From Al Jazeera.com Is Kenya being prepped to become Africa’s flagship tax haven? If anyone ever doubted the sheer scale of corporate greed, they had the unedifying spectacle of Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, to enlighten them last week. In already infamous evidence to a Senate Committee, he demonstrated there is no limit on what corporations will take […]
New colonialism? Or new defense tactic? African Union wants the Kenyatta case.
10 June 2013 by
African leaders urge the International Criminal Court (ICC) to withdraw crimes of humanity cases against Kenya’s president and vice president. African leaders meeting at an African Union (AU) summit on Monday are discussing a Kenyan proposal that the International Criminal Court (ICC) refer its cases against the country’s president and vice president back to the […]
Britain to compensate Kenyans tortured in Mau Mau rebellion
6 June 2013 by
Reparations for Kenyans that were tortured during the Mau Mau rebellion. Britain has agreed to compensate Kenyans who were tortured during a rebellion against colonial rule in the 1950s. Foreign Secretary William Hague told parliament Thursday that more than 5,200 Kenyans will receive payments in a package worth nearly $31 million. Continue Reading… Source: allAfrica.com […]
Kenyan president indicted
23 May 2013 by
President Uhuru Kenyatta accused of human rights abuse Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy William Ruto have been named in a report investigating post-election violence and human rights abuses between 2007 and 2008. In a report released late on Tuesday, a special commission said Kenyatta and Ruto helped to plan and fund the violence, […]
Greedy pigs for a ‘greedy pigs’
15 May 2013 by
Kenyan demonstrators have released a litter of pigs and poured blood on the pavement outside the gates of parliament in Nairobi to protest a proposed law that would raise wages for parliamentarians.Police and parliament officials chased the pigs after using tear gas, batons and water cannons to disperse the nearly 250 protesters who marched through downtown […]
Conservation or destruction? Each is in the eye of the beholder.
29 April 2013 by
Tanzanian government wants Maasai off gaming land It is easy for outsiders to be romantic about the Maasai. The proud herders, dressed in traditional “shukas” and extravagant beaded earrings and necklaces, drive their livestock across the vast open grasslands of southern Kenya and northern Tanzania. The community lives with their animals in thorn-bush compounds, shunning […]