Kenya opposition in fresh protests amid government warning
Kenyaโs opposition leader Raila Odinga has led thousands of protesters in a third round of anti-government demonstrations as the interior ministry in charge of police has warned that no more violent protests will be tolerated
washingtonpost.comSpanish PM urges global climate action for African continent
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sรกnchez has called on global leaders to prioritize solutions to the climate change crisis threatening food security in African countries and the effects on the continent of Russiaโs invasion of Ukraine
washingtonpost.comFood security, consumer groups protest Kenya's GMO decision
Food security, consumer rights and biodiversity groups are protesting Kenyaโs reversal of a ban on genetically modified foods, saying the public wasnโt consulted on an issue key to the East African countryโs economy and safety
washingtonpost.comKenyaโs new president promises ambitious climate plan
Kenyaโs newly elected president William Ruto said that climate change will be key to the governmentโs agenda and made an ambitious pledge to ramp up clean energy and phase out fossil fuels for electricity by 2030 during his inauguration speech Tuesday
washingtonpost.comKenya's Supreme Court upholds Ruto's narrow presidential win
Kenyaโs Supreme Court has unanimously rejected challenges to the official results of the presidential election and upheld Deputy President William Rutoโs narrow win in East Africaโs most stable democracy. Ruto is expected to be sworn in on Sept. 13. Opposition candidate Raila Odinga had alleged irregularities in the otherwise peaceful Aug. 9 election that was marked by last-minute drama when the electoral commission split and traded accusations of misconduct.
news.yahoo.comEthiopia calls WHO chief's comments on Tigray "unethical"
Ethiopiaโs government is criticizing as โunethicalโ the statement by the World Health Organizationโs director-general that the crisis in the countryโs Tigray region is โthe worst disaster on Earthโ and his assertion that the lack of global attention is due to Tigrayansโ โcolor of the skin.โ.
Kenya's deputy president Ruto declared election winner
Kenyaโs electoral commission chairman has declared Deputy President William Ruto the winner of the close presidential election over five-time contender Raila Odinga, a triumph for the man who shook up politics by appealing to struggling Kenyans on economic terms and not on traditional ethnic ones
washingtonpost.comKenya Vote Backdrop Is Anger Over Living Costs, Debt
Kenyans will elect a new leader on Aug. 9, with the race between front-runners Deputy President William Ruto and former Prime Minister Raila Odinga too close to call. The winner will inherit a daunting set of problems: mounting public anger over soaring living costs, rampant unemployment, runaway state debt and a drought thatโs left millions of people going hungry. Most previous elections have been dogged by violence and allegations of vote rigging, and investors are on the alert for any threat
washingtonpost.comKenyan lawyer goes on ICC trial in witness tampering case
A Kenyan lawyer has gone on trial at the International Criminal Court charged with bribing and threatening prosecution witnesses so that they would withdraw their statements in a case that ultimately collapsed amid widespread witness interference.
British lawyer Karim Khan elected next ICC prosecutor
-FILE- In this Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020, file photo the sun bounces off the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)THE HAGUE โ More than 120 countries elected British lawyer Karim Khan on Friday as the next prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, one of the toughest jobs in international law because the tribunal seeks justice for the worldโs worst atrocities -- war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. Khan, who has specialized in international criminal law and international human rights law, was widely seen as the favorite to get the job. He has worked as a prosecutor at the tribunal prosecuting war crimes in former Yugoslavia and crimes against humanity and genocide in Rwanda. Khan is no stranger to the International Criminal Court, known as the ICC, having acted as a defense lawyer for Kenyan Deputy President William Ruto and persuading judges to throw out prosecution charges against his client.