| Kenya: Traders Lose Out to Middlemen At Curios Market
If one visits Maasai Market in Nairobi, one would appreciate the fact that Kenya has some of the best craftsmen in the region. However, the artistic skills are yet to transform the craftsmens' lives because of the way the curios market is structured. .
Soldiers fire mortars at Somali capital market, killing 6 civilians, say witnesses
MOGADISHU, Somalia | Insurgents fired mortars at the Somali presidential palace where a top Ethiopian official was meeting with the president Saturday, and witnesses said return fire from Somali and Ethiopian soldiers killed six civilians in the capital's main market. A security staff member at the presidential palace said President Abdullahi Yusuf and Ethiopian Foreign Affairs Minister Seyoum Mesfin were unharmed. The security staff member spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not allowed to talk to the media. Government spokesman Abdi Haji Gobdon declined to comment on the attack in a capital under increasing pressure from Islamic insurgents. Ethiopia is Yusuf's principal ally. Seyoum's visit had not previously been announced. Sa'id Ahmed Wehliye, who lives near the presidential palace, said he heard several mortar shells.
COLUMN: Money Panel: Avoid traps of bear market
How do you mentally process a bear market ... as a victim or opportunist? Whatever you do, you can't change a bear market, how long it lasts, or how long it will take to rebound. The only thing you can change is the way you experience the markets. .
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