The Standard Kenya: "The final whistle goes off this morning for the top three presidential contenders to sprint to the finish line as the electoral body declares the start of the official 21-day campaign period. The main players, President Kibaki (Party of National Unity), ODM’s Mr Raila Odinga and ODM-Kenya’s Mr Kalonzo Musyoka, were yesterday putting the finishing touches on their strategies to make forays into swing areas. The official campaign period, to be announced by the Electoral Commission of Kenya, is expected to trigger off the expected break-neck finish and will be stopped with just three days to December 27."
afrol News - Huge diamonds found in DRC : "A Canadian mineral exploration firm, Mexivada Mining Corp, has reported the discovery of two large diamonds in its 100% controlled Malambani Permis de Recherche concession, located near Mayoko in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Mexivada described the first stone as a white, modified octahedron 7.5 milimetres in diameter while the second stone was a shiny 6 milimetre greenish-white coloured dodecahedral diamond. Each of them weighs 0.1 gram"