Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today urged voters in troubled Guinea-Bissau to participate peacefully in Sunday's second round of presidential elections and called on both candidates to respect the final result and to settle any disputes through legal means.

The bilateral relations between Angola and Egypt go on in good terms, with the sharing of invitations and visits from both countries' high officials, reads a statement issued this Thursday by the diplomatic representation of that North African country in

The appointment of Mr Bethwel Kiplagat to not just be a member, but to chair the TJRC is the clearest statement yet that both Kenya's President Kibaki and the 10th Parliament are not equal to the task of governing in

Councillors in the grand coalition are set for a bruising battle when they face each other today to elect the Nakuru Municipal Council mayor.

Science has now proved that money is indeed the root of many ills.

The government does not know the exact number of people there are in Kenya and found it difficult to plan for them, a Cabinet minister said on Thursday.

Nairobi Town Clerk Philip Kisia wishes to assure Mital Shah and other residents that something is being done about the corrupt and inefficient city askaris.

Among the many godchildren of Globalization is the art business. It has grown from several hundred million dollars a year into a multi-billion dollar industry in a little over a decade.

The potential of the bond market in Kenya is enormous. The government was able to raise a significant amount of funds to finance infrastructure development through the 1st infrastructure bond in February 2009. nya is enormous.

The suicide terrorist bombings in Jakarta, Indonesia, last week were partly designed to remind security forces in Southeast Asia and elsewhere, including Kenya, of their inability to protect all soft targets all the time.

Silence. Some people just love it and can't live without it. Others can't handle it at all. We urbanites don't have a choice anyway, what with the constant noise of traffic and construction machines, of blaring music and wailing preachers.

Efforts to preserve the country's water resources and avert a looming crisis received a boost on Thursday when President Kibaki assented to amendments in the Environmental Management and Co-ordination Act (EMCA) 1999.

Kenya College of Insurance has launched operations in Uganda and Rwanda as part of a plan to become a fully fledged regional insurance trainer.

Motorists can expect to be issued with smart second-generation driving licences by the end of this year following the successful identification of a consortium to supply them by the Ministry of Transport.

Competition on the Nairobi-Mombasa route has intensified as airlines and bus companies roll out new services to lure passengers.

A carnival mood has engulfed Kisumu Town and other parts of Nyanza Province where President Kibaki is expected to visit during his three-day state tour that starts on Friday.

Detectives investigating the recent killing of two police officers in Dandora have obtained pictures of two main suspects who they tracked to Rift Valley and Nyanza.

Regional carrier Fly540 has announced that it would launch its services at Arusha Airport, where it would operate flights between Arusha, Manyara, Serengeti and Kilimanjaro.

Kenya is gearing up for faster internet connection on Thursday that promises change across east and southern Africa.

The highly-anticipated local internet revolution moves closer to reality in the next few hours.