Kenya Raila-Ruto war in ODM explodes as dictatorship grows
Listen Nairobi (Alshahid) -Wrangles in ODM have now spilled outside the party with plans by about 40 MPs to lodge a dispute against the leadership with the Political Parties Dispute Tribunal. Leading the charge are two MPs, Adan Duale (Dujis) who is also the party’s vice chairman and Isaac Ruto (Chepalungu) whose membership the party [...]
Kenya Raila’s ODM expels two MPs over divergent views
Listen Nairobi (Alshahid) -Two MPs could lose their seats after ODM announced it had expelled them for holding divergent views from those held by party leader and Kenya’s PM Raila Odinga. The party has written to the Registrar of Political Parties, saying Assistant Minister Aden Duale, and Chepalungu MP Isaac Ruto have been expelled. ODM [...]
Pirates’ Catch Exposed Kenya Route of Arms to volatile Sudan
Listen Khartoum (Alshahid) — It was September 2008 and a band of Somali pirates made a startling discovery. The Ukrainian freighter they had just commandeered in the Gulf of Aden was packed with weapons, including 32 Soviet-era battle tanks, and the entire arsenal was headed for the regional government in southern Sudan. The Ukrainian and [...]
Hizbul Islam faction ends agreement with Somalia govt
Listen Mogadishu (Alshahid) – Sheik Yusuf Mohamed Siad (Inda’adde), former state minister of the transitional government (TFG) of Somalia and now a leader of Hizbul Islam faction that recently joined the TFG has Wednesday held a press conference to formally denounce the deal signed with the government. “As troops and policy, we are no longer [...]
Somalia Parliament fails to approve new Cabinet; disagrees bitterly
Listen Mogadishu (Alshahid) –Members of Parliament in Somalia’s Transitional Federal Government (TFG) have disagreed strongly over the new Cabinet appointments, with MPs failing to pass the Cabinet during a Monday session in Mogadishu. It was revealed that 348 MPs out of the 550 met in Mogadishu to pass or reject the 18-member Cabinet appointed last [...]
Yemeni, Djibout, Eritrea talks held in Aden
Listen Aden (Alshahid) – Suspicious talks brought together President Ali Abdullah Saleh, Djiboutian President Ismail Omar Guelleh and Eritrean President Isaias Afewerki held on Sunday in Aden governorate. The talks were reported to have focused on the bilateral relations between Yemen and each of two countries; Djibouti and Eritrea. However, sources suspect the three countries [...]
Kenya MPs paralyse Parliament business over new constituency list
Listen Nairobi (Alshahid) -Kenya’s MPs Wednesday stalled morning business in Parliament when they failed to turn up to ask questions and debate two crucial motions due to what reports say was a war over the gazettment of the new constituencies. The morning session just took 10-minutes as the temporary deputy Speaker, Mr Gitobu Imanyara (Imenti [...]
Questions over Anti-Piracy Court in Kenya
Listen At the end of last week, Kenya opened a special court to try suspected pirates operating from Somalia in the Gulf of Aden The Court, which is funded by a number of international organizations and States including the UN, the EU, Australia and Canada, is a significant step in the fight against piracy. All States [...]
Somali pirate cook saves hostages, then disappears
Listen Constanta (Alshahid) – The pirate cook smuggled food to the terrified hostages held by his gang off the Somali coast. He bought them cell phone cards. And when the pirates started talking about harvesting their organs for cash, he sneaked them guns. The hostages killed the pirates and escaped. But now the life of [...]
5 Somalis awaiting trial in a Ducth court.
Listen Rotterdam (Alshahid) – Five Somalis accused of attacking a freight ship in the gulf of Aden are awaiting their fate from a Dutch court which is to issue its verdict in the piracy case, the first such case in a Euiropean court. The five allegedly hijacked an Antilles-flagged cargo ship off the coast of [...]