Bujumbura, Burundi | AFRICAN ARGUMENTS | Two years since Burundi was plunged into violent political crisis, there are two diametrically opposing narratives being told about the current situation. If you listen to the government, the country has recovered from the clashes and mass displacements that engulfed it from 2015. Things are now secure …
Read More »Kenya election body IEBC under new pressure to publish result forms
A week after the vote nearly a quarter of the 34As have still not been made public, according to an analysis of the current data seen by AFP Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | Observers piled pressure on Kenya’s election commission Thursday to finish publishing results forms from every polling …
Read More »Kenya’s defeated Odinga to take poll dispute to top court
Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | Opposition leader Raila Odinga said Wednesday he would take his claims that Kenya’s presidential election was rigged to the Supreme Court, after previously refusing to do so, and vowed to protest peacefully. “We have now decided to move to the Supreme Court and lay before …
Read More »LIVE: NASA will go to the Supreme Court – Odinga
LIVE: Raila Odinga on NASA’s next move Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | Raila Odinga has announced that the NASA Coalition will take their elections dispute to the Kenya Supreme Court. “We have now decided to move to the Supreme Court and lay before the world the making of a computer generated leadership,” he told …
Read More »Kenya’s Odinga delays ‘complex’ decision on vote dispute
UPDATE: Kenya’s Odinga delays ‘complex’ decision on vote dispute Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | Kenya’s opposition leader Raila Odinga is expected to announce his strategy Wednesday for contesting his election loss, having further delayed a decision that could defuse or exacerbate tensions in the country. The 72-year-old insists he is …
Read More »Kenya seeks to shut down two rights bodies in wake of election
Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | The Kenyan government has moved to shut down two rights organisations, one of which said Tuesday that it was contemplating court action over last week’s disputed presidential election. Kenyan Human Rights Commission (KHRC) board member Maina Kiai said it was “no secret” the organisation had …
Read More »Edgy Kenya awaits Odinga’s next move
Edgy Kenya awaits Odinga’s next move Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | When Kenya’s opposition leader Raila Odinga speaks to supporters Tuesday, his words have the power to ease or deepen the crisis triggered by his rejection of last week’s election result. The 72-year-old insists he is the rightful winner of …
Read More »Kenya’s ruling party makes gubernatorial gains, captures Nairobi City
Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | Kenya’s general elections on August 8 saw President Uhuru Kenyatta re-elected, while his Jubilee Party and its allies also made big gains at the county level, resetting the political balance. – Jubilee gains, NASA losses – Jubilee and allied candidates won 27 of the 47 …
Read More »Kenya president urges opposition to use ‘legal mechanisms’
Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta on Monday appealed to the opposition to hold legal demonstrations, not street protests, and allow Kenyans to get back to normal life after last week’s disputed vote. “To our friends who have yet to accept the outcome, we continue to appeal …
Read More »‘UPDF has not, and will not deploy in Kenya’
‘Uganda army has not, and will not deploy in Kenya’ Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) has refuted media reports that they are on standby to support security operations in Kenya. “The UPDF wishes to totally denounce these allegations which are totally false, alarmist and misleading,” said Brig. …
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