Almost 200 women have been raped by rebels in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), during a four-day seizure of a town, aid groups have said. A US aid worker and a Congolese doctor told the Associated Press on Monday that the attacks occurred within miles of a UN peacekeepers’ base Will Cragin of the International [...]
Aug 24 2010 | Posted in
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Kenyans voted for the new constitution for eight main reasons. The reasons, political analysts say, were that people were tired of the old constitution; did not trust the leaders of the ‘No’ team, and the new set of laws was backed by two political heavyweights. Ten new things A bicameral Parliament, consisting of the National [...]
Aug 6 2010 | Posted in
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The leaders assembled for the African Union summit in Kampala were sidetracked by the fight against terrorism but Egypt employed the occasion to revive traditional ties with the continent, writes Gamal Nkrumah For the past two weeks, the words “Kampala” and “terrorist bombings” have been synonymous. First there were threats of retaliation against Uganda by [...]
Jul 30 2010 | Posted in
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Piracy and the big money being made out of it is seeping into Kenya’s economic fabric, presenting a serious threat to the economy as well as law and order, experts warn Investigations by the Daily Nation suggest that Kenyan law firms, security, aviation and shipping companies are doing business with pirates rampaging in the Indian Ocean. [...]
Jul 19 2010 | Posted in
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Commercial explosives, which can be used by terrorists to make bombs, are freely available in Nairobi. For Sh1,000, the Daily Nation bought enough material to make a bomb powerful enough to blow up a large room. The sale of such substances is supposed to be tightly controlled in law. The material included what a leading bomb [...]
Jul 16 2010 | Posted in
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KAMPALA, Uganda — Ugandan police announced Tuesday that they had found an explosives-laden vest at a popular nightclub here in the capital, thwarting another potential bomb attack just days after three deadly explosions ripped through crowds watching the World Cup championship game. The authorities also said they had arrested four foreign nationals in connection with [...]
Jul 13 2010 | Posted in
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Prime Minister Raila Odinga was on Sunday discharged from the Nairobi Hospital, six days after he underwent a head operation. The PM – with his wife Ida and close family members in tow – emerged from North wing of the hospital at exactly 11am with a radiant smile, waving at the crowd that had milled [...]
Jul 4 2010 | Posted in
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