Repressive regimes and countries in conflict are among the military delegations are attending the 2010 Farnborough Air Show. Algeria, Iraq, Libya, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia will attend, having been invited by the UK government. Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) says that the presence of such countries makes a mockery of the system of arms export [...]
Amnesty International has called on the Kenyan authorities to halt the forced evictions in a Nairobi settlement that have left hundreds of families homeless and destitute.
A bulldozer from the Nairobi City Council flattened market stalls in Kabete NITD on Tuesday 13 July for the second time this week. On Saturday 10 July, authorities had [...]
President Mwai Kibaki is challenging world leaders including US President Barack Obama and South African President Jacob Zuma to act decidedly on Somalia saying the situation was deteriorating as the world watches.
President Kibaki, who made the remarks during a military cadet graduation, Wed, June 30, 2010, identified extremist insurgency and the issue of pirates as [...]
A small, but yet major development took place at the Kampala review conference of the International Criminal Court (ICC), which took place from 31st May to 11th June. This was the decision to criminalise the use of armed force by one state against another, in contravention of the UN Charter.
Although it will take place in [...]
The current BBC Radio 4 series “Parting Shots” which recounts the practice by British Ambassadors and High Commissioners of sending a valedictory despatch on completion of their posting overseas has raised a few eyebrows around Africa and beyond. Traditionally outgoing ambassadors had complete freedom to write whatever they wished in their final despatch home – [...]
British foreign secretary David Milliband has said his government ‘makes no apology’ for the progress made in Libya’s entry back into the community of nations. He also rejected ‘repeated charges’ that pressure was put on the Scottish authorities by the British government to release the Libyan convicted of the Lockerbie bombing Abdelbaset Al-Megrahi.
In a statement [...]
Cote d’Ivoire:
13 July 2009 –The top
United Nations envoy to Côte d’Ivoire has held talks with the President of the nation on progress made in the peace process, including voter identification and registration, and the upcoming presidential elections.
During the meeting held Sunday 12th July in the capital, Yamoussoukro, with President Laurent Gbagbo, UN envoy Y. J. [...]
The Hague:
Luis Moreno Ocampo, the prosecutor of the international criminal court (ICC) has informed that he received Thurs 9th July a sealed envelope from former UN secretary-general Kofi Annan.
Annan, who is the Chairman of the African union panel of eminent African personalities, delivered the sealed envelope and supporting materials previously entrusted to him by the [...]
London:
The law could be changed to close a legal loophole that allows suspected criminals from the Rwandan genocide to live in the UK and avoid prosecution.
During a joint press conference with Rwandan President Paul Kagame at Number 10 Downing Street, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown warned suspected war criminals that they would no longer be [...]
