The March attacks on The Standard and the Kenya Television Network (KTN) by the Kenya police represented a deteriorating relationship between the media and the government, according to the former permanent secretary, John Githongo. Talking to the American Press on a recent visit to the US, he said that the Kenyan media was the primary tool that mobilised and rallied public opinion against corruption in Kenya, putting the media on a collision course with the government. Asked whether he believed the President was behind the attacks, he said, "Given that the President has made no apology for these attacks, one presumes that these attacks happened very much with his acceptance and acknowledgement that it was the right thing to do, which is very unfortunate.”

Hearing-impaired children in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, now have reason to enjoy a normal childhood, thanks to the opening of the country's first and only school for students with hearing difficulties. "For many families, our school is the only one - not only in Mogadishu, but throughout the country - that offers normal classes to their children," said Usman Muhammad Mahamud, the school's director, on Tuesday. Mahamud, along with other Somalis from abroad, decided to open a school that catered to hearing-impaired children. The demand for a place at the school "has been amazing," he said.

Members of the University of Dar es Salaam Academic Staff Assembly (UDASA) (drawing representatives from UCLAS and MUCHS), held an Extraordinary General Assembly (EGA) meeting on 10th September 2006 to deliberate on the Charter of the University of Dar Salaam that was tabled to the University Council on 17th March 2006 for approval and eventual submission to the Government for endorsement and passing, as per Universities Act of 2005 requirements. The document that was tabled was prepared by the Legal Unit under the directives and Terms of Reference provided by the University Administration.