The body of the Kenyan volunteer who perished in the Haiti earthquake last month has finally been brought home. United Nations staff, friends and relatives including regional development minister Fred Gumo were among those who were at the airport to receive the body. Niva Odwori is the only Kenyan confirmed dead in the tragedy that left over 200,000 people dead.
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"