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Will Kenya Learn From History?

January 7, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

Ten years ago Kenya captured the imagination of the world when it experienced a change of power from the reign of long standing leader Daniel Arap Moi to Mwai Kibaki.  It was a change that was seen as having broken … read more »

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Ethiopia’s Hailemariam Desalegn and the Challenges Ahead by Dr.Solomon Deresso Ayele

October 8, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

by Sophia Gebrehiwot, VOA -Solomon Ayele Dersso Phd, is a senior researcher with Peace and Security Council Report Program at the Addis Ababa Office of the Institute for Security Studies. He has published articles on the ongoing political situation in … read more »

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Kenya: Anti-Shabaab minister killed in police helicopter crash

June 10, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Kenya’s internal security minister, who was closely involved in the fight against Somali militant group al Shabaab, was killed when the police helicopter he was travelling in crashed into a forest on Sunday. George Saitoti, his deputy Orwa Ojode, two … read more »

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Virgin Zimbabwe… Secret cable shows how Sir Richard Branson ‘led plot to remove Mugabe’

October 12, 2011 by benim

Sir Richard Branson funded a secret project to try to secure the end of Robert Mugabe’s regime in Zimbabwe, leaked diplomatic cables have revealed. An international initiative founded by the 61-year-old Virgin boss apparently launched a plot to persuade the … read more »

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No wooden coffin for Kenya’s Maathai

September 27, 2011 by benim

Nairobi – The family of the late Kenyan Nobel peace laureate Wangari Maathai was on Tuesday considering alternatives to a wooden coffin to bury the environmentalist who opposed chopping trees to make caskets. “She was one of those who did … read more »

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PM Raila to testify in detention case

June 14, 2011 by benim

The High Court has summoned Prime Minister Raila Odinga to testify in a petition filed by a former MP seeking compensation for unlawful detention by former president Daniel Moi’s regime. Lady Justice Kalpana Rawal issued the summons upon a request … read more »

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Facts about Kenya

October 15, 2010 by benim

Situated on the equator on Africa’s east coast, Kenya has been described as “the cradle of humanity”. In the Great Rift Valley palaeontologists have discovered some of the earliest evidence of man’s ancestors. In the present day, Kenya’s ethnic diversity … read more »

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