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Kenya unveils constitution to avoid vote violence

NAIROBI, Kenya—A government-appointed panel this week unveiled a draft constitution that is part of wide-ranging efforts to avoid a repeat of political violence that saw more than 1,000 people killed after Kenya's December 2007 presidential ...

From TOM MALITI, Boston Globe,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Mwai Kibaki,  Raila Odinga

Envoy says US to attend war crimes court meeting

The United States will attend an annual meeting of the International Criminal Court, a body it has so far refused to participate in, the U.S. envoy for war crimes said Monday. Stephen Rapp said the U.S. will for the first time be an observer at ...

From TOM MALITI, eTaiwan News,  16 Nov 2009

Related Topics: International Criminal Court,  Stephen Rapp,  Barack Obama

Kenya harvest example on reversing food shortage

AHERO, Kenya—Joram Abiero remembers it was not too long ago that his neighbors went to bed hungry. Now they and thousands of others in the lowlands of western Kenya are able to get year-round work as farm laborers or earn money from their ...

From TOM MALITI AND ARIEL DAVID, Boston Globe,  14 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Food and Agriculture Organization,  United Nations,  World Food Programme,  Kostas

ICC prosecutor to move fast on Kenya violence case

The International Criminal Court's prosecutor said on Saturday he wants to move quickly to try the perpetrators of Kenya's 2007 postelection violence to prevent future conflict. Luis Moreno Ocampo told journalists he plans to present two to three ...

From TOM MALITI, eTaiwan News,  7 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Luis Moreno Ocampo,  Mwai Kibaki,  Kofi Annan,  Raila Odinga

Kenyan attorney mulls legal action against US

NAIROBI, Kenya Kenya's attorney general said Wednesday he is seeking legal advice about whether he can sue the U.S. government for revoking his travel visa. Attorney General Amos Wako told journalists that he received the U.S. notification Wednesday. ...

From TOM MALITI, San Diego Union-Tribune,  5 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Amos Wako,  US State Department

Former nurse's aide in US becomes Ugandan king

For years, Charles Wesley Mumbere worked as a nurse's aide in Maryland and Pennsylvania, caring for the elderly and sick. No one there suspected that he had inherited a royal title in his African homeland when he was just 13. On Monday, after ...

From TOM MALITI, eTaiwan News,  19 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Charles Wesley,  Yoweri Museveni

Some poor nations succeeding in fighting hunger

BLANTYRE, Malawi - Government fertilizer has made the difference between hunger and plenty for Rodrick Jesitala, a farmer and father of three in southern Malawi. ...

From TOM MALITI, Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor,  16 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Bingu wa Mutharika

Kenyan grandmother is happy for Obama

The step-grandmother of the President of the United States, Sarah Obama, reads the local daily newspaper showing the headlines Saturday, Oct. 10, 2009 at her home in Kogelo, Kisumu, Kenya. The Norwegian Nobel Committee stunned many with its decision ...

From TOM MALITI, Boston Globe,  10 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama

Female refugees from Darfur face rape, other violence daily in Chad

NAIROBI - Women and girls who fled the fighting in Darfur face rape and other violence daily in eastern Chad, even inside the refugee camps where they have sought sanctuary, according to a report released yesterday. The Amnesty International report ...

From TOM MALITI, Boston Globe,  29 Sep 2009

Related Topics: United Nations

Report: Sudanese refugees face rape daily in Chad

NAIROBI, Kenya—Women and girls who fled the fighting in Darfur face rape and other violence daily in eastern Chad, even inside the very refugee camps where they have sought sanctuary, according to a report released Wednesday. The Amnesty International ...

From TOM MALITI, Boston Globe,  29 Sep 2009

Related Topics: United Nations

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