#Kenya shilling firmed + 2 pct over past 6 weeks yet fuel prices barely budged. When shilling weakens ERC quick to hike pump price.
#Venezuela: Former bus driver #Maduro tells supporters “the fight continues” after the first election without Chavez for two decades
#Chavez ally #Maduro narrowly wins #Venezuela election http://t.co/QqxWxuR0Cd For more, follorw @ReutersVzla and @Reuters_DanW
Somalia strives to shake off “failed state” tag
MOGADISHU/NAIROBI (Reuters) – Western powers are in early talks on writing off Somalia’s debt, a big shift for a country that was long branded a failed state and has with help scored successes against al Qaeda-linked rebels and piracy.
Just two years ago, Islamist militants and African peacekeepers fought daily street battles in Mogadishu.
