JM Coetzee and Nadine Gordimer among those who say bill is country's first attack on democracy since apartheid ended-Stewart Maclean and David Smith in Johannesburg guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 6 June 2012 17.05 BST - Secrecy laws planned for South Africa fundamentally threaten free speech

Written By:Lilian Mukabana/Rose Welimo,    Posted: Wed, Jun 06, 2012 - Lamu residents have filed a case at the Malindi High Court seeking to stop the construction of Lamu port, until their grievances are heard and determined. The community members through their

By Benjamin Mann-Cleveland, Ohio, Jun 6, 2012 / 04:14 am (CNA).- In response to concerns raised by teachers and clergy, the Diocese of Cleveland has revamped its high school religion curriculum for the upcoming year, with a focus on orthodoxy and moral clarity.

From Nkepile Mabuse, CNN-June 5, 2012 -- Updated 1038 GMT (1838 HKT-(CNN) -- Bringing together an army of creative writers, photographers and illustrators from all around Africa and beyond, Cameroonian journalist Ntone Edjabe has set up an exciting media

BY ARNE DOORNEBAL, 5 JUNE 2012-With an increase of 1.2 million citizens every year, Uganda is the third-fastest growing country on (Photo FrMar-Kids Isiolo) earth. The population boom is causing bitter fights over land and may lead to food shortages, warn experts. Meanwhile, individual

By NATION Reporter-Posted  Wednesday, June 6  2012 at  12:42-Operations at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport have resumed after an eight-hour delay occasioned by a runway mishap. The busy airport was closed at 4.00am Wednesday after an EgyptAir

6 June 2012 Last updated at 09:48 GMT- Nigerian security forces have shot dead 16 suspected militants from the Islamic sect Boko Haram in the north-eastern city of Maiduguri, officials say. They were killed in a fierce gunfight overnight, witnesses say.

Scripture:Mark 12:18-27-27 He is not God of the dead, but of the living; you are quite wrong."-Meditation: How reliable is the belief that all will be raised from the dead? The Sadducees, who were a group of religious leaders from the upper classes in Jesus' time

By REBECCA OKWANY rokwany@ke.nationmedia.com-Posted  Friday, June 1  2012 at  22:30 Beware, the person prescribing drugs for you over the counter could be a quack, pharmacists have warned. The Pharmaceutical Society of Kenya (PSK) on Friday said half of the chemists selling medicines over the counter are untrained.

5 June 2012 Last updated at 17:21 GMT-Nigeria's civil aviation authority has grounded all Dana Air's aeroplanes after one of its aircraft crashed on Sunday in a busy Lagos suburb. The commercial aircraft was flying from the Nigerian capital, Abuja, to Lagos