By Caren Bohan
AMMAN (Reuters) - U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said on Tuesday he was committed to a 16-month timetable for a U.S. military withdrawal from Iraq, after a trip in which he met Iraqi leaders and U.S. officials.
Obama was speaking in the Jordanian capital as part of a tour of the region in [...]
By Amos Kareithi
The 42-year-old man who served one of Kenya’s most prominent political families for 15 years is now a vagabond and a nervous wreck.
David Dimba Jakobuya was 20 when he was drafted into Jaramogi’s security detail and counted himself lucky to serve the man he had always admired. Little did he know that [...]
New settlers moving into Mau, warn MPs
Story by LUCAS BARASA and JAMI MAKAN
Thousands of people are trooping into Mau forest with the hope of benefiting from the planned Government resettlement of illegal farmers, Maasai leaders claimed Tuesday.
Heritage and Culture minister William ole Ntimama warned that his community would not sit back and [...]
The National Land Policy is ready for presentation to the Cabinet for final approval.
Lands minister James Orengo said after the presentation, he would take a Sessional Paper to the House for debate and possible passage.
He said the draft land policy had been adopted with amendments, adding that the country would soon have a document that [...]
Team told of Mungiki visit to State House
Story by SAMWEL KUMBA
Members of the outlawed Mungiki sect are said to have visited State House in the wake of post-election violence, the Waki Commission heard Tuesday.
Lawyer Muriuki Mugambi, for the police, asked Ms Muthoni Wanyeki, the executive director of Kenya Human Rights Commission, to shed [...]
By Milton Olupot
SOUTH Sudanese President Salva Kiir wants the International Criminal Court (ICC) to delay the indictment of Sudanese President Omar el Bashir until the Comprehensive Peace Agreement with the south has been implemented and a peaceful settlement in Darfur has been reached.
“There is no need rushing to take the Sudanese president to the [...]
Story from BBC NEWS:
Zimbabweans have warmly welcomed a deal setting a framework for talks on the country’s political crisis.
Residents in Harare and Bulawayo told the BBC they were excited at news of the agreement, saying they hoped it would allow a return to normal life.
The deal says power-sharing talks between President Robert Mugabe’s [...]
By Ellie Tzortzi
BELGRADE (Reuters) - Bosnian Serb wartime president Radovan Karadzic, indicted for genocide in the Bosnia war, was captured in disguise near Belgrade after 11 years on the run and had been working as a doctor, Serbian officials said on Tuesday.
The arrest on Monday of Karadzic, who is held responsible for the siege of [...]
Museveni ‘to ban’ circumcision
Story from BBC NEWS:
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni’s threat to ban circumcision so as to curb the spread of HIV/Aids has drawn strong reaction from traditionalists in the country.
The traditionalists say that such a move would be regarded as interference in people’s cultures and would be resisted strongly.
The circumcision of boys [...]
Ugandan president rejects circumcision
President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda has given a taste of what Western proponents of circumcision may have to contend with. Obviously, the men targeted by any circumcision campaign must be consulted. This seems to be the point he’s making.
See article next page.
Museveni Scoffs At Circumcision for HIV-Aids
PRESIDENT Yoweri Museveni has trashed [...]
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