KENYA
Kenya: Aftermath of poll clashes seen from spaceTwo large orange-coloured zones indicate where the worst of Kenya's rural post-election violence has occurred in a new UN map created by focusing civilian satellite cameras onto some of the country's clash-hit areas and revealing the number of fires burning.
KENYA
Kenya: Review of elections needed to end violenceAn independent investigation of the presidential elections is needed to avert further violence in Kenya, Human Rights Watch says. The organisation has also urged the government to end unnecessary curbs on peaceful demonstrations and press.
AFRICA
Global: Tomorrow's crises today… the humanitarian impact of urbanisation – overviewSomewhere, some time this year, a baby will be born on the 25th floor of a city hospital or the dirt floor of a dark slum shack; a first-year college graduate will rent a cramped apartment in lower Manhattan or a family of five will finally concede their plot of farm land to an encroaching desert - or sea - and turn towards Jakarta or La Paz or Lagos in search of a new livelihood and a new home.
AFRICA
If you intend to fly to the US, read this...The United States FAA has banned lithium batteries in checked baggage.
AFRICA
A recycled laptop's journey, Part 1: Exporting toxic waste"For years, [the e-scrap and e-waste problem] was a dirty little secret, both on the production and disposal side -- it's an energy and materials intensive industry, many of which are extremely toxic," said Robin Schneider, vice chair of the Electronics Take-Back Coalition and executive director of the Texas Campaign for the Environment.
AFRICA
World ad spending growing faster than US in 2008According to a new study from GroupM, advertising spending in US measured media is expected to increase almost 4% in 2008 compared with 2007, when spending was up about 3%. Worldwide spending is expected to go up 7% in 2008, after an anticipated 6% increase in 2007.
AFRICA
Calling African journalistsApply for the 2008 Kaiser Family Foundation Award for Excellence in HIV/AIDS Reporting in Africa.
KENYA
Kenyan government imposes news blackoutWarning the government of the dangers of the ban on live radio and TV news reports, Reporters Without Borders has condemned the climate of fear imposed on the privately-owned media in the wake of Kenya's disputed presidential election following the live radio and TV news reports ban announced on 30 December 2007.
TANZANIA
Mobile phone users to benefit from lower tariffs[Ansbert Ngurumo] The Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority (TCRA) has announced that it will soon lower its mobile phone interconnection charges from the existing 8 US cents to 7 US cents with effect from 1 January 2008.
UGANDA
Investment increases coverage[David Muwanga] MTN Uganda has invested a total of US$60 million in upgrading its networks to meet the challenges of the phenomenal growth of its subscribers.
UGANDA
Warid Telecom set to inaugurate brand in Uganda[Walter Wafula] Warid Telecom, a new telecommunications operator in Uganda, will unveil its brand name to Ugandans on January 9th this week. The brand launch will mark part of activities arranged to officially launch Warid Telecom's commercial service in the country.
AFRICA
Mobile... the lost opportunity[Robin Parker] Mobile has found its market, but the pioneers have lost their opportunity and it will take a far-seeing executive to challenge for the position again.
MOZAMBIQUE
Mozambique: What price the benefits of foreign investment?
The Mozal aluminium plant is a symbol of Mozambique's red-hot economy, touted as a symbol of the investor-friendly environment that led the Wall Street Journal to declare the country "an African success story".
WEST AFRICA
POS and SMS banking launches in Sierra Leone[Bai-Bai Sesay] Rokel Commercial Bank has launched online banking services to be known as the Point of Sale (POS) and SMS banking.
ZIMBABWE
Zimbabwe: Money for nothingAttempts to alleviate Zimbabwe's critical cash shortages through the introduction of higher denomination notes are so far proving ineffective, as long bank queues have remained into January 2008.
