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End This 2012 Talk Now, Raila Urges

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Posted to the web 13 October 2008 Bob Odalo Nairobi Prime minister Raila Odinga on Saturday led six Cabinet ministers and a number of MPs in calling for an end to the ongoing 2012 presidential campaigns. Speaking in...

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Kenya: Michuki Blasts IMF On Crisis

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The International Monetary Fund should have anticipated and acted to address the crisis destabilising global markets, Finance Minister John Michuki said on Saturday at the IMF annual meeting in Washington.

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Somalia: Fighting in Mogadishu As African Union Bolsters Its Force

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Posted to the web 13 October 2008 The African Union dispatched more peacekeepers to Somalia on Saturday, but the peacekeeping force remains understaffed in the face of a violent insurgency. Major Bahoku Barigye, the AU Mission...

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Ethiopia: Draft Law Threatens Civil Society

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Ethiopia's parliament should reject a draft law that would criminalize human rights activity and seriously undermine civil society groups, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch called on donor governments to speak...

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Africa: 22 Days to Go, Republican Campaign Gets Dirty

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Posted to the web 13 October 2008 Kwendo Opanga The world has elected Barack Obama president of the United States. So far that appears a long shot because Obama now has a double digit lead in opinion polls and, more...

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Kenya: Obama Turns America's Tribal Voting Pattern On Its Head

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Posted to the web 13 October 2008 Nairobi American politics is tribal. These are the Tribes of America for whose votes Barack Obama and John McCain are competing to win one of the most compelling presidential campaigns in US...

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Kenya: How Preachers Fleece Their Poor Flock

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Posted to the web 13 October 2008 Nairobi Starting a church is the latest way to make easy money, according to worried government officials. Ruthless church leaders tell vulnerable worshippers to give them lots of money for...

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Kenya: Billions Banked in Cellphone Wallets - the Way of the Future

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Dorothy Achieng's lifestyle has been changed by the mobile phone money transfer service as she now does not have to worry about not having enough money as she studies at the University of Nairobi's main campus.

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Uganda: Country Wins Nakuru 7s Plate Crown

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Posted to the web 13 October 2008 Reuben Olita Nairobi UGANDA's Rugby Cranes won the Nakuru 7s plate trophy after thrashing Jomo Kenyatta University of Arts and Technology 45-0 on Saturday. In the Main Cup, Mwamba retained the...

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Somalia: Pirate-Held Ship Raided - Four Kidnappers Sentenced in Puntland

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Posted to the web 13 October 2008 Security forces in Somalia's Puntland regional government raided a ship held by pirates in the Indian Ocean, Radio Garowe reported Sunday. At least three people - two pirates, one soldier -...

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