Africa
Kenya’s Shabaab amnesty: ‘loaded gun’?
Shabaab militants are disappearing after turning themselves in under Kenya's amnesty program. Are the security forces responsible or jihadist hit squads?
Tag: Kenya
Africa
Kenya: officers detained in death of rights attorney
Kenyan authorities detained three police officers for involvement in the murder of a human rights lawyer who disappeared after filing a complaint about police abuse.
Africa
Horn of Africa water wars leave Somalia dry
Ethiopia has completely halted the flow of water into Somalia by closing the gates on irrigation dams along the Shabelle River—leaving dry a key agricultural region.
Africa
Somalia: US air-strikes on Shabaab camp
US drones and warplanes killed more than 150 al-Shabab militants in Somalia, with the Pentagon citing an "imminent threat" to US and African Union forces.
Watching the Shadows
Bin Laden aide guilty in embassy bombings
Khalid al-Fawwaz, former aide of Osama bin Laden, was found guilty of plotting the 1998 al-Qaeda bombings of US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania that killed 224 people.
Africa
Kenya approves harsh anti-terrorism law
Kenya's parliament passed a sweeping new anti-terrorism law after some of its members engaged in a shoving match that led to blows being exchanged.
Africa
ICC halts Darfur probe; Bashir threatens rebels
The International Criminal Court suspended its Darfur investigation, citing UN inaction in the case, as President Omar al-Bashir accused rebel leaders of being foreign "agents."
Africa
ICC drops charges against Kenyan president
The International Criminal Court dropped charges of crimes against humanity against Kenyan President Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta, citing Nairobi's failure to cooperate in providing evidence.
Africa
Kenya anti-terror police group charged in abuses
Kenya's US-funded Anti-Terrorism Police Unit has carried out a series of extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances, Human Rights Watch charges in a new report.
Africa
Kenya: Muslims displaced in wake of terror attack
Dozens of Muslim families in Mpeketoni, a coastal Kenyan town where more than 60 were killed in terror attacks, have fled following threats and assaults from the Christian majority.
Africa
African Union: stand against ICC trials of presidents
The African Union called for African countries to "speak with one voice" against the trials of sitting heads of state in the International Criminal Court.
Africa
South Sudan: Yes, another war for oil
South Sudan may be developing into proxy war, pitting US client states Uganda, Kenya and Ethiopia against Khartoum in a struggle for control of pipeline routes.