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Finally Econet makes long awaited entry

Econet Wireless network, the country’s fourth mobile phone operator, goes live this weekend."We shall be targeting the youthful segment,18-35-year-old, in our business plan," Michael Foley, Econet Kenya CEO said on Friday during the official launch of the network at Kenyatta International Conference Centre.

CHAD: New polio cases threaten country, region and beyond

N'DJAMENA Tuesday, November 25, 2008 (IRIN) - The Chadian Health Ministry and the UN have launched a polio vaccination drive targeting half a million children in the west of the country, as new cases of the crippling and sometimes fatal disease continue to emerge. Despite previous vaccination campaigns, Chad has seen 27 cases of polio so far in 2008 -- including polio type 1, the most dangerous of the remaining serotypes -- up from 22 cases in 2007. The resurgence is due in part to poor...

SOMALIA: Jamal Abdi: "There’s real panic and confusion in town"

HARGEISA Thursday, October 30, 2008 (IRIN) - As security forces investigate the three suicide car-bombs that went off on 29 October targeting a UN compound, the presidential residence and Ethiopian embassy in Hargeisa, capital of the self-declared republic of Somaliland, Jamal Abdi, 22, a local journalist, spoke to IRIN from hospital about the experience: “Along with other journalists, I had just left the headquarters of UDUB [the Somaliland ruling party], when the first explosion hit the UN...

Let’s Stub Out Exploitation!

How frustrating it is to see big tobacco companies targeting Africa. It has been a growing trend in recent years and yet not enough is being done by anyone to stop it. As soon as life became too difficult for the purveyors of death in Europe and the United States, they began to immediately target the less safeguarded markets in Africa. In Europe, not only is advertising is banned, but there are also strict regulations around sponsorship. Cigarettes are heavily taxed and they can only be sold in...