International Forum

28th February 10 Tanzania`s phone taxes highest in East Africa Polycarp Machira Tanzania has the highest voice phone tariff on average compared to its neighbours, a study by the...

Swiss antagonist of minarets... RENOWNED Swiss politician Daniel Streich, who rose to fame for his campaign against minarets of mosques, has embraced Islam. A member of the Swiss People's...

Landslide 'kills 100' in Uganda region of Bududa More than 100 people have been killed in a landslide in the mountainous eastern region of Bududa in Uganda, a minister has told the BBC...

Kwa karibu wiki 2 hivi zimepita shirika la ujajusi la Israel MOSAD inatuhumiwa kwa kuhusika na kifo cha kiongozi wa Hamas huko Dubai, Katika hali ya ajabu sana moja ya watu walihusika wametumia...

Why is the car giant Toyota not Toyoda? Why the largest automaker is Toyota Posted Tuesday, March 2 2010 at 00:00 and not Toyoda Akio Toyoda was in Washington to deal with the crisis at car...

Alhamdullilahi, EA is more Arab than African By CHARLES ONYANGO-OBBO The other week a Kenya newspaper referred to an alleged false prophet who had taken advantage of a vulnerable local...

Kampala The Rwandan government has thrown the net to catch Lt. Gen. Kayumba Nyamwasa wider after a reliable source said the renegade former military chief, initially reported to be hiding in...

Kampala The warming Uganda-Rwanda diplomatic relations appeared headed for trouble once again after Kigali formally protested to Kampala at the weekend over reports their run away former army...

What a political dynasty? Je, kwa Tanzania wanawapitishia wapi warithi wao? Muhoozi eats big in PGB shake-up Muhoozi with (Centre) with President Museveni and First Lady Janet Museveni after...

1st March 10 Karimjee family: 'Merchant princes of East Africa' ThisDay Reporter IT is well known that to achieve continuous success and growth, families must pass on the entrepreneurial...

Leo rais Sarkozy wa France yupo mjini Kigali, Rwanda...ila ni miaka michache tu iliyopita nchi hizi mbili zilivunja mahusiano yao ya kibalozi mpaka rais Kagame akasitisha matumizi ya lugha ya...

Zimbabwe forces foreign firms to give up majority stake A new Zimbabwean law that forces foreign-owned companies to sell a majority stake in their businesses to indigenous people has come into...

While Zimbabwe's economy is in freefall, with superhyperinflation and a workers strike..... Mugabe throws a $ 500,000 birthday bash, complete with Johny blue label ( $70 200 ml, $ 170 750 ml...

Wonder twins break records as they get ready to start secondary school aged NINE Peter and Paula Imafidon passed their GCSE maths aged 6 Paula and Peter Imafidon broke world records when...

Libya's Gaddafi urges 'holy war' against Switzerland Muammar Gaddafi has reportedly been blacklisted by Switzerland Libya's Muammar Gaddafi has called for a jihad, or holy war, against...

Many feared dead as quake of magnitude 8.8 rocks capital, Santiago, and triggers tsunami. Source: BBC W.Services Radio

Museveni fell down on windfall tax By JAINDI KISERO Posted Monday, March 1 2010 at 00:00 THE EAST AFRICAN Was Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni duped into giving away the country’s...

Algeria police chief 'shot dead' Mr Tounsi was closely involved in Algeria's fight against extremists The chief of Algeria's national police force, Ali Tounsi, has been shot dead in the...

Rare prayers to bring back dead pastors Pastors and faithful of Kingdom Seekers Fellowship International pray for the resurrection of pastors Patrick Wanjohi and Francis Ndetei, who died in...

Thailand top court seizes part of Shinawatra's fortune BBC Thailand's Supreme Court has ruled that former PM Thaksin Shinawatra's family should be stripped of more than half a contested...