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Below is the List of East African Countries. Burundi. Tanzania. Kenya. Uganda. Rwanda. Djibouti. Eritrea. Ethiopia.

ICC has arrest warrant for Kenyan Walter Barasa suspected of corruptly influencing witnesses

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ATLANTA  - 7 October 2013, Pre-Trial Chamber II of the International Criminal Court (ICC) unsealed an arrest warrant against Walter Osapiri Barasa, Kenyan citizen, born in 1972.   He is charged with several offences against the administration of justice including corruptly influencing or attempting to corruptly influence ICC witnesses. An under seal warrant of arrest was issued against him on 2 August 2013.  Read More

Africa Alliance of YMCAs Statement of prayers on Kenya’s terrorist attack

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ATLANTA - With the death toll currently at 68, 175 injured, and a thousand hostages brought to safety, the Kenya Westgate shopping mall drama has gripped us all around the world since midday on Saturday. We express our deepest sympathy to the families of all killed or injured, as well as those traumatised by the event, for which Somalia’s radical... Read More

Terrorist Attack in Kenya’s Westgate Mall

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By: Jennifer Fierberg On Saturday September 21st, 2013 Kenya experienced a horrific terrorist attack at Westgate Mall. Terrorists stormed into the shopping center and began shooting. There has been much speculation and various statements as to who is responsible and why but with the situation still ongoing there are no absolutes yet. Sadly, 79 people have been confirmed dead and… Read More

African leaders to hold summit October 13 on Kenya’s ICC cases

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ATLANTA - African leaders will meet in the Ethiopian capital on October 13 to take a common stance on whether to join Kenya's planned pull-out from the International Criminal Court (ICC) over the prosecution of its leaders, officials said on Thursday.  So far there does not seem to be much support for it, but heads of state from the 54-member... Read More

The ICC and Kenya

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By: Dr. Charles Kambanda, PhD THE REPUBLIC OF KENYA’S WITHDRAWAL FROM THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT (ICC) ROME STATUTE IS PROBABLY A SLIPPERY SLOPE FOR KENYA Following the December 2007 presidential elections, the electoral commission of Kenya officially declared the then incumbent President Mwai Kibaki the winner. In the blink of an eye, Mwai Kibaki was unceremoniously sworn in as president. … Read More

Kenya’s Main Airport Resume Domestic Flights After Fire

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Segeni Ngethe/AP Photo Passengers at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport are safe and the entire facility is being evacuated, the Nairobi-based Kenya Airports Authority said in a statement on its Twitter feed today, after a fire broke out at the arrivals terminal. Kenya’s main airport resumed cargo and domestic flights and may reopen international routes tomorrow after a fire razed the… Read More

East African passports set to go international

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Starting January 2016, the East African Community citizens will begin using regional passports to travel internationally. FILE | NATION MEDIA GROUP.  Starting January 2016, the East African Community citizens will begin using regional passports to travel internationally. All partner states are expected to procure passport booklets and issuance systems between July and October 2015. The launch date in each partner… Read More

Tanzania President Jakaya Kikwete threatens Malawi over lake dispute

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LILONGWE(AGV)--Speaking on Thursday during the country's heroes' day celebrations, Tanzania President Jakaya Kikwete made a rumbling speech saying its armed forces were ready to protect the country against any foreign threat to its territory, raising the stakes in an escalating border dispute with Malawi. . Read More

Lake Malawi fossil could be oldest dinosaur ever found

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LILONGWE: Fossilised bones unearthed by a British palaeontologist in colonial Tanzania in the 1930s may be those of the oldest dinosaur ever found, researchers reported on Wednesday. The bones are either those of the earliest dinosaur or of the closest relative of dinosaurs discovered to date, they said.A denizen of the Middle Triassic around 243 million years ago, the creature... Read More

Kenya beat Malawi to earn Cecafa semi-final spot

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Kenya beat guest team Malawi 1-0 to secure a place in the semi-final of the Cecafa Senior Challenge Cup in Uganda.Veteran striker Mike Baraza scored the only goal of the game 12 minutes after half-time. The Harambee Stars will play Zanzibar in Thursday’s semi-finals of the east and central African regional event.Hosts and defending champions Uganda take on Ethiopia in… Read More
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