(SomaliNet) A security official in Kenya said on Monday that police killed five suspected members of a militia in western Kenya which has been battling the government for the past two years about a land resettlement scheme.
The security official said the five rebels from the Sabaot Land Defence F
(SomaliNet) The indictment of Sudanese president Omer Hassan al-Bashir by the ICC Prosecutor is not in the interest of Sudan and could hinder the peace process in Sudan, Sudanese First Vice-President, Salva Kiir Mayadrit, said Sunday.
Salva Kiir met the U.S. special envoy to Sudan Richard William
(SomaliNet) Three Kenyans have been released on bail after being charged with harbouring a man accused of masterminding the bombings of two American embassies in East Africa ten years ago, Kenyan Court officials said.
According to police, Mahfoudh Ashur; his wife, Lutfiya Abubakar; and their son,
(SomaliNet) African and Arab leaders should assume their responsibility as regional leaders and help stop crimes being committed in Sudan’s Darfur region, ICC prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo said on Monday in Dakar.
"I believe these massive crimes (in Darfur) cannot be committed without political
(SomaliNet) More than 250,000 Tanzanian public service employees countrywide are to go on strike in two weeks' time to protest non-payment by the Government of a reported Sh500 billion in salary arrears.
Mr Nestory Ngulla, Trade Union Congress of Tanzania (Tucta) secretary-general said on Monday
(SomaliNet)Uganda’s Principal Judge James Ogoola has said the war crimes court, set up to try crimes committed in the northern Uganda war, cannot start operations before a law determining its modalities is in place.
“The law should define what constitute serious war crimes and which sanction
(SomaliNet) The Brunei government said on Tuesday that the oil-rich south-east Asian sultanate of Brunei has established diplomatic ties with Kenya.
Diplomats from both sides signed the documents establishing diplomatic relations at the Brunei embassy in Malaysia, it said in a statement posted on
(SomaliNet) The world community was on Tuesday urged by the military commander of the UN-African Union mission in Darfur to put as much pressure on the fragmented insurgency in the war-torn Sudanese region as it does on the Khartoum government.
While it is popular to "bash" the Sudanese governmen
(SomaliNet) A man admitted to Dar es Salaam-based Muhimbili National Hospital’s psychiatry ward ran amok, hitting two other in-patients dead with an iron bar and leaving five others seriously injured.
MNH managing director Leonard Lema has apologised over an incident in a written statement iss
(SomaliNet) A presidential source and state media said Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir will travel to Turkey in August, his first trip abroad since the International Criminal Court moved to indict him for genocide in Darfur.
Meanwhile, Nato-member Turkey has not ratified the treaty formi
