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Kenyan elders demand U.S. apology over Obama photo

Kenyan elders demanded an apology from Washington on Thursday ahead of a planned protest over a controversial photo of U.S. presidential hopeful Barack Obama in traditional Somali dress.

Kenya's Kibaki and Odinga sign agreement after talks

Mediator Kofi Annan said Kenya's government and opposition had reached agreement on a power-sharing deal at talks on Thursday to end the country's deadly post-election crisis. We have come to an understanding on the coalition agreement, Annan told reporters after meeting President Mwai Kibaki, opposition leader Raila Odinga and African Union head Jakaya Kikwete.

Kenya crisis talks resume under protest threat

A new round of talks to end Kenya's political crisis started on Tuesday with no clear sign of an agreement on power-sharing and the opposition threatening to resume nationwide protests. The talks being mediated by former U.N. chief Kofi Annan had come to a standstill on Monday with both sides saying President Mwai Kibaki and opposition leader Raila Odinga needed to step in to break the deadlock.

Kenya government agrees in principle to PM post

Kenya's government said on Thursday it agreed in principle to creating a prime minister's post demanded by the opposition, a possible breakthrough in a political crisis some worry could explode into violence again. Local and international pressure has grown for a deal to end the standoff over President Mwai Kibaki's disputed re-election on December 27. The opposition has threatened to resume street protests next week if its demands are not met.

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Kibaki offers talks, protests shake Kenya

Kenya's President Mwai Kibaki offered to talk to political rivals on Thursday as corpses lay in the street and smoke rose from burning slums after a day of battles between police and anti-government protesters.

Kenya govt denounces genocide as toll hits 300

President Mwai Kibaki's government accused rival Raila Odinga's party of unleashing genocide in Kenya on Wednesday as the death toll from tribal violence over a disputed election passed 300.

Kenya deaths seen at 250

A mob torched a Kenyan church on Tuesday, killing villagers cowering inside, as the death toll from ethnic riots triggered by President Mwai Kibaki's disputed re-election soared to nearly 200.

Reliance sets aside $27 billion for acquisitions, gas explorations

Reliance Industries (RIL), India's most valuable firm in terms of market capitalisation and owner of world's third largest refinery, will be setting aside up to $15 billion for making world-scale acquisitions in the energy sector besides investing more than $12 billion for development of gas exploration off the country's east coast.

Ericsson to launch telecommunication strategy in Africa

The German telecommunications supplier Ericsson has announced its participation in the Millennium village project to provide connectivity in Africa especially in rural areas.

Gore shares Nobel win with U.N. climate panel

They won the prize for their part in galvanizing international action against global warming before it 'moves beyond man's control'.

Disconnect on your vacation

In a world where e-mails follow people on vacation, the need for true chill-out travel has never been higher, sparking a boom in hotels and resorts dedicated to the quiet, and slow, life.

Vast African dump poisons children

Willis Ochieng, 10, scavenges through smoking refuse piled as high as a house at one of Africa's biggest rubbish mountains, his friends sitting nearby sucking on dirty plastic bottles of noxious yellow glue.

Africa to Benefit from Free Trade, Financial Aid Still Important

Developing and industrialized countries are continously working hard through negotiations, in Doha, to reach a new International Trade Agreement (ITA). However, there is increasing recognition that even if there was free trade between nations, many countries

Growing pains dim India's outsourcing edge

Indian outsourcing companies are shifting some of their operations to China, the Philippines, Vietnam and Kenya in a bid to stay competitive as higher wages, expensive property prices and a rising rupee eat into profits.

Be a banker online, starting with $25 loans

Fueled by last year's Nobel Prize for a man nicknamed banker to the poor, microlending to small businesses in the world's poorest countries is booming as individuals discover they can be their own mini World Bank.c

Africa wages war on scourge of plastic bags

They've become as much a symbol of Africa's landscape as the stereotypical lions and plains

Feisty woman challenges Kenya's male culture

In a continent where men still dominate, Esther Passaris is an anomaly impossible to ignore -- and anyone who tries is likely to get an earful.

African Trade Group Comesa to End Non-Tariff Barriers

The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa, or Comesa, agreed to eliminate non-tariff barriers and end conflicts that weaken trade within the 21-member grouping, a statement issued at the close of a two-day summit of member countries said Monday.