Mali Prime minister fired

Ibrahim Boubakar Keita, president of Mali, has fired prime minister Oumar Tatam Ly. Oumar will be replaced by 39 year old Moussa Mara. The official statement announcing the dismissal of Ly was released on Sunday. Mara was the accountant and and mayor of a part of the capital, Bamako. He ran for president last election, but only received 1.5 percent of the vote. Ly at age 50 is a banker by profession, was appointed by Keita. The statement announcing the replacement of Ly also stated that Keita wants Mara to form a new government, but did not expand on the statement.http://allafrica.com/stories/201404060019.html

Ebola Virus Spreading through Liberia

Fear is spreading throughout Liberia as Ebola, the world's deadliest virus, with a 90% death rate, has an opportunity to spread.  A woman infected with Ebola was put on the back of a motorcycle with a driver near Monrovia.  Although the woman died, the driver of the motorcycle is still alive, but now infected with the quick spreading disease.  The Ministry of Health is currently looking for the man to prevent further spread of the disease.  Aside from the man, authorities are also looking for at least 40 other people who may have come in contact with the deceased woman. Since the spread of Ebola from Guinea, 86 Liberian deaths have been reported.

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The Sadness Behind the Central African Republic's Mango Trees

A sudden profusion of mango trees always indicates that a village was once there. At this time of the year most fruits are small, hard, and green. However, this year, the ground will be covered in a rotting yellow squelch, the aroma more sickly than sweet. Mango trees once meant a village was nearby, however now these villages are deserted thanks to violence in central Africa. Most people have been murdered or forced to leave. This June, many many mangos will go unpicked and wont be enjoyed.

Source: http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-26817382

Rwanda: The Refugee - 'It Was Like Hell, Blood Everywhere'

(KIGALI, RWANDA - APRIL 07: An emotionally distraught woman is carried out of Amahoro Stadium during the 20th anniversary commemoration of the 1994 genocide April 7, 2014 in Kigali, Rwanda.)


Themis Hakiszimana was working at the national television station in Kigali at the start of the genocide. When the army started forcibly recruiting Hutu, he fled but there was no escape from the violence. The president's plane was shot down during this broadcast, president Juvenal Habyarimana was killed. At the airport, we saw Belgian soldiers sitting on the tarmac. They had been disarmed and were being guarded by many Rwandan soldiers. They believed the Belgians had given information to the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RFP), who were fighting the government, to shoot down the plane.http://allafrica.com/stories/201404070048.html?page=3

Cameroon is reeling and suffering a lot of problems as it has been, but the kidnapping of two italian priests is setting off proverbial bombs throughout the world. Though it has lately been unclear around who is the culprit a suspicion has arisen that the culprits are a Nigerian based criminal organization. The Priests were also noted to have been brutalized before the kidnapping. The military itself is searching for the priests, to distance this crime away from an international incident. Christians in Cameroon have been holding a mass for the kidnapped priests and pray for their safe return, as does much of the world.

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Moki Edwin Kindzeka
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Congo-Kinshasa: Rumble in the Belgian Bungle

Conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), particularly in the eastern Kivu provinces, can be traced to its convoluted history of migration, citizenship and property rights.
Four countries share borders with the Kivu provinces: Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and Tanzania. The conflict in North and South Kivu is often described simplistically as a struggle between rebels (often supported by neighbouring countries), the national military and armed local "self-defence" forces. According to this narrative, the conflict began in the aftermath of the Rwandan genocide in 1994, and the three groups are now vying for control of the area's natural resources: gold, tin, tungsten and coltan (used in mobile phone chips).
The origins of this conflict, however, are much deeper, and date back much further. Trouble in the Kivus began in the 19th century when Banyarwanda cattle herders from present-day Rwanda moved to the South Kivu hills. An exact date for this movement is not known, but historians estimate that they may have arrived around 1850. The conflict's roots became even more entangled when the Belgian government took over administration of Congo in 1908 from King Leopold II, who had run the territory as his personal fiefdom since 1885.http://allafrica.com/stories/201404040651.html

Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda envoys jointly woo US tourists

Envoys representing Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda on Monday launched a Single Tourist Visa in the US capital in a joint effort to woo prospective tourists from the North American nation.

Kenya’s Charge de Affairs, Jean Njeri Kamau, joined her two colleagues – Rwanda’s Mathilde Mukantabana and Uganda’s Oliver Wonekha - at a symbolic ceremony held at the Rwandese Embassy on Connecticut Avenue in Washington DC.

Speaking during the event attended by stakeholders from the tourism and aviation industries, Ms Kamau said American tourists wishing to visit the three countries on a single trip will now pay $100 for a 90-day multiple-entry visa.

Original Author: BMJ MURIITHI

Link:http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/news/Kenya--Uganda-and-Rwanda-envoys-jointly-woo-US-tourists/-/2558/2265610/-/7pdmdn/-/index.html