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UN wildlife trade agency backs ban on bluefin tuna
(photo: UN / Paulo Filgueiras)
UN wildlife trade agency backs ban on bluefin tuna
Breitbart
| A tuna transport floating tank being towed from the fishing grounds off Lib... | A Japanese fisherman loads tuna fish caught at fishery near the Croatian to... | French tuna fishermen have condemned a proposal by the French government to... | The UN-backed wildlife trade agency said Friday it supp...
Safaricom launches sh27 million Nanyuki retail center
Kenya Broadcasting Corp
Written By:KNA   , Posted: Mon, Feb 08, 2010 | In a bid to implement its retail expansion, Safaricom has launched a sh.27 million retail unit in Nanyuki. | The ultra-modern Nanyuki retail center is part of the company's s...
Botswana spending seen tight in 2010 budget
Business Report
  | * Budget deficit seen pushing limit of 10 percent of GDP | Submit your comment | Botswana's government is likely to announce a tough budget on Monday, with Finance Minister Kenneth Matambo struggling to fund development plans while revenues ...
Fierce Competition Awaits Uchumi's Return
All Africa
Commodity prices in major supermarkets in East Africa could soon be drastically reduced after Kenya's oldest supermarket chain -- Uchumi -- was officially lifted from receivership. | ...
Huge potential for Islamic finance in Kenya
Arab News
| Mushtak Parker | LONDON: Kenya is fast developing as the Islamic finance hub of East Africa. The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has already licensed two Islamic banks - Gulf African Bank (GAB) and First Community Bank (FCB) - under CAP 488 of the Bank...
Sands shifting for Africa's nomadic herders
The Guardian
| Millions of hectares of land used by pastoralists have been lost to sedentary farming and conservation | Moving cattle to available food sources generates more cash per hectare, but nomadic herders are being squeezed out. Photograph: John Vidal | N...
BAE handed £286m criminal fines
Kenya Broadcasting Corp
Written By:BBC   , Posted: Sat, Feb 06, 2010 | BAE Systems will admit two criminal charges and pay fines of £286m to settle US and UK probes into the firm. | It will hand over more than £250m to the US, which accused B...
Mombasa - Kenya - Indian Ocean - africa
GFDL
Oriflame Conference Gives Tourism a Boost
All Africa
More than 1000 Oriflame sales consultants descended on the coastal city of Mombasa on Tuesday for a weeklong conference, injecting life into the city's tourism business. | ...
Mosha, a 3-year-old elephant, is helped to walk by its keepers after putting on an artificial leg at the Elephant Hospital in Lampang province, northern Thailand Saturday, Aug. 15, 2009.
AP / Apichart Weerawong
Save the elephant: ivory trading is set to resume
The Independent
| Two African countries are trying to open a new breach in the worldwide ivory trade ban, which conservationists fear could lead to more African elephants being slaughtered by poac...
 Essar Oil company´s Vadinar oil terminal,Gujarat , India(jsen2)
AP Photo
Essar BPO arm Aegis plans IPO
The Times Of India
MUMBAI: Aegis, part of the Essar group and one of the country's top business process outsourcing (BPO) companies is planning its initial public offering (IPO) to raise about Rs 700...
AKI forecasts positive outlook for 2010
Kenya Broadcasting Corp
Written By:Margaret Kalekye/ Release   , Posted: Fri, Feb 05, 2010 | The Association of Kenya Insurers (AKI) has projected a positive outlook for the insurance industry this year. | AKI Chairman Nelson Kuria said the industry will...
Kenya population below poverty line
Kenya Broadcasting Corp
Written By:Judith Akolo   , Posted: Thu, Feb 04, 2010 | Caption: Uhuru said the government is however, envisaging a 3.5 per cent growth in gross domestic product - GDP this financial year. | Over 56 per cent of the Kenyan populati...
Fibre saboteurs put on notice
Kenya Broadcasting Corp
Written By:Kamau Mbote   , Posted: Wed, Feb 03, 2010 | The government is in the process of investigating companies that have participated in competitors' fibre optic cable lines destruction as rivalry heats up. | Permanent sec...
Financial
Hacking into the mind of the CRU climate change hacker
(photo: WN / marzena)
Hacking into the mind of the CRU climate change hacker
The Guardian
| Analysis suggests the hacker was in east coast of America and operated over a number of days, but much remains unknown | Hacker in staged photograph surrounded by computers. Photograph: Corbis | Figuring out who was behind the hack of the Climatic Research Unit (CRU) at the University of East Anglia requires some digital forensic skills – and a...



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