February 2011

Kenya

ICC judges caution Kenyan litigants

NAIROBI, Kenya Feb 22 – Judges at the International Criminal Court have warned Kenyan litigants against filing applications on matters they have already ruled...

Bernard Momanyi, Editorial DirectorFebruary 22, 2011

Kenya

Censure of Speaker impossible

NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 22 – Lands Minister James Orengo says a censure motion against House Speaker Kenneth Marende is impossible. The Lands Minister stated...

SIMON NDONGAFebruary 22, 2011

Kenya

Kibaki backs down on judicial nominees

NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 22 – President Mwai Kibaki has now bowed to mounting pressure and withdrawn a controversial list of nominees to four constitutional...

ANTHONY KAGIRIFebruary 22, 2011

Kenya

Annan wants Principals to tone down rhetoric

NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 22 – Former UN Secretary General and Chief Mediator Kofi Annan has sent President Mwai Kibaki and Prime Minister personal letters...

ROB JILLOFebruary 22, 2011

Kenya

Raila to address Kenyans at 4pm

NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 22 – Prime Minister Raila Odinga was on Tuesday afternoon scheduled to address the nation on the raging impasse over nominations...

ANTHONY KAGIRIFebruary 22, 2011

Kenya

Developer embroiled in row with school

NAIROBI, Kenya Feb 18 – Developers of Metro Villas estate, a new gated community with 34 housing units in Buru Buru risk incurring losses...

Bernard Momanyi, Editorial DirectorFebruary 22, 2011

Africa

Bashir will not stand in next election

Sudan, Feb 21 – Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir will not stand for re-election, an official of his National Congress Party said on Monday, while...

February 21, 2011

Africa

Five African mediators meet on I. Coast crisis

NOUAKCHOTT, Feb 21 – Five African leaders mediating an end to Ivory Coast\’s leadership crisis met with top African Union and UN officials Sunday...

February 21, 2011

Africa

Mubarak Swiss assets worth tens of millions

GENEVA, Feb 20 – Ousted Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak and his entourage have assets in Switzerland worth tens of millions of dollars (euros), the...

February 21, 2011

Africa

Gaddafi after 42 years: a leader under siege

TRIPOLI, Feb 20 – Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is facing an unprecedented challenge to his four-decade rule of the oil-rich North African country after...

February 21, 2011