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Four American Hostages Killed by Somali Pirates

NAIROBI, Kenya -- Four Americans taken hostage by Somali pirates off East Africa were shot and killed by their captors Tuesday, the U.S. military said, marking the first time U.S. citizens have been killed in a wave of pirate attacks plaguing the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean for years. U.S. naval forces who were...

Obama to Increase Engagement With Africa in 2011

HONOLULU -- President Barack Obama is quietly but strategically stepping up his outreach to Africa, using this year to increase his engagement with a continent that is personally meaningful to him and important to U.S. interests. Expectations in Africa spiked after the election of an American president with a Kenyan...

Georgia Preacher Leads Anti-Gay Crusade in Uganda

KAMPALA, Uganda (Nov. 21) -- A Georgia-based evangelical ministry is linking up with church leaders in Uganda and neighboring countries to discourage homosexuality in the African region. Carl Jenkins, founder and presiding bishop of Christ Central Christian Ministries Worldwide in Albany, Ga., argues that east Africa's...

Lax Security at Ugandan Anthrax Labs Poses US Security Threat

(Nov. 11) -- Sen. Richard Lugar of Indiana visited Uganda's Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries on Wednesday as part of a three-country tour of East Africa assessing the "next generation" of threats to American security, according to The New York Times. The ministry's laboratories and other similar...

3 Californians Charged With Aiding Somali Terrorists

(Nov. 3) -- Three San Diego men have been arrested and charged with aiding Somalia's al-Shabab militia, an al-Qaida-linked rebel group behind murders, beheadings and bombings in East Africa. The three are the latest in a string of Americans arrested for links to the militia, which claimed responsibility for two bombings...

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06/01/12 Review: Is there any oil offshore East Africa? Source: OilVoice The emergence of East Africa as a petroleum province has been spotted by the media, especially the UK press where a headline such as 'Improved technology helps to oil the wheels for East Africa' (The Times, 7th January 2012) is but one of many.
05/31/12 Luctonians star Burton picked for England Counties... Source: Hereford Times - Hereford - Herefordshire - UK LUCTONIANS' Will Burton has been picked for the England Counties' three-match tour to Uganda and Kenya.
05/31/12 East Africa to join world gas giants - Major new finds... Source: Petrol Plaza These and other discoveries in eastern Africa in the past year have sent shares in small explorers soaring, prompted takeover battles and rattled gas producers in other regions.
05/30/12 Oriflame Cosmetics Expands into East Africa Source: UnumProvident Corp Oriflame Cosmetics S.A. (STO:ORISDB) is expanding its operations into East Africa by acquiring the businesses in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda previously run by a franchisee.
05/29/12 Unicef Donates Equipment for Teacher Training Source: Namibia News 12 November 2011 -- Copenhagen, Denmark, East Africa (Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya): UNICEF: United Nations Childrens Fund: The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, United Kingdom, recently made a special visit to UNICEF's Emergency Supply Centre in Denmark, where they were joined by the Crown Prince and Princess of Denmark to promote the United Nations Childrens Fund to drive to feed children in East Africa during the famine in the Horn of Africa, more than 320000 children so severely malnourished that they are at imminent risk of death unless they get urgent help.