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The outgoing Italian ambassador to Kenya and the Seychelles, PIERANDREA MAGISTRATI, spoke to DEA’s JANE MWANGI in this compelling tête-à-tête on his 41 years as a career diplomat, projects in Kenya and the ICC process. Excerpts
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The fate of Kenya’s spirited bid to defer the trials of the 2007/8 post election violence suspects may rest ultimately, with the UN Security Council, interestingly also the custodian of the Grand Coalition Agreement. What next, poses SHITEMI BARON KHAMA...
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I trust you are well and your investigations in Kenya and elsewhere are on course. I am an avid follower of your investigations and the entire ICC process especially in Kenya. This is perhaps influenced by my little knowledge of International Law; the law...
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East Africa’s lingua franca lacks the spread and gravitas of Mandarin, French and English, laments DEA Culture Editor NGARI GITUKU
The much carelessly and popularly bandied about impression that Kiswahili can and eventually will unite the eastern Afric...
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One of the most ancient calendar festivities, celebrated by the world’s single largest population, binds generations, reports MBOYA CLIFF
The Spring Festival, the Chinese New Year, is the most important traditional festival for all Chinese people. This...
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Globally, between 600,000 and 800,000 people are tracked annually across borders and millions more internally,according to a US State Department report, By RABURA KAMAU
When Kenyan media exposed the horrid truth that five pitifully disabled child begga...
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Globally, between 600,000 and 800,000 people are tracked annually across borders and millions more internally,according to a US State Department report, By RABURA KAMAU
When Kenyan media exposed the horrid truth that five pitifully disabled child begga...
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Brinkmanship, delay and broken agreements—old traditions of Sudanese politics—threaten to turn the political and technical challenges of the referenda into a national disaster. Only concerted international attention and skilful diplomacy can bring the...
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They are given intelligence. There is a mother ship somewhere. This is no operation of a rag-tag army. It is organised crime. It is not about traditional fishermen paddling wooden boat — Head of the AU Peace Support Operation Division SIVUYILE BAM , By ...
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Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable and to give an appearance of solidarity to pure wind — George Orwell By EDWARD GITHAE
A glance at the latest Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index ...
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Prince William proposed to his soon-to-be-wife in the same country where his grandmother, Elizabeth II, went up a tree as a Princess and climbed down as Queen. But Confidential VIP Tourism shouldn’t get in the way of Proposal Safaris, advises CAROL KIIR...
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DISABILITY DAY
The International Day of Persons with Disabilities is observed annually on 3 December to promote awareness on disability issues, the fundamental rights of persons with disabilities and their integration into the main stream of each aspec...
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Incumbent could face his Waterloo at forthcoming polls if seven-strong galaxy of opposition contestants fields single candidate, most likely
Dr Kizza Besigye, long- time personal doctor and ally-turned foe By GODWIN MUHWEZI-BONGE
One of the key highl...
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By BALOZI DIPLOMACIA
You will recall my dramatic, if hair-raising, escapades at the UN General Assembly in September. Apparently because of my enthusiastic display of active applause for the missiles of speeches by Ahmedinejad (Nuke as he is called elsew...
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Washington DC is a plum diplomatic posting. ELKANAH ODEMBO ABSALOM, a denizen of the human rights movement, is Kenya's latest ambassador. DEA's JOHN MULAA spoke to him about where he intends to steer Kenya's diplomacy vis a vis the Superpower. Excerpts
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The Land of a Thousand Smiles has a long and chequered history but has undertaken a complete make-over, with a rapidly changing Addis skyline, thanks to heavy investment in real estate, reports WANJOHI KABUKURU
Addis Ababa is Africa’s diplomatic capi...
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Multi-award winning satellite company exemplifies the growing list of success stories to emerge from the mainland in recent times. DEA’s JANE MWANGI spoke to General Manager JOB NDEGE on the industry and the future of satellite with the emergence of und...
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The continent contributes only about 3.8 per cent of total greenhouse gas emissions yet its countries are among the most vulnerable to climate change in the world BY JANE MWANGI
The 8th African Development Forum held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from Octobe...
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December 1, 2010: The major challenges facing Africa’s water resources have been laid out in striking clarity in a new atlas compiled by the United NationsEnvironment Programme (UNEP). The Africa Water Atlas uses hundreds of before-and-after shots, deta...
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If between now and election time in 2012 he can enthuse his base, and perform a few tricks to confound his opponents, he should squeak through a second term, especially if the Republicans field Sarah Palin, a virtual walkover-in-the-making, reckons JOHN M...
