NAIROBI (AFP) - The Kenyan parliament on Wednesday passed a motion of no confidence against Finance Minister Amos Kimunya over accusations of corruption in the sale of a luxury hotel.
Kimunya’s ouster from parliament, expected to be followed by his official sacking or resignation from government, is the biggest blow to the coalition cabinet formed in [...]
Revealed: Mboya’s fatal links with CIA
By Douglas Okwatch
Fresh details of a conspiracy that could have provided a motive for the assassination of Cabinet Minister Thomas Joseph Mboya have emerged ahead of the 39th year since his death.
The CIA appears to have recruited the flamboyant minister and former trade unionist in a heavily funded “selective [...]
By Hugh Bronstein
BOGOTA (Reuters) - French-Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt, three Americans and 11 other hostages were rescued from leftist guerrillas by Colombian troops on Wednesday after years hidden away in jungle captivity.
All of the former captives, rescued in an operation that involved tricking the guerrillas, were in reasonably good health despite having been held in [...]
NAIROBI (AFP) - Some 14 million people in the Horn of Africa are facing food shortages in an acute emergency worsened by war, drought and rising prices, aid agencies warned Wednesday.
The Somali conflict, frontier tension in Eritrea, Ethiopia and Djibouti and Asmara’s clampdown on aid operations have each stoked the crisis, with the agencies pressing [...]
By John Whitesides, Political Correspondent
ZANESVILLE, Ohio (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama promised a more active approach to faith-based social programs on Tuesday in a bid to bolster his support among evangelical and religious voters.
Obama visited a community ministry in a conservative region of the election battleground state of Ohio to unveil a plan [...]
Medical services to reposses grabbed land
BY CATHERINE KARONGO
The government Wednesday warned land grabbers of land belonging to state health facilities that it would soon be repossessed.
Medical Services minister, Anyang’ Nyong’o said the move was part of a five year plan of action to improve medical facilities in the country.
Speaking when he toured various health [...]
BY AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
JOHANNESBURG, July 2 - South African President Thabo Mbeki on Wednesday rejected an EU position that it will only accept a Zimbabwean government led by opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai.
“The result that comes out of that process of dialogue must be a result that is agreed by the Zimbabweans,” said Mbeki on [...]
Committee to make Raila elder formed
By Joseph Murimi
A committee of five elders has been formed to plan and prepare for the proposed installation of Prime Minister Raila Odinga as a Kikuyu elder.
Mr Thuo Mathenge of Taifa Tekelezi lobby group said they were going to pursue their goal no matter how long it took.
He [...]
By John Oyuke
National Social Security Fund (NSSF) plans to start recruiting Kenyans living abroad to expand its market share.
Managing Trustee, Rachel Lumbasyo said the fund plans to engage in an aggressive marketing of its products by registering Kenyans in the Diaspora as members.
“We are working on a programme that will enable us register [...]
By Cris Chinaka
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai on Wednesday spurned a call from African leaders for talks with President Robert Mugabe on forming a unity government, saying conditions were not yet right.
Tsvangirai, who boycotted a widely criticised June 27 election run-off, said Mugabe must first stop attacks on opposition supporters and demanded [...]
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