(AFP Photo: International Criminal Court prosecutor and pursuer of Sudan’s Omar al-Beshir, Luis Moreno-Ocampo adresses the press…. )
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US government said Monday it is bolstering security for its staff in Sudan after moves by an international prosecutor to arrest Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir raised concerns of a violent backlash.
Washington stopped short of [...]
By Greg Joyce, The Canadian Press
VANCOUVER - American army deserter Robin Long could be deported to his country as early as Tuesday after a Federal Court judge rejected his application for a stay of his deportation order.
Long, 25, fled to Canada in 2005 to avoid serving in Iraq. He was arrested in Nelson, B.C., [...]
Story by ALPHONCE SHIUNDU
Prime Minister Raila Odinga has urged the international community to keep supporting Kenya to achieve her goals.
Speaking on Monday during celebrations to mark the 219th anniversary of the French revolution, Mr Odinga said foreign countries should use the country’s political stability as an avenue for development.
“I appeal to France [...]
Zuma to hold talks with NRM
By Vision Reporter
and Agencies
The head of South Africa’s ruling African National Congress party (ANC), Jacob Zuma, arrives in Kampala today for party-to-party talks with leaders of the National Resistance Movement (NRM).
The ANC said Zuma would hold talks with the ruling NRM leaders, including President Yoweri Museveni, [...]
(AFP) - Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki called Monday for the return of artifacts stolen during the colonial era as he stepped up efforts to boost the country’s tourism sector.
Kibaki said tourism, severely battered by violence sparked by the disputed December polls, needed to be revitalised. The chaos killed at least 1,500 people and displaced hundreds [...]
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Presidential candidate Barack Obama will deliver a speech on Tuesday outlining his views of Iraq’s role in U.S. global strategic interests ahead of a planned trip there, his campaign said.
“He will focus on the global strategic interests of the United States, which includes ending our misguided effort in Iraq,” Obama spokesman Bill [...]
BY JUDIE KABERIA and PPS
NAIROBI, July 14 - The Government is to commission a heroes square in Nairobi to honour Kenyans who have made personal sacrifices for the sake of the country, President Kibaki has said.
The President who made the remarks Monday during the official opening of the newly refurbished and expanded Nairobi National Museum [...]
by SAMUEL OTIENO
The Kenya Railways Corporation yesterday unveiled an ambitious Kshs20billion (US$ 312million) investment plan that will see the city of Kisumu transformed to a top tourist destination and one of the best regional towns in eastern Africa.
The over Kshs20 billion investment plan set for ground breaking earlier next year [...]
By Sam O. Okello
Sagana State Lodge. It’s somewhere out there in Nyeri. A rich colonial history. I don’t know who owns it, but it doesn’t matter. What matters is what was said there by the ODM Leader and the President back in February, about a month after Kenya had undergone a wave of bloodletting unseen [...]
By Khaguli Maurice Nandwa
Western Kenya, Movement for Change.
Following the meeting at Blue Post Hotel Thika (Uhuru Kenyatta’s Hotel), a look at what elected MP’s from PNU and central Kenya were doing in one day, two weeks ago is revealing itself.
Some of the MP’s committees sitting, only a few were examining Kimunya protection and how [...]
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