Adeniji peace talks wind up, formally
BY GEORGE MUNYORI
Peace talks initiated by the former United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan in February, formally wound up on Wednesday, with the conclusion of the last item on the four-point agenda.
The mediation committee, whose last phase was chaired by Nigerian diplomat Oluyemi Adeniji, wrapped up discussions on [...]
Mubarak, Museveni and lands minister Omara Atubo leaving State House Entebbe yesterday
By Cyprian Musoke
EGYPTIAN President Hosni Mubarak yesterday paid a four-hour state visit to Uganda, his first as head of state, in which he and his host, President Yoweri Museveni, discussed several issues including water security of the Nile.
Mubarak flew in at 1:30pm [...]
By Allyn Fisher-Ilan and Adam Entous
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Middle East peacemaking was in turmoil on Thursday after Ehud Olmert, dogged by corruption probes, said he would resign as prime minister after his party picks a new leader in September.
Israeli politicians and analysts said Olmert’s surprise announcement could force an early national election which opinion polls [...]
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The former Bosnian Serb leader, Radovan Karadzic, is to face the UN war crimes tribunal in The Hague on Thursday.
Mr Karadzic, arrested in Belgrade last week after 13 years on the run, was extradited to the Netherlands and is being held at a UN detention centre.
He has been indicted [...]
Ali: Mt Elgon abuse claims are lies
BY BERNARD MOMANYI
The government has rubbished accusations by local and international lobby groups of human rights violations in the ongoing security operation in Mount Elgon, terming the charges as ‘propaganda aimed at discrediting security forces’.
In an investigation report released on Wednesday, Police Commissioner Major General Hussein Ali questioned the [...]
Wife challenges Kabuga asset freeze
BY KEVIN KEYA
The wife of Rwandan fugitive Felicien Kabuga has now moved to the High Court seeking to reverse a freeze order on one of his properties in Nairobi’s Kilimani area.
Josephine Mukazitoni, through lawyer Otachi Bw’Omanwa, Tuesday challenged the jurisdiction of the Kenyan Courts in handling a matter arguing that [...]
By John Whitesides, Political Correspondent
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama met Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Tuesday, discussing the risk of further deterioration in a weakening U.S. economy.
With U.S. economic troubles taking center stage in his battle for the White House with Republican rival John McCain, the Illinois senator met Bernanke at [...]
Prime Minister Raila Odinga receives preliminary results of the Kenya Aids Indicator Survey 2007 from Public Health and Sanitation minister Beth Mugo in Nairobi. Photo/HEZRON NJOROGE
By GATONYE GATHURA and ARTHUR OKWEMBA
In Summary
1) A three per cent rise in prevalence rates came as a shock because Kenyans were of the opinion that Aids pandemic had been [...]
Why MPs won’t enact new constitution within a year
By Peter Opiyo
Constitutional experts have warned Parliament is unlikely to endorse a new constitution within a year for fear of fresh elections.
The Law Society of Kenya (LSK) constitutional committee says a new constitution would also mean the end of the Grand Coalition Government.
(LSK Chairman Okongo Omogeni (centre) [...]
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A former matron at Oprah Winfrey’s school in South Africa has pleaded not guilty at the start of her trial for allegedly abusing students.
The six teenage alleged victims will testify in private, as the prosecutor said they were “very scared”.
Virginia Mokgobo, 28, who worked at the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy near Johannesburg, [...]
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