BERLIN (AFP) - Barack Obama Thursday told a vast crowd of 200,000 people in Berlin that Americans and Europeans must tear down walls between estranged allies, races and faiths, in a soaring challenge to a new political generation.
The Democratic White House candidate warned, near the footprint of the old Berlin Wall, that humanity must build [...]
By Christopher Kidanka
Mwalimu Julius Kambarage Nyerere is the man behind Tanzanians’ pride as a people, thanks to his philosophy of African brotherhood, popularly known as Ujamaa.
The father of Tanzanian nationalism won support from Eastern bloc and Western capitalist nations alike, but, as it has been revealed, Julius Nyerere never liked Eastern socialism.
Chairing [...]
‘Quiz Uganda army on war crimes’
By Francis Mugerwa, Citizen Correspondent, Kampala
A top US based human rights body is pushing the International Criminal Court to include the UPDF on its list of those who should be investigated for the commission of atrocities in the war ravaged northern Uganda.
In its latest report, the Human [...]
Government to implement Ndung’u Land Report
By Patrick Beja
The Government will start implementing the Ndung’u report on irregular land allocation from next week, Lands Minister James Orengo has announced.
Orengo said he has studied the report and does not need to consult Prime Minister Raila Odinga and President Mwai Kibaki or form another commission to implement it.
“I [...]
Towns lack services, says UN official
By NATION Correspondentemail the author
Most municipalities in the region lack water supply and sewerage facilities.
A Sh67 million project aims to improve the town’s waste management and promote environmental conservation.
Local authorities in Lake Victoria region lack essential sanitary services necessary for urbanisation, an official of the UN-Habitat has said.
The [...]
By BENJAMIN MUINDI and LUCAS BARASAe
Church bodies want religious education made examinable in schools.
The National Council of Churches of Kenya and the Kenya Episcopal Conference said separately that the education system and curriculum needed to be reviewed to inculcate national values and discipline in students while they are still young.
“The solution to the [...]
BERLIN, Germany (CNN) — U.S. presidential contender Barack Obama arrived in Germany Thursday for the latest leg of an international trip intended to bolster his foreign policy credentials at home and set out his vision for a new era of transatlantic cooperation.
Obama, who will also visit France and the UK before heading back to the [...]
By The Canadian Press
OTTAWA - It’s not exactly election fever, but Canadians appear more ready this year to head to the polls than they did last fall, says Liberal Leader Stephane Dion.
“We have seen over the winter and the spring more and more interest for federal politics,” Dion told reporters Wednesday at a hotel in [...]
Prison boss says report unfair to his team
BY SIMON NDONG’A
The Prisons Department defended itself Thursday against accusations of corruption and poor management by a probe committee.
Prisons Commissioner Gilbert Omondi also objected to the recommendation for a complete overhaul of the top prisons management after a report revealed rot in the correctional system.
On Wednesday, the committee [...]
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Representatives of Zimbabwe’s ruling and opposition parties have begun power-sharing talks in South Africa, officials there have said.
The talks began after the arrival of the four main negotiators from Zimbabwe’s capital, Harare.
President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai signed a deal agreeing to the negotiations on Monday.
The talks, [...]
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