A third round of United Nations-backed negotiations on Western Sahara, bringing together representatives of Morocco and Frente Polisario, will take place early next month, it was announced today.

If only she could be equally feted back home; if only Kenya would realise just how much she has done to keep the national flag flying high!

A day after getting regulatory approval to its multi-billion strategic partnership, Equity Bank has announced a major regional expansion plan.

Mumias Sugar Company recorded reduced production during the last financial year even as it declared dividends to its shareholders on Friday.

Fina Bank's small and medium clients can now access long-term financing of up to 10 years following an agreement with the European Investment Bank (EIB) to provide funding.

Supermarket chain, Nakumatt Holdings, has unveiled a comprehensive Sh6 million retail catalogue as part of the firm's direct marketing development project.

When a friend invited Vincent Chelot to Kigali eight years ago, he was excited about the job they were to do together.

Sasini Limited's Sh600 million bond started trading at the Nairobi Stock Exchange making it the first listed bond in the market by an agricultural-based company.

The extension of the East African Community to include Burundi and Rwanda will see an increased movement of people, goods, services and capital across borders. And just like globalisation, regional integration is becoming an irresistible and indispensable phenomenon for nations

Kenyan motorists Friday asked the Government to act on the escalating fuel prices.

President Kibaki on Friday opened a new market near the renovated country bus station in Nairobi. The market is one of a series planned to provide space for itinerant traders who would otherwise turn to hawking their wares and produce

Nursing interns who refused to work without protective gear at Mulago Hospital following the death of a doctor who had been admitted with ebola.

Who can look into a child's eyes and not be moved by the clear, frank and trusting openness? All children ever seem to ask for is our attention and love, but surely not to harm them.

By December 28, more than 200 women parliamentary or civic candidates will have been physically abused by men (and sometimes by other women). The origins of such oppression predate democratic institutions. The Bible tells us that humanity's sad predicament has

Mr Michael Fairbanks loved his dog. But when the co-founder of OTF Group and the SEVEN Fund arrived in Rwanda's capital, Kigali, eight years ago, he could not hear dogs barking.

Reporters Without Borders voiced deep concern today about death threats made on 4 December against Faisal El-Bagir of the privately-owned Arabic-language weekly Al-Midan and four journalists employed by the privately-owned Arabic-language daily Al-Sahafa - Abdel Moneim Suleiman, Al-Haj Warraq, Al-Tahir

The Standard Group journalists scooped three awards at the Kenya Media Network on Population and Development reporting.

This daily press review is compiled by the Information Section of the Public Affairs Office of the American Embassy in Abidjan, CÃ'te d'Ivoire.