Monthly Archives: November 2011

Kenya tells Gen al-Bashir: ‘We will not arrest you’

Posted on November 30, 2011 by

From Collins Wanzala in Nairobi Kenya has no intention of arresting Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir whose warrant of arrest was dramatically issued in a Nairobi High Court Monday. Speaking on a local radio station Monday evening, Kenya’s Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs, Richard Momoima Onyonka said President Mwai Kibaki had written a letter to his Sudanese counterpart explaining that his Government had no intention of arresting him but it was through the new Constitution in Kenya which gives any citizen freedom to go to court and seek for justice. Onyonka said he hoped that the court decision will not derail the relationship between the two sister countries. High Court Judge … Continue reading →

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Sudan’s anger as Kenyan court issues arrest warrant for Bashir

Posted on November 29, 2011 by

From Collins Wanzala in Nairobi Sudan has reacted angrily after a Nairobi High Court issued a warrant for the arrest of the Sudanese leader, Gen Omar Hassan al-Bashir. The arrest warrant was issued by a Nairobi High Court Judge, Mr Justice Nicolas Ombija after a successful petition of the court by George Kegoro, the Executive Director of the International Commission of Jurists – Kenya (ICJ-Kenya) whose organisation filed an affidavit two years ago asking Kenya to put into effect two outstanding warrants against the Sudanese leader who is wanted by the International Criminals Court (ICC) in The Hague after the court indicted him last year on crimes against humanity. Giving the directive, Judge … Continue reading →

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Letter From Kampala: Why Uganda has become a country of demonstrators

Posted on November 26, 2011 by

By Guyson Nangayi in Kampala If you have been following all the series of protests in Uganda, then you should be asking questions like: What do the protests in Uganda indicate? Has the Ugandan government failed to cater for its citizens or is the country becoming a failing state?   Serious protests in Uganda started just after the February 18, 2011 general elections that saw President winning with 68 per cent of the vote followed by his challenger, Dr Kizza Besigye of the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC), who won 26 per cent of the vote which he alleged that it was full of fraud. Before the elections, the FDC leader … Continue reading →

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One dead as gunmen attack offices of a Ugandan newspaper

Posted on November 25, 2011 by

At least one person was killed Thursday morning when unidentified assailants raided the headquarters of a Ugandan newspaper, Eddoboozi (The Voice) and vanished with property worth millions of Uganda shillings. A report sent to The London Evening Post by Human Rights Network for Journalists-Uganda (HRNJ-Uganda) said the attackers killed a security guard named Fred Mabonga who was working for a local private security company, KPI, in Kampala. Eddoboozi, a bi-weekly Luganda newspaper, located at Kyengera, Nsangi sub-country, Wakiso district was raided in wee hours of Thursday November 24th and the said assailants disappeared with vital documents and company computers whose number still remains unknown.  A pro-Buganda newspaper, it was established … Continue reading →

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Gaddafi’s killers are rewarded by new Libyan administration

Posted on November 24, 2011 by

The killers of Col Muammar el Gaddafi have been rewarded by the new Libyan government with a powerful ministerial post for their leader. Announcing the interim Libyan cabinet, Libya’s interim Prime Minister, Abdurrahim al-Keib awarded Fawzi Abdelal, one of the Misrata rebel leaders whose fighters captured Muammar Gaddafi in October, the post of Interior Minister. He did not stop there. Mr Abdelal went on to name Osama al-Juwali, the local military commander of the western town of Zintan whose forces captured Gaddafi’s favoured son Saif al-Islam last week, the post of Defence Minister. On Saturday, his fighters captured Saif al-Islam. The new government is tasked with drafting a constitution and … Continue reading →

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