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International brief ~ Legality of Kenyan government dismissal questioned

November 25, 2005 07:42:00 AM

Leading Friday's international brief, Kenyan legal experts have raised concerns that Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki acted illegally and unconstitutionally when he sacked all 29 ministers and their deputies within 24 hours of his draft constitution being rejected...

November 22, 2005 08:15:00 AM

Leading Tuesday's international brief, Kenya's anti-draft constitution Orange Movement has gained an insurmountable lead according to the Electoral Commission of Kenya following Monday's national referendum on the proposed draft Constitution . The Electoral Commission released...

November 21, 2005 08:40:00 AM

Kenyans voted Monday in a referendum on a new constitution . Voters came out amid fears that violence might overshadow the voting process, viewed as a dress rehearsal for the 2007 election. The vote...

July 22, 2005 01:45:00 PM

Leading Friday's international brief, the main political opposition party in South Africa, the Democratic Alliance , has called on South African President Thabo Mbeki to reject a request by Zimbabwean officials for financial aid to support the...

June 21, 2005 05:08:00 PM

Leading Tuesday's international brief, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has appointed Anna Kajumulo Tibaijuka , Executive Director of the UN Human Settlements Programme , as Special Envoy to Zimbabwe to investigate the continuing mass evictions [JURIST...

June 20, 2005 04:42:00 PM

Leading Monday's international brief, Kenyan Foreign Affairs Minister Ali Chirau Mwakwere has announced that Kenya would actively be seeking to obtain one of the two permanent regional seats for Africa under the current proposed reform...

June 16, 2005 04:05:00 PM

Leading Thursday's international brief, Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights have filed an official appeal with the African Commission for Human and Peoples' Rights , the regional human rights body in Africa, to intervene...

June 7, 2005 04:37:00 PM

Leading Tuesday's international brief, Sudanese Foreign Minister Mustafa Osman Ismail has told reporters that the Sudan government is not planning to challenge the recently announced probe into Darfur by the International Criminal Court . Ismail reiterated,...

May 31, 2005 04:33:00 PM

Leading Tuesday's international brief, the leading opposition party in Ethiopia has filed suit with local courts in the capital city of Addis Ababa seeking to prevent the official certification of the results of the disputed national...

May 26, 2005 01:14:00 PM

Leading Thursday's international brief, government lawyers for the Royal Commission for Corruption Control have begun arguments before the commission in the case against former Nepalese Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba , former Foreign Minister Prakash Man Singh and...

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