Non ICC member America against Kenya’s bid over trials
Listen New York (Alshahid) -Kenya’s Vice-President Kalonzo Musyoka has apparently failed in his mission to the US. Soon after Mr Musyoka met in Washington on Wednesday with Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg, a State Department official told the Africa Review that “we do not support a UN Security Council resolution to defer the ICC [...]
Kenya, Ethiopia may attack Somalia alshabaab rebels
Listen Isiolo, Kenya (Alshahid) – Kenyan and Ethiopian troops could attack Somali rebel group al Shabaab inside the Horn of Africa nation following the rebels’ latest threat to strike at Kenya, security sources said on Monday. The al Shabaab group, which claims ties to al Qaeda and has been waging a four-year insurgency against Somalia [...]
PM Raila disowns Kenya stand against ICC trials
Listen Nairobi (Alshahid) – In a move to placade the Kenyan civil society and foreign funded NGOs Kenya’s Prime Minister Raila Odinga Wednesday disowned the shuttle diplomacy spearheaded by Vice-President Kalonzo Musyoka to seek the support of African Union to defer Kenya’s case at the International Criminal Court. Mr Odinga, at a news conference in [...]
We have got it wrong on Abidjani
Listen The common phenomenon around Africa that leaders are clinging on to power might not be the ultimate case in Cote d`Ivoire. It’s a hyperbole. Why do I say that? First, the Ugandan case five years ago. The winning president Museveni against an opposition strong candidate Kissa Besigie was regarded as a mockery of democracy. [...]
S. Sudan govt elites enjoy luxuries as citizens live in poverty
Listen Juba (Alshahid) -Are Southern Sudanese Government officials trying to make up for lost time? Top of the range four-wheel drive vehicles, including the fuel-guzzler Hummer, are the only cars they are driven in. Their offices are air-conditioned and flashy, with wall-to-wall carpets. The men prefer neatly cut and well-pressed suits of the designer type, [...]
Emirates Airline completes stalled development projects in Kenya
Listen Nairobi (Alshahid) -The Emirates Airline Foundation and Engineers Without Borders Orange County have completed a project to build a footbridge across the Ewaso Ng’iro River in Nanyuki in Kenya at a cost of US37,000 (Ksh2.96 million). Emirates’ Regional Manager for East Africa Essa Sulaiman Ahmad said the reconstruction of the footbridge began in July [...]
Kenyan PM flies to Cote d’Ivoire for mission impossible
Listen Nairobi (Alshahid) -Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga is on the way to Abidjan for ‘last-chance’ diplomatic efforts to end an election crisis that left Cote d’Ivoire with “two presidents”. The announcement by the African Union came a day after Laurent Gbagbo rejected a deadline set by his rival for him to leave office, saying [...]
UN council OKs big increase in AU Somalia force
Listen United Nations (Alshahid) – The U.N. Security Council on Wednesday authorized a boost in the African Union’s peacekeeping force in Somalia from 8,000 to 12,000 troops to shore up the country’s government against Islamist insurgents. The force, known as AMISOM, currently consists of soldiers from Uganda and Burundi. Uganda is expected to provide the [...]
Suspected Kenyan violence sponsors to be named next week
Listen New York (Alshahid) -The names of suspected Kenyan post-election violence sponsors will be known on next week. The International Criminal Court chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo will on December 14 unveil the names as he presents his case to the Pre-Trial Chamber. The prosecutor told journalists in New York that he was ready with his [...]
Sudan referendum: Voters bribed to stay away from registering
Listen Khartoum (Alshahid) -On January 9 next year, Sudan will be going to the ballot to decide whether the South should become an independent state. But even as registration goes on, different parties say there have been efforts to sabotage the exercise. Whereas President Omar al Bashir is being accused of bribing southern Sudanese in [...]