A high delegation led by The transitional Federal Government police commander Abdi Hassan Awale Qeybdid has reached in Galka'o town in Mudug region, officials told Shabelle radio on Tuesday.

ZIMBABWEAN President Robert Mugabe and his political rival Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai will today attend a regional summit in Maputo, Mozambique, in a bid to thrash out disputes undermining the Harare inclusive government.

Farmers are complaining about a lack of technical assistance and the poor quality of seeds they've planted this year in the Kaolack region, Senegal's groundnut-producing area, 200 kilometres south of the capital Dakar.

President Ian Khama leaves for Washington today to attend the Conservation International board of directors meeting. While in the US, Khama will meet with President Barack Obama on Thursday.

Survivors of the Darfur crisis who sought refuge in the UK and are still fighting their asylum cases are celebrating yesterday’s Home Office decision to concede that their removal to Khartoum would be unsafe and that they should all be granted asylum. An Operational Guidance Note (OGN) issued by the Home Office late yesterday states as follows:

In a statement released today, The Carter Center noted continued progress in Sudan's electoral process, including voter registration, which began Nov. 1, but expressed concerns about the obstacles facing election observers, including delays in finalizing their accreditation procedures and delays in election preparations, as well as continued reports of harassment of political party and civil society activity.

Below is the transcript of the press availability with the U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Moroccan Foreign Monister Taieb Fassi-Fihri on November 2, 2009, during the U.S. Secretary's visit to Marrakesh, Morocco.

Internally displaced families who were staying near Lake Ol Bolosat have been given land in Subukia.

What Gordon O. Calleb can't understand is the naivete of church leaders threatening to vote against the new constitution over kadhi's courts, as its rejection would mean retention of the old law, which includes the same Islamic courts. Gordon appeals: "Can somebody help these people to understand the current Constitution? Should they succeed in their crusade to scuttle the new law, the kadhi's courts will still remain. We, their flock, should not agree to be misled by these clerics."

Controversy and confusion marred the official launch of the Maasai Mara marathon on Tuesday with Athletics Kenya threatening to ban any local athlete who takes part in the event set for November 29.

Kenya Open Golf Limited has appointed Icon Sports Marketing Limited to market and organise the annual Kenya Open whose 2010 edition will be staged at the Muthaiga Golf Club from March 26-29.

Six drivers will be out to exorcise the ghosts that saw them roll out last season as they put their machines out for another slippery contest in Sunday's KCB Savings and Loan Mombasa Rally.

In the West, scant attention has been paid to news that as many as 23 million people are on the brink of starvation across East Africa. Some media briefly focused on this tragedy, before moving back to the finance crisis and this December's global warming negotiations in Copenhagen.

On the eve of the visit to Kenya by International Criminal Court Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo, the debate on bringing to justice perpetrators of post-election violence has failed to address key questions critical to understanding the place and proper role, if any, of the Court in the Kenyan situation.

As an advance team from the International Criminal Court flew into the country last evening to prepare for the arrival of prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo, Cabinet ministers were making last-minute plans to present a unified position against international trials for key suspects of post-election violence.

Nigeria have lined up perhaps one of their finest squads to face Kenya in their must-win 2010 Fifa World Cup qualifying duel in Nairobi next Saturday, with the Super Eagles's Chelsea FC of England midfielder John Obi Mikel declaring himself fit to play.

A malaria treatment derived from a locally-growing shrub is one of only a few herbal cures being presented at the ongoing international conference in Nairobi.

Eastern province leaders came out in their numbers to give their views on boundary review.

Police officers will be barred from engaging in the matatu or any other conflict of interest businesses if new reforms are effected.

Kenyans will no longer directly elect the country's chief executive if the proposed new constitution is adopted.