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Self-confessed serial killer Philip Onyancha has been levelled with murder charges in a Kenya court on Tuesday. The 32 year old Kenyan security guard, who confessed to 19 murders and intending to kill 100 people in five years has been charged alongside two other accomplices, Tobias Nyabuhaga and Douglas Obiero Makori.

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africanews

UPDF’s Chief of Defence Forces, Gen. Aronda Nyakairima, Monday confirmed that Sudanese militia, the Janjaweed, not LRA rebels, probably killed over 10 Ugandan soldiers in the Central African Republic (CAR) recently.

The World Bank could be headed for a fresh row with Mombasa port stakeholders for allegedly not consulting them in a recent report on how to improve efficiency at the facility.
Stakeholders now claim that the report is skewed in favour of the bank and is meant to push its agenda, especially through the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the bank’s lending arm.
Kenya Shippers Council (KSC) chief executive officer Gilbert Langat said although the highlights of the report are good and correct, the recommendations do not represent the interests of all players. He added lack of consultation by the bank is not unusual but its recommendations are already inclined towards its own interests.
The report, Kenya Economic Update; Running on one Engine: Kenya uneven economic performance with a special focus on the port of Mombasa rated it the most important East Africa’s infrastructure. It emphasises the need to convert it into a landlord one, where cargo handling operations will be carried out by private players.
But Kenya Transport Association (KTA) secretary Paul Maiyo said that although the World Bank report findings highlighted key changes needed at the port to improve efficiency, there were no consultations.
Similar sentiments were expressed by the Kenya International Freight and Warehousing Association (Kifwa) with its national chairman Peter Mambembe claiming that the bank only consulted foreign multi-nationals with vested interests in Kenya.
The bank also dismisses the port’s 2004 master plan which was revised last year for not “effectively looking at the complementary hard and soft infrastructure needed to transform Mombasa into a world class port.”
The plan cites concessioning of berths 11 to 14 as a short term measure to create more container handling capacity although the project was thrown into confusion when dockworkers protested saying that they were not consulted.

The government called for calm as it investigated the cause of three explosions at the Referendum opposing side teams’ rally at Uhuru Park in Nairobi.
A flurry of high level meetings were held and Police Commissioner Mathew Iteere swiftly appointed a team of detectives to unearth those behind the grenades attack which killed six people and wounded 109 others.
President Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga described the attack on church leaders and politicians in the ‘No’ camp as a “heinous crime” and said security at public rallies will henceforth be tightened. He said its a crime against Kenya. The nation’s security and other agencies have launched urgent and detailed investigations to uncover those behind the crime. The PM described it as a “first ever incident” at a public meeting and said security will be enhanced at public rallies. He however, said ‘Yes’ and ‘No’ campaigns for the referendum and civic education meetings on the proposed constitution will continue. The attack, he said, should not be linked to the August 4 referendum.
The police are pursuing the matter as a serious crime, and they are placing on the team the best investigative minds in Kenya.

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More than 300,000 children in Sudan die every year from preventable causes, about 26,000 mothers die each year giving birth, says UNICEF

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The chairman of Kenya’s National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) has called for the investigation and prosecution of politicians who propagate hate in their speeches thus escalating tensions in the country.

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The head of the junta in Niger, Major Salou Djibo, who took over in a February 18, 2010 coup that toppled President Mamadou Tandja, 24 Feb 2010 (file photo)

The arrest of several army officers in Guinea is not linked to elections due in two weeks' time, the army chief has said.

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africanews

Kenya's Church leaders have blamed the government for a grenade attack at a rally on Sunday that led to six deaths.

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Japan edged out Cameroon in a dour encounter at Bloemfontein's Free State Stadium which produced little in the way of goalmouth action.

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The Mo Ibrahim Foundation has announced, for the second time in two years, the decision not to award any winner for its Ibrahim Prize, awarded to former African leaders with outstanding governance records.

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South African riot police in Durban have crashed with hundreds of security stewards protesting over alleged pay cuts in a car park at the city's Moses Mabhida stadium shortly after it hosted a match between Australia and Germany. The stewards said they were being paid only 190 rand (£17; $25) a day, although they had been promised more.

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africanews

The Canadian government has invited seven African leaders to attend a special session at the G8 Summit, according to Prime Minister Stephen Harper. They include Algeria, Egypt, Ethiopia, Malawi, Nigeria, Senegal and South Africa alongside Haiti, Jamaica and Colombia.

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africanews

At least five people are said to have been killed on Sunday after a grenade attack hit a packed park in Nairobi where politicians and religious leaders opposed to Kenya's draft constitution were holding a rally. Five more are said to be in critical condition. The blast also injured more than 70 who are undertaking treatment at the Kenyatta National Hospital.

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africanews

Ghana's spectacular victory against Serbia sent a passion of excitement across Africa as millions watched them win their opening match and Africa's first victory at the 2010 World Cup.

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africanews

The International Tobacco Growers' Association (ITGA) has expressed outrage at the devastating impact that the latest set of recommendations from the World Health Organization's Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) would have on the jobs and livelihoods of millions of tobacco growers around the world.

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africanews

Blame the Kenya government for a grenade attack at a rally on Sunday that led to six deaths, according to church leaders in the east African country. They said the government has indirect and direct hand in the explosion at a Nairobi prayer meeting campaigning against a draft constitution.

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africanews

The world football governing body FIFA is not going to ban the cheering instrument, the vuvuzela from stadiums in South Africa. Portugal star Cristiano Ronaldo becomes the latest to join the campaign against the popular plastic blowing object saying it disrupts players' attention on the field.

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At least five people have died and dozens been injured in a stampede at a rally in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi.

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bbc

A Swiss businessman, held in a Libyan jail for four months, has arrived back in Zurich.