Posted on March 15, 2009 by nairobichronicle
Testimony by a former member of a Kenya Police death squad reveals the extent to which senior police officers ordered the killings of thousands of people.
Bernard Kiriinya told the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights of police officers abducting people from homes, roadsides and restaurants. The victims were taken to isolated locations where they were [...]
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Posted on March 15, 2009 by nairobichronicle
By Casper Waithaka (Daily Nation)
Slain human rights activist Oscar Kamau King’ara was buried on Saturday in a sombre ceremony at his father’s farm in Muchatha, Kiambu District.
Family and friends eulogised King’ara as a man who always set out to do what he wanted. Kepta Ombati – who was speaking on behalf of the civil society [...]
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Posted on March 15, 2009 by nairobichronicle
by Scott A Morgan
The military action in Central Africa that has garnered copious amounts of international criticism about tactics appears to be on the edge of failure for not being able to contain the militia in question.
The casualty figures from the border between the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Sudan are staggering. Since [...]
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