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Are Tax Incentives Propelling Africa to Self-Sustainable Economic Growth?

As one high-ranking tax official from an East African country put it, “these businesses all say ‘I’ll take your money if you’re foolish enough to give it away.’”

(NAIROBI, Kenya) - A joint ActionAid and Tax Justice Network-Africa conference on “harmful tax competition in East Africa” got underway Wednesday morning in Nairobi-Kenya, bringing together policy makers and civil society organization from the region.

Goodluck Jonathan mistaken as Mwai Kibaki in Kampala

Thanks to Obama’s lineage on his father’s side, I am sure Kenya means something to most Americans by now.

(KAMPALA, Uganda) - I wrote this piece to have it posted primarily on a website based in Oregon, United States; and since Americans (no offence meant here), merely stating fact of life- are known for their proverbial ignorance.

It’s imperative to explain who Goodluck Jonathan and Mwai Kibaki are including what Kampala is or where it’s situated.

Kenya: Homa Bay Orphange, Kenya, Africa

Education is the best way to empower the next generation of leaders.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - Imagine having to live on the streets day and night, wondering where is your next meal coming from?

Will you be safe or will someone want to harm you? Will you be forced to join a rebel group? Could you be raped and forced into the sex industry in order to provide for yourself?

Africa: Faces in Words

Weekly update on the breaking stories in the African nations.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Unseen, unheard; no one should be the bearer of these two words. Unfortunately, Africa is often in the forefront of this association.

Our common humanity should change this; we should never look away because it is too distant. Our commitment to one another, to human rights, and the ability to learn should always keep us connected no matter the severity and complexity of problems.

Africa: Faces in Words

Weekly update on the breaking stories in the African nations.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Unseen, unheard; no one should be the bearer of these two words. Unfortunately, Africa is often in the forefront of this association.

Our common humanity should change this; we should never look away because it is too distant.

Africa: Faces in Words

New weekly update on the breaking stories in the African nations.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Unseen, unheard; no one should be the bearer of these two words. Unfortunately, Africa is often in the forefront of this association.

Our common humanity should change this; we should never look away because it is too distant. Our commitment to one another, to human rights, and the ability to learn should always keep us connected no matter the severity and complexity of problems.

The Spreading Pirate Threat from Somalia

War-ravaged Somalia has not had a functioning government since 1991.

(MOGADISHU) - In the dead of the night of 12 March, in the Indian Ocean, a ship was engaged in a potentially deadly game of cat and mouse with a gang of Somali pirates.

As pirates chased them, the desperate captain tried to throw them off, increasing speed and destabilizing the smaller boats with waves from his hull.

Kenya Navy and Police Arrest 11 Suspected Somali Pirates

So far, the 135+ Somalis in Kenyan detention accused of piracy, have all been captured by foreign navies patrolling the Indian Ocean and Gulf of Aden.

(NAIROBI, Kenya) - Ecoterra International reports that eleven armed Somalis were nabbed by Kenyan security forces after allegedly stealing fuel from a Kenyan fishing vessel on Sunday near Kiunga north of Lamu. This is an area just south of the Somali-Kenyan border.

"What they didn't realize was that one of the Kenyans sent an SMS message to the naval post at Kiunga, which triggered an alarm response," Ecoterra said.