KENYA FORCES ‘STORM WESTGATE CENTRE’

Gunfire and explosions were heard at the complex and a cloud of smoke could be seen billowing from the building. Television pictures showed troops running towards the complex. About 10 attackers were thought to be inside. More than 69 people have died and more than 170 have been injured since the attack began on Saturday. The Somali...

PREZZO ON RUNAWAY AFTER ALLEGEDLY ASSAULTING SWISS MILITARY OFFICER

NAIROBI; KENYA: CONTROVERSIAL MUSICIAN PREZZO IS ON THE RUN AFTER HE WAS INVOLVED IN A GUN FIGHT OUTSIDE A POPULAR CLUB IN NAIROBI’S WESTLANDS AREA. Police say they want Prezzo aka Jackson Makini to report to Parklands Police Station for grilling after he allegedly assaulted a Swiss military officer in the head...

DAR FILM FESTIVAL SET TO TAKE OFF SEPTEMBER 24

HAAK NEEL PRODUCTION COMPANY IN COLLABORATION WITH A NETWORK OF INFORMATION FILM HAS ORGANISED A DAR FILM FESTIVAL (DFF) AIMED AT ENABLING MANY TANZANIANS TO PARTICIPATE IN SWAHILI MOVIES. Coordinator Staford Kihore said in Dar es Salaam on Monday that the festival will motivate Tanzanians to watch Swahili films. The festival will be held in Dar es Salaam from September 24 to 26 this year and Swahili films will be screened...

TANZANIA FILM STAKEHOLDERS ASSIST POLICY MAKING PROCESS

FILM STAKEHOLDERS ARE TAKING STEPS TOWARDS HELPING THE GOVERNMENT PRODUCE AN UP-TO-DATE POLICY FOR THE SECTOR. From funds given by the Masaki-based BESTAC Company the Tanzania Film Federation (TAFF) has employed the expertise of a South Africa-based film consultant, Martin Cuff. The specialist in economic development using film had...

Somalia Al-Shabab claims Nairobi Westgate Kenya attack

A senior figure in the Somali militant group al-Shabab has told the BBC it carried out a deadly attack on a shopping centre in neighbouring Kenya. A wounded man is escorted outside the Westgate Mall, an upscale shopping mall in Nairobi, Kenya Saturday Sept. 21 2013, where shooting erupted when armed men attempted to rob a shop, according...

Over 30 dead as army, elite units battle Nairobi gunmen

NAIROBI – Kenyan troops and elite units  joined police fighting gunmen in Nairobi’s upmarket Westgate shopping mall, an AFP correspondent at the scene said.  A policeman carry’s a baby to safety after masked gunmen stormed an upmarket mall and sprayed gunfire on shoppers and staff The gunmen sprayed gunfire, before holing themselves...