English - East Africa Articles

• Uganda: Libyan leader says Bible is a forgery, decries Phophet cartoon
  2008-03-20 08:28:42 - (SomaliNet) Libyan leader colonel Muammar Gadaffi on Wednesday celebrated the anniversary of the birth of Prophet Muhammad with a two-hour speech in which he attacked the Scandinavian countries for be
  
• Kenya: UN urges Kenya not to grant amnesty to committers of post-election violence
  2008-03-20 07:49:09 - (SomaliNet) United Nations experts said on Wednesday that the Kenyan government should make sure no amnesty is granted to people who committed abuses during Kenya’s post-election violence. The
  
• Uganda: Libyan leader inaugurates mosque in Uganda
  2008-03-20 07:43:16 - (SomaliNet) In bid to spread Islam through Africa, Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi inaugurated a huge new mosque in Uganda, a predominantly Christian country on Wednesday. Several African heads of
  
• Ugandan LRA leader shifts base to CAR, links with Chad’s rebel chief
  2008-03-20 06:44:49 - (SomaliNet) The Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) leader, Joseph Kony, has established contact with Chad’s main rebel leader, Gen Mahamat Nouri, just days after relocating to neighbouring Central African R
  
• Kenya: Top elder denies masterminding post-election ethnic violence
  2008-03-20 06:30:52 - (SomaliNet) An influential Kenyan elder accused of masterminding post-election ethnic violence has denied any involvement and accused authorities of a witch-hunt against his Kalenjin community. \"
  
• Kenya: 22 killed amidst cattle raids
  2008-03-20 06:00:26 - (SomaliNet) As fresh violence erupted in Kenya’s parts of Rift Valley, twenty-two people were killed during cattle raids in Baringo East and Samburu districts. According to reports, among the v
  
• Sudan: Egyptian police kill Sudanese woman as she tries to cross Israel
  2008-03-19 09:09:53 - (SomaliNet) A Sudanese woman was fatally shot dead by Egyptian police she tried to cross into Israel. She was accompanied by a second woman with an infant who was arrested. A police official say
  
• Kenya: Raiders kill 8 people in Rift Valley region
  2008-03-19 06:40:58 - (SomaliNet) At least eight people were killed by raiders in Kenya\'s Rift Valley region, where a cattle rustling has fanned tribal animosity, police said on Wednesday. Local police commander Peter
  
• Kenya: Investigate suspects of post-election violence-Rights body tells authorities
  2008-03-18 01:44:58 - (SomaliNet) Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on 17 March that Kenyan authorities should investigate and bring to justice people suspected of instigating violence following the country\'s disputed presiden
  
• Kenya: \'World leaders failed Kenya\'- Human rights watch
  2008-03-17 05:39:49 - (SomaliNet) The international Human Rights Watch group said on Monday that world leaders had to accept some blame for the violence that rocked Kenya after a disputed December election, killing more th
  

Back to News Archive Categories