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Archive for Category: "Kenya"
Kenya: la CPI et les violences de post électorales
Le procureur de la Cour pénale internationale Luis Moreno Ocampo a annoncé qu’il allait demander l’autorisation aux juges de poursuivre les suspects clés des violences post électorales au Kenya.
Kenya: arrivée à Nairobi du procureur de la CPI
Le procureur de la Cour pénale internationale est arrivé jeudi à Nairobi où il doit discuter avec les président et Premier ministre kényans des modalités des poursuites de la CPI contre les instigateurs des violences post-électorale de 2008, a-t-on appris de source aéroportuaire.
Kenya:”un vaccin contre le paludisme disponible d’ici trois à cinq ans”
La 5e Conférence de l’Initiative multilatérale sur le paludisme (MIM) se tient du 1er au 6 novembre à Nairobi, au Kenya. Alors que la dernière phase de test d’un vaccin prometteur est lancée, des milliers de participants font le point sur la recherche. Entretien avec Christian Loucq, directeur du PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative (MVI), une [...]
Kenyan efforts to rescue trapped
Rescue efforts are continuing to save about 20 builders trapped after a multi-story building collapsed on the outskirts of Kenya’s capital, Nairobi. At least three bodies have been pulled from the wreckage in Kiambu town, where the building was under construction. The Red Cross told the BBC 18 people had been rescued and taken to [...]
Annan says some Kenyan “big men” to face ICC
The International Criminal Court (ICC) is likely to try a handful of “big men” behind Kenya’s post-election crisis which will send a powerful message to the rest of Africa, former U.N. chief Kofi Annan said on Wednesday.
Kenya clans ‘rearm for 2012 poll’
Rival ethnic groups in Kenya who fought after the 2007 election are rearming in readiness for violence at the 2012 poll, a BBC investigation has found.
Kenya backs poll violence trials
Kenya’s government says it will co-operate with the International Criminal Court (ICC) to try key suspects in post-election violence. The list of suspects has not been published but it is believed to include ministers and prominent businessmen. On Wednesday, the ICC said it would try suspects after the government missed a deadline to set up [...]
Upside risks to Kenyan inflation low: MPC
Kenya’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) believes price rises are being driven by short-term supply-side factors such as drought, so the upside risks to inflation are low, the central bank said on Friday.
US warns 15 Kenyans they are blocking reforms
The United States has sent letters to 15 prominent Kenyans warning them they are blocking reforms in eastern Africa’s biggest economy, the U.S. ambassador to Kenya said on Thursday.
Kenya minister says in Ringera’s place, would quit
The controversial reappointment of Kenya’s anti-corruption chief Aaron Ringera was legal, Foreign Minister Moses Wetangula said on Monday, but he added he would have resigned if he were in Ringera’s place.
Kenya corruption fighter rejected
Kenyan MPs have thrown out a proposal by the president to reappoint a much-criticised anti-corruption chief. President Mwai Kibaki had intended to give retired judge Aaron Ringera a second five-year-term as head of the Kenyan Anti-Corruption Commission. However, MPs said the proposal was illegal as they had not approved it.
Kenyan PM calls G8′s $20 billion food pledge “peanuts”
A pledge of $20 billion by the G8 to fight hunger is a good start but pales compared to the amounts rich countries are spending to tackle the financial crisis, Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga said on Sunday.
Clinton to hold key Somalia talks
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is due to hold talks with Somali President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi. She is expected to endorse Somalia’s beleaguered transitional government amid fears the country is becoming a haven for Islamist militants. Large swathes of Somalia are out of the government’s control. With the al-Shabab [...]
Clinton seeks African democracy
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has begun her 11-day tour of the Africa saying improving democracy is the key to boosting trade and development. She told a summit in Kenya investors would not be attracted to states with failed leadership and civil unrest. Later she will meet Kenyan leaders, amid growing concerns over Nairobi’s [...]
Kenyan ministers meet over election violence court
Kenya’s divided cabinet met on Thursday in a third attempt to find consensus on forming a local tribunal to deal with the masterminds of last year’s post-election violence and thus avoid an international trial.
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