A senior United Nations official has called for an investigation into allegations of war crimes in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, following weeks of fighting that has left more than 1,600 people dead and caused hundreds of thousands to flee. Sir John

ZCTU said that the leadership would have never signed on to something workers opposed.

GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN Alfred Mutua has brought home to us the politics of aircraft accident investigations. Apparently, there had been a bit of a tussle between Kenyan and Cameroon authorities over the custody of the 'Black Box' recovered from the wreckage

Kenya Airways has resumed flights to Douala, Cameroon, a week after the tragic crash that killed all 114 passengers and crew members aboard one of its flights.

A team of Kenyan and South African forensic experts have arrived in Cameroon to help in identifying bodies of KQ plane crash victims.

Uganda fetched about $962, 193,000 in export earnings in 2006, a year that witnessed the emergence of new trading partners.

Government has nominated Kenya Revenue Authority commissioner Mumo Matemu to contest for a top World Customs Organisation job.

A renewed drive towards a common customs union for Comesa began yesterday in Nairobi, with intergovernmental talks ahead of the trading bloc's 12th Heads of State Summit set for May 22 to 23.

Three bishops have cautioned politicians in Trans Nzoia District not to make inflammatory statements.

Religious leaders in various parts of the country called for an end to ethnic clashes during the national day of prayer for Kenya Airways plane crash victims.

The sixth Athletics Kenya weekend track meeting in Nakuru last weekend marked an end to the initial preparations for the Osaka World Championships in to be held August and September.

NATIONAL Insurance Corporation (NIC) Ltd yesterday unveiled Shs345million worth of offers towards Cranes' cause of defeating Nigeria and smoother the road to the 20080 Ghana Nations Cup.

A lobby group is calling for the drawing up of emergency plans to bridge health financing and manpower gaps in Africa.

The Government lacks the funds or expertise to remove abandoned shipwrecks on the Kenyan coast.

Though the national economic growth is impressive, the success does not translate into improved health and nutrition for Tanzanians according to the health and social welfare minister.

The owner of the plane that crashed four years ago in Busia killing a Cabinet minister and its two pilots, yesterday accused the government of applying double standards in dealing with air accidents in the country.

A team of Kenyan and South African forensic experts have arrived in Cameroon to help in identifying bodies of KQ plane crash victims.