The High Court awarded victims of torture and detention without trial staggering financial reparations and set a precedent that could see hundreds of victims seek similar remuneration.
In the strongest message ever to the state on the dangers of violating constitutional rights of citizens, the Court ordered immediate payment of KES40 Million (US$533,000) to compensate [...]
Efforts by the Police and other security operatives to rescue the four Nigerian Journalists kidnapped and their driver yielded positive results as the adduction saga came to a dramatic end precisely seven days after the crime took place. The four journalists and their driver were herded on four motorcycles by their captors and taken out [...]
The country’s interim independent electoral commission (IIEC) says using public servants to campaign for the proposed constitution ahead of referendum on 4th August 2010 is illegal.
The commission has consequently asked the head of public service Francis Muthaura to immediately withdraw permanent secretaries (PSs) and senior government officials from campaigns.
Chairman Issack Hassan told journalists on Thursday [...]
Feelings of insecurity and the high level alert across East African states played out in the public in Kenya and Burundi this week.
In Kenya a General Service Unit Para Military officer was wounded by suspected Al-Shabaab invaders on the North Eastern Liboi border. Police later arrested a suspect in Nairobi’s Eastleigh estate.
Police spokesman Eric Kiraithe [...]
Dispatches is Channel 4’s highly successful, sometimes controversial pioneering documentary series that critically covers a vast range of topics and areas.
In a recent episode entitled ‘Africa’s Last Taboo’, filmmaker and reporter Sorious Samura travels to a couple of countries in the continent in an effort to highlight the persecution of gay people in Africa, which [...]
Anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela celebrated his 92nd birthday at home with his family on Sunday July 18, just one week after the World Cup showed off the successes of democratic South Africa.
After spending 27 years in an apartheid prison, Mandela emerged in 1990 to lead South Africa to elections that made him president in 1994.
He [...]
Three explosions went off Sunday 11th July in two locations in Uganda where supporters had gathered to watch the World Cup Final. Police spokeswoman Judith Nabakooba confirmed that so far 64 people have died in the blasts at the viewing sites that were set up by New Vision, a Ugandan daily newspaper. A further 70 [...]
Kenya is leading a diplomatic revolt in the Horn of Africa region. The nation is protesting the way that the Somali Crisis has been handled by the International Community since millions of dollars pledged by different countries have yet to surface. Kenya’s Foreign Affairs Minister Moses Wetangula told New Africa Analysis that, ‘we are requesting donors [...]
A two day summit of the inter-governmental authority on development (IGAD) in Eastern Africa ended Monday 5th July with several concrete actions to chart the way forward in solving the political and security crisis in this troubled country.
The IGAD Summit resolved to work with all parties including the African Union mission (AMISOM) and the Security [...]
The work of human rights activists in the Democratic Republic of Congo is becoming increasingly deadly, Amnesty International warned Thursday 1st July as the country celebrates its fiftieth anniversary of Independence. Lavish Independence Day celebrations in the capital Kinshasa were led by President Joseph Kabila and attended by senior figures such as UN secretary-general Ban Ki Moon.
The high [...]
