Haitian PM Garry Conille travels to US as Kenyan police officers patrol capital Port-au-Prince
As armed khaki-clad Kenyan police in bullet-proof jackets and helmets patrolled the city in black armoured vans, Port-au-Prince residents said they hoped the force could stop the indiscriminate killings and allow business to restart.
Relief for Trump as US Supreme Court rules he has immunity for official, not private acts
Justice Sonia Sotomayor, joined by fellow liberal Justices Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson, delivered a sharply worded dissent, saying the ruling “makes a mockery of the principle, foundational to our Constitution and system of government, that no man is above the law.”
Nigeria prides itself as Africa’s biggest economy but its schools, businesses and homes have no electricity
Studies have shown that Nigeria could generate much more electricity than it needs from solar energy thanks to its powerful sunshine. But 14 grid-scale solar projects in the northern and central parts of the country that could generate 1,125 megawatts of electricity have stalled since contracts were signed in 2016.
Kenya heads back into red zone after tax bill turmoil that complicates relations with IMF
Kenya’s sovereign dollar bonds slid after Ruto’s U-turn. Morgan Stanley said that with Eurobond yields back above 10 per cent, Kenya had limited access to international bonds, which could push them to borrow more locally.
Kenya’s youth revolution: How affinity for lies, arrogance and opulence of jet-setting Ruto stoked anger against him
The U-turn has exposed the gulf between the image of President William Ruto as the jet-setting global voice not just of Kenya but the wider continent, and the grinding realities his nation faces – weighed down by debt, corruption and security threats.
Panic reigns in Democratic party as top guns rule out replacing Biden as calls rise for him to quit race
With Democratic leaders rallying around him, it will be up to President Joe Biden to decide whether he wants to end his re-election bid. But other Democrats held open the possibility of choosing a different presidential candidate.
South African political parties share cabinet slots to seal deal on new coalition government
The power-sharing coalition is unprecedented for South Africa. The country briefly had a coalition government at the end of apartheid, but that was under different circumstances. The ANC held a clear majority then after the first all-race election, but new President Nelson Mandela invited others into his government in an act of reconciliation.
Who has authority in Haiti? Kenya police history of human rights abuses looms over Haiti mission
Ahead of the deployment, the International Committee of the Red Cross started reaching out to the PNH and the Kenyan police to convey its humanitarian concerns to the stakeholders. According to Marisela Silva Chau, head of the ICRC in Haiti, the PNH has been taking part in some meetings held by the HCT and a liaison cell created several months ago by the UN’s emergency aid coordination body, OCHA.
Why I don’t like Genetically Modified Organisms: They are inspired by same immoral concept as homosexuality
People, corporations and institutions that promote GMOs spend time, energy, intellectual capital and money trying to convince all and sundry, that GMO foods are healthful and safe to eat just as their non-GMO counterparts are. They particularly emphasise that some GMO plants and animals have actually been modified to improve their nutritional value. The creation of GMOs has changed the food chains and food webs to which Man, Homo sapiens, is integral, and made them more and more unnatural.
