Kenya maintains that the International Court of Justice has no jurisdiction to hear the case on the maritime border dispute with its neighbour Somalia. Presenting the country’s position on Monday at the ICJ sitting at The Hague, Kenya’s Attorney-General Prof Githu Muigai, argued that there was still room for bilateral negotiations because Nairobi and Mogadishu … Read more
UNICEF oversaw the starvation deaths of at least 250,000 Somalis, mainly children, during the last “Great Horn of Africa Drought” and famine of 2010-2012 (at the time the worst in 60 years) all the while being led by Anthony “Tony” Lake, former National Security Advisor to President Bill Clinton and failed nominee to head the … Read more
The African Union is the west’s gendarme in Africa with it’s combined national armed forces increasingly primed to invade and occupy rather than keep the peace. The latest potential victim of the African Union, backed by its big brother, the UN, is South Sudan. Before that Burundi was threatened with invasion by the AU “peacekeepers”. … Read more
At least 23 inmates have died after a fire at an Ethiopian prison where anti-government protesters are reportedly being held, the government has said. A government statement says 21 died of suffocation after a stampede while two others were killed as they tried to escape. Some local media have disputed the account, citing unnamed witnesses … Read more
Today, Secretary of State John Kerry announced in Nairobi that the United States is providing more than $146 million in additional U. S. humanitarian assistance to support refugees, voluntary returnees, and drought victims in Kenya and Somalia. This new funding includes a significant new contribution of more than $59 million for the Office of the … Read more