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The great American poet Walt Whitman said, “Either define the moment or the moment will define you.” Will the election of Uhuru Kenyatta as president of Kenya define President Barack Obama in Africa or will President Barack Obama use the … read more »
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Tagged Barack Obama, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, International Criminal Court, Kenya, Sudan, Uhuru Kenyatta, United States, William Ruto
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(Reuters) – Lawyers for Kenya’s president-elect, Uhuru Kenyatta, will push the International Criminal Court on Monday to drop charges against him after the case against his co-accused collapsed. The case against Kenyatta, on charges of crimes against humanity over bloodshed … read more »
KINSHASA — Bosco Ntaganda, a leader of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s M23 rebel group who is wanted by the International Criminal Court, has fled to neighbouring Rwanda, the Congolese government said Sunday. “He eventually crossed (the border) on Saturday… … read more »
The Economist Uhuru Kenyatta must convince Kenyans that he is his own man A NOVELTY of Kenya’s first televised presidential debate was the sight of awkward questions being put to Uhuru Kenyatta. How would he run the country from the … read more »
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Tagged IndepthAfrica, International Criminal Court, Jomo Kenyatta, Kenya, Kenyatta, Kikuyu people, Mwai Kibaki, Uhuru Kenyatta, William Ruto
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Lessons from 2013 electoral process Horace Campbell The peoples of Kenya voted in an electoral process on 4 March 2013. There were six differing elections held on that day with the contests for president, 47 governors, 47 senators, 47 county … read more »
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Tagged Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, International Criminal Court, Kenya, Kenyan, Raila Odinga, Uhuru Kenyatta, William Ruto
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By Gregory Mann and Bruce Whitehouse Recent and still unconfirmed reports of the killings of top leaders of Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb underscore tangible advances made by French and African forces in rolling back the violent jihadist onslaught … read more »
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Tagged Al-Qaeda, IndepthAfrica, International Criminal Court, John Kerry, Lehigh University, Mali, peace, United States, US government
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(CNN) — The International Criminal Court on Monday dropped charges against former Cabinet Secretary Francis Kirimi Muthaura — one of four prominent Kenyan leaders accused of crimes against humanity. ICC prosecutor Fatou Bensouda said people with information had died or … read more »
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Tagged CNN, crimes against humanity, Fatou Bensouda, Francis Muthaura, International Criminal Court, Kenya, prosecutor, Uhuru Kenyatta
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UHURU Kenyatta’s narrow win over Raila Odinga in last week’s Kenyan election may be subject to judicial review and both candidates are to be congratulated for agreeing to respect this process. Rushing to congratulate the winner for a first-round victory … read more »
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Tagged IndepthAfrica, International Criminal Court, Kenya, Kenyan, Kenyatta, Raila Odinga, Uhuru Kenyatta, United States, William Ruto
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By Steve Paterno Kenyan went polling in huge number and for the first time to test the country’s new constitution. The voting is conducted peaceful, with observers acknowledging its fairness and transparency. However, with electronic glitches, causing the delay in … read more »
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Tagged European Union, IndepthAfrica, International Criminal Court, Kenya, Kenyan, Somalia, Sudan, Uganda, Uhuru Kenyatta
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A status conference in the International Criminal Court case against Kenya’s president-elect Uhuru Kenyatta and his co-accused Francis Muthaura is due to take place on Monday at 2pm. The session will focus on an application by the two to have … read more »
NAIROBI: Kenya’s outgoing Prime Minister Raila Odinga, defeated in last week’s presidential polls by Uhuru Kenyatta, was preparing his Supreme Court appeal alleging fraud, officials said Monday. “Among other things, they are questioning the one million voters who voted … read more »
(CNN) — Kenya’s new president-elect is a man of many complexities. The son of Kenya’s founding leader, Uhuru Kenyatta, 51, narrowly eked out a win to become the youngest president of East Africa’s largest economy. Despite his popularity at home, … read more »
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Tagged Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, International Criminal Court, John Kerry, Kenya, Kenyatta, Mwai Kibaki, Uhuru Kenyatta, United States
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Uhuru Kenyatta, wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for crimes against humanity, won election Saturday as Kenya‘s new President. The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission announced that Kenya’s richest man, the current Deputy Prime Minister and former Finance Minister, … read more »
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NAIROBI, Kenya – In a pointed first message to Kenya’s newly elected leaders, United States Secretary of State John Kerry congratulates Kenya but doesn’t once mention the president-elect, Uhuru Kenyatta. Kerry’s message Saturday congratulated Kenyans for voting peacefully last Monday. … read more »
Jubilee supporters celebrate outside State House in Nakuru [Photo: Boniface Thuku/Standard] By Alex Kiprotich, Steve Mkawale and Antony Gitonga Kenya: They thronged the streets, estates with twigs and horn blaring-the chilly morning did not matter to them-what was important … read more »
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NAIROBI: Uhuru Kenyatta has won Kenya’s presidential election despite facing an international crimes against humanity trial, provisional results showed on Saturday, as his main rival refused to concede, raising tensions following the key poll. While supporters of Kenyatta, son of … read more »
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The leading candidate in Kenya’s presidential election, Uhuru Kenyatta, saw his percentage of the vote yo-yo just below the 50 percent mark early Saturday, a race too tight to call with only a few votes outstanding. The election commission said … read more »
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13: 12 With 226 constituencies reporting: Kenyatta 4,867,683; Odinga 4,335,488. Rejected votes 94.020. 13:10 Kenyatta 4,849,194; Odinga 4,323,153. 225/291 constituencies have filed returns. 13:00 Amani coalition presidential candidate Musalia Mudavadi (right) addressed a press conference in Nairobi where he conceded … read more »
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The modern effort to build a global system of international justice based on universal human rights is usually dated to the Nuremberg trials, after the Second World War, and the ratification of the Geneva Conventions. In the decades since then, … read more »
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Alexander MEZYAEV Libya was a self-sufficient, prosperous state which collapsed two years ago. It makes remember the dramatic events and what it resulted in. First of all, it was a new type of war, a «virtual revolution» and the United … read more »
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(Reuters) – Kenyan presidential candidate Uhuru Kenyatta’s share of the vote slipped below 50 percent for the first time in the slow counting of results on Thursday, raising the prospect that the country could be headed for a divisive second … read more »
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By Sudarsan Raghavan, washingtonpost NAIROBI — Kenya’s presidential election, beset by technical glitches and vote tallying delays, was thrown into more disarray on Thursday after the party of one of the top contenders alleged that preliminary results had been tampered … read more »
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NAIROBI: Kenya’s critical presidential election was plunged into further disarray on today after the party of one of the leading candidates alleged vote-rigging and demanded that the count be halted. The accusations by Prime Minister Raila Odinga’s running mate came … read more »
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Tagged International Criminal Court, Kalonzo Musyoka, Kenya, Kenyatta, Nairobi, Raila Odinga, Uhuru Kenyatta, William Ruto
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Uhuru Kenyatta’s campaign team accuse a British diplomat of working to deny their candidate outright victory. Ballot boxes for the various electoral positions are collected in Nairobi Email By Sara Mojtehedzadeh in Nairobi The team running the presidential campaign … read more »
Ibtimes As provisional results from the Kenyan presidential election roll in, things are looking up for Uhuru Kenyatta, who has been indicted by the International Criminal Court on charges of crimes against humanity and may face a trial this year … read more »
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Nairobi, Kenya — Uhuru Kenyatta, indicted for alleged crimes against humanity and the son of the nation’s founding father, was leading early Wednesday in Kenya’s presidential election. With a little more than 40% of the vote counted, Kenyatta was leading … read more »
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With provisional results still trickling in for the Kenya elections 2013, Presidential candidate of the Eagle Party, Mr. Peter Kenneth has conceded defeat. He announced this on twitter, thanking all who believed and voted for him. He said in his … read more »
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5.44:Uhuru Kenyatta (JUBILEE) 2,723,625 (53.49%) Raila Odinga (CORD) 2,138,206 (41.99) 5.30: Uhuru Kenyatta (JUBILEE) 2,718,445 Raila Odinga (CORD) 2,133,573 5.28 :Uhuru Kenyatta (JUBILEE) 2,717,445 Raila Odinga (CORD) 2,133,293 4.57: Uhuru Kenyatta (JUBILEE) 2, 697, 056 Raila Odinga (CORD) 2, 107, … read more »
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2013 Kenyan Presidential Election Results: Live Update 2 11.20am Uhuru (TNA) 2,332 541(54.5%) votes, Raila (ODM) 1,748 238, (40.9%) Mudavadi (UDF) 118,891(2.8%) Kenneth (KNC) 24 735 (0.58%) Karua (NARC Kenya) 15,651 (0.37%) 11.10am Uhuru (TNA) 2,315 152(54.5%) votes, Raila (ODM) … read more »
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Uhuru Kenyatta, Kenya’s deputy prime minister, is ahead of his rival Raila Odinga with more than 10 per cent of ballots in from polling stations in the country’s presidential election, but it was still too early to predict the outcome. … read more »
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