From: Abdalah Hamis
In hindsight, here is what I think…
So, I call this ‘the image strategy’, which is (I am almost convinced- qualitatively) one of the factors stabilizing CCM against the opposition. Although, I don’t closely follow Tanzanian party politics, I do check the headlines and sometimes look at […] Continue Reading…
From: U.S. Department of State
Press Statement
Jen Psaki
Department Spokesperson
Washington, DC
May 18, 2014
In recent days, the outbreak of violence in Kidal, Mali, has killed at least one government security official, injured civilians and UN peacekeepers, and resulted in the seizure of government buildings and the taking of hostages. We condemn these […] Continue Reading…
From: Cheekless 2011
EGMONT REPORT:
STAKEHOLDERS DISAGREE WITH EFCC
…SAYS NIGERIA REMAINS DISCONNECTED FROM EGMONT SECURE WEB
Anti Money Laundering/Anti Terrorist Financing Stakeholders in Nigeria have faulted a statement credited to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) suggesting that Nigeria has been reconnected to the Egmont Secure Web […] Continue Reading…
From: Yona Maro
PARIS, France, May 17, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Paris Summit for Security in Nigeria (17 May 2014)
CONCLUSIONS
The Heads of State of Benin, Cameroon, Chad, France, Niger and Nigeria, as well as representatives of the European Union, the United Kingdom and the United States, participated on 17 […] Continue Reading…
From: joachim omolo ouko
News Dispatch with Father Omolo Beste
SATURDAY, MAY 17, 2014
Joshua from Nairobi writes: “Fr Beste you said categorically in one of your recent articles that President Uhuru will have to pay Anglo Leasing whether Kenyans like it or not, and it has just come true. Kenyans cry […] Continue Reading…
From: joachim omolo ouko
Father Omolo Beste’s Homily
Sunday, May 18, 2014
Today is fifth Sunday of Easter. Today’s first reading taken from Acts 6:1-7 is quite a challenge to us all. It depicts how nepotism and tribalism entered the first Church as the number of disciples continued to grow. The Hellenists […] Continue Reading…
From: Sam Muigai
By Gimba Kakanda
Abubakar Shekau was formerly a lieutenant at Lord’s Resistance Army. He left LRA after a marked difference in the direction of the terrorist cult’s ideology with his boss, and converted to Islam to champion an Al-Qaeda-style insurgency. He migrated to Nigeria in 2005, and settled […] Continue Reading…
Writes Leo Odera Omolo.
FOR snubbing Dr. Oburu Oginga and sending him away without recording his statement on a highly sensitive assassination claim and referring to a relatively smaller police station at his Bondo home turf is a clear indication that our policemen e insensitive and not trustworthy.
Oginga had voluntarily […] Continue Reading…
From: News Release – African Press Organization (APO)
PRESS RELEASE
UNESCO – Education: The Democratic Republic of Congo in the spotlight
The Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo was the guest of honour at the Global Education for All Meeting organised by UNESCO
KINSHASA, Dem. Rep. of Congo (DRC) May 15, […] Continue Reading…
From: Yona Maro
GRAIN, FISH, MONEY
Africa is a rich continent. Some of those riches – especially oil, gas and minerals – have driven rapid economic growth over the past decade. The ultimate measure of progress, however, is the wellbeing of people – and Africa’s recent growth has not done nearly […] Continue Reading…
From: Sam Muigai
A Sudanese court has given a 27-year-old woman until Thursday to abandon her newly adopted Christian faith or face a death sentence, judicial sources have said.
Mariam Yahya Ibrahim was charged with apostasy, as well as adultery, for marrying a Christian man, something prohibited for Muslim women to […] Continue Reading…
From: U.S. Department of State
Remarks
Simon Henshaw
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration
Ethiopian Community Development Council
Washington, DC
May 1, 2014
Good morning and thank you for that kind introduction. It is an honor to be here. The best part of my job is the chance to meet people like […] Continue Reading…
From: joachim omolo ouko
News Dispatch with Father Omolo Beste
WEDNESDAY, MAY 14, 2014
Judy from Westlands, Nairobi writes: “Fr Beste you are a real journalist. Imagine I was not aware that Pope Francis appointed commission team to look into sex abuse by priests. Honestly I must admit that I am very […] Continue Reading…
Writes Leo Odera Omolo In Kisumu CITY.
MEMBERS of the Kisumu County Assembly carried a heated debate earlier this week about the upsurge insecurity in the region.
They were debating on the report compiled and tabled by a special committee on security. The report mapped out ten security hotspots within […] Continue Reading…
From: joachim omolo ouko
News Dispatch with Father Omolo Beste
SATURDAY, MAY 10, 2014
Brian from Vihiga, Kenya writes: Dear Fr Omolo, thank you for your inspiring and informative articles, especially your homilies which I like reading very much. It is good you send them on Saturdays so I go to Church […] Continue Reading…
From: joachim omolo ouko
News Dispatch with Father Omolo Beste
FRIDAY, MAY 9, 2014
Robert from Nairobi writes: “Fr Beste, what is your opinion, do you think President Uhuru can allow Chief of Defence Forces Julius Karangi be committed to civil jail after reportedly ignoring a court order directing release of […] Continue Reading…
From: Emmanuel Dennis
Wait a Minute!!
This week has been a dramatic one when it comes to the performance of our legislators and Leaders at large.
It is the week we saw a not so useful discussion on the Order of Precedence Bill 2014. This Bill will soon become an Act of […] Continue Reading…
From: Yona Maro
Press statements and replies to journalists’ questions
May 7, 2014, 17:45 The Kremlin, Moscow
PRESIDENT OF RUSSIA VLADIMIR PUTIN: Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen.
I want to start by welcoming once more our guest, the President of Switzerland and current head of the OSCE, and I want to thank him […] Continue Reading…
From: Yona Maro
Executive Summary
Bureau of Counterterrorism
Country Reports on Terrorism 2013
Report
April 30, 2014
Definitions used in Country Reports on Terrorism 2013:
Section 2656f(d) of Title 22 of the United States Code defines certain key terms used in Section 2656f(a) as follows:
(1) the term “international terrorism” means terrorism involving citizens or the territory […] Continue Reading…
From: joachim omolo ouko
News Dispatch with Father Omolo Beste
THURSDAY, MAY 8, 2014
Maurine from Sagana, Kenya writes: “Fr Beste thank you for your moving article on illicit brews that continue to kill many Kenyans. Now I am just wondering, do you think the move by Embu County Commissioner Amos […] Continue Reading…