Utility Regulatory Authority (Ewura) has said tthe current changes in world oil prices will only be felt locally after three weeks or so due to some logistics.
Ewura`s Acting Director of Petroleum, Godwin Samwel, said in Dar es Salaam that although ther
(SomaliNet) In what would represent a significant increase from the current 400,000 tourists a year, Tanzania is targeting 600,000 local tourists over the next two years.
Shamsa Mwangunga, Tanzania’s Minister for Tourism and Natural Resources, told journalists in Dodoma recently that the minist
(SomaliNet) The Tanzanian government said Sunday that there is no harm in Tanzania joining the Organisation of Islamic Countries (OIC).
Bernard Membe, Tanzania’s Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation minister made the announcement here when winding up debate on his ministry`s 2007/09 bu
(SomaliNet) As Tanzania’s parliament resumes its business after the weekend recess, President of the Comoros Mohammed Abdallah Sambi will address the house today Monday.
The Comoros leader will give his address after the question and answer session, according to the timetable issued by the Spe
(SomaliNet) At least 86 people were killed when Sudanese troops attacked the largest displaced camp located in South Darfur on Monday.
Some 86 people were killed and 221 wounded, an IDP representative told Sudan Tribune. However others put the death figures between 50 and 122.
According to med
(SomaliNet) At least three people were killed and thousands displaced by flooding in Ethiopia's western Gambella region, an official said on Monday.
"Flash floods following heavy rains for nearly a week have caused major rivers in Gambella to burst their banks, submerging residential areas and fa
