White House announces US President Biden will host Kenya’s President Ruto in May
Word of Ruto’s visit comes after Haiti announced this week that it is working on an official agreement with Kenyan officials to secure the long-awaited deployment of Kenyan police forces there. High-ranking officials from both countries recently met in the US for three days to draft a memorandum of understanding and set a deadline for the arrival of forces in Haiti from the east African country.
World Court to hear arguments on Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories
The General Assembly also asked the ICJ’s 15-judge panel to advise on how those policies and practices “affect the legal status of the occupation” and what legal consequences arise for all countries and the United Nations from this status.
How $170,000 factory converted banana, potato farming from subsistence into commercial enterprise in western Kenya
Now, as Kenya looks to be food secure, harvesting and drying up perishables such as bananas and potatoes (Irish and sweet) is expected to give such foods a longer shelf life, besides diversification.
Ethiopian security blocks Somali president from AU summit venue to ratchet up sour diplomatic ties
President Mohamud was in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, to attend an African Union summit. He charged that Ethiopian security services tried to block him from leaving his hotel on Saturday morning, forcing him to travel in the convoy of Djibouti’s president.
Trump vilifies judge who slapped him with $355m fraud fine, terms penalty ‘election interference’
Trump also faces four state and federal criminal trials, including one scheduled to start in New York on March 25, over alleged hush money payments to a porn star. That means Trump will become the first former US president to stand trial on criminal charges.
As violence worsens in eastern Congo, US has warned Rwanda against supporting M23 rebels
Fighting near Goma, the capital of North Kivu province and the largest city in the region, has intensified in recent days as the rebels threatened to take over the metropolis. Residents of the nearby town of Sake have been fleeing fierce fighting between Congolese government troops and the group.
Head of UN Palestinian assistance agency claims Israel plans to destroy it as part of Gaza eradication
The fate of Palestinian refugees and their descendants was a key point of dispute between Israelis and Palestinians in previous failed peace talks more than a decade ago. Israel rejects Palestinian demands to allow descendants of refugees to return to what is now Israel, arguing it would dilute Israel’s Jewish majority.
Heads of state at African Union summit in Addis Ababa condemn Israeli ‘genocide’ in Gaza
A quarter of Gaza’s residents are starving because of the war, which began with Hamas’ assault into Israel on October 7 in which militants killed about 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and abducted around 250.
Corrurption-tainted South African president faces tough test from main opposition party
Under South Africa’s system of government, lawmakers elect the president, so a party or coalition with a majority in parliament control both the executive and legislative branches. If the ANC’s support falls below 50 per cent at the polls, the party would have to make deals with smaller parties to secure Ramaphosa’s re-election.
How negligent regimes turned Uruguay into a narcotics paradise ruled by ruthless gangs
European nations, which receive the bulk of the cocaine passing through Uruguay, also have a limited counter-narcotics presence here. Spain is the only European country with a permanent police attaché in Montevideo.
