Powerful former US vice president who pushed for Iraq war, Dick Cheney, dies at 84
Dick Cheney was troubled much of his life by heart problems, suffering the first of a number of heart attacks at age 37. He had a heart transplant in 2012. Cheney and Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, who had been colleagues in the Nixon White House, were key voices pushing for the March 2003 invasion of Iraq.
Return of ‘treason’ as activist Mwangi becomes second Kenyan to face the charge after failed plot to plant ammos on Governor Natembeya
Mwangi’s wife Njeri, in a post on the social media platform X, said on Saturday that security personnel raided their home and took the activist and his electronic gadgets while “talking of terrorism and arson.” Police said after his arrest on Friday that Mwangi was linked to the facilitation of violent activities in recent street protests. Detectives searched his home and his office.
Gangs and mafia-style crime: How political class raised spectre of violence in Kenya ahead of the 2027 General Election
Behind these politically sponsored attacks looms the shadow of 2007/8 post-election violence, when 1,330 people were killed and more than 600,000 displaced in just a month as gangs and ethnic militias unleashed terror across the country.
