NY Times Nov 5 Obama wins!
USA Today Nov 5 It's Obama!
National Public Radio: Obama Wins, the World Responds
Kenyan photo essay "Obamamania" on allafrica.com
Post-Election Newspaper Sales: So I Guess Print Isn't Dead!Editor & Publisher - 58 minutes agoMany of us who have been reporting for years on the declining demand for the daily miracle -- in newsprint anyway -- were both pleased and a bit perplexed ...
Print is dying -- except when history happensComputerworld, MA - 1 hour agoJust when you thought that print was dead entirely: Newspapers are reporting that demand for their Wednesday morning editions -- the ones reporting the ...
Historic front pages are hot on eBayThe Miami Herald, FL - 8 hours agoPost-Election Day newspapers became a hot commodity Thursday on eBay -- with at least one optimistic seller asking $1200 for a copy of The Washington Post. ...
Obama newspaper editions show power of printSydney Morning Herald, Australia - 14 hours agoPeople buy copies of The Detroit News and the Detroit Free Press in front of the newspaper's headquarters. Photo: AP Move over iPhone - in a digital age in ...
Obama win was great news for newspaper salesCanada.com, Canada - 18 hours agoTuesday was a great day for Barack Obama. Wednesday was a great day for newspapers - the best day for sales since 9/11. The historic election of Sen. ...
Extra copiesIndianapolis Star, United States - 18 hours agoIn the digital age, some critics of newspapers have pronounced that delivery medium to be on life support, but look what happened in the hours immediately ...
Where can I get a Nov. 5 Seattle PI?Seattle Post Intelligencer - 22 hours agoNewspapers aren't exactly hot commodities in the digital age, but Wednesday was different. Copies sold out fast all over the city, leading dozens of ...
Post to Print 350000 More Copies of Election EditionWashington Post, United States - 22 hours agoBy Petula Dvorak The Washington Post fired up its presses today for yet another printing of a commemorative edition of the Nov. ...
On the Day After the Day After: Obama Newspaper Rush Continues ...Editor & Publisher - Nov 6, 2008AP 'Uncalls' Franken Loss in Minnesota By Joe Strupp NEW YORK Calls to The Washington Post this morning are not being met with the usual voice-mail greeting ...
Newspapers sell out as America marks historic dayTimes Online, UK - Nov 6, 2008Obamamania has left newsstands across the US empty and newspapers rushing to print thousands of extra copies as Americans hurried to buy souvenir editions ...
Barack Obama election victory drives US newspaper sales surgeguardian.co.uk, UK - Nov 6, 2008Barack Obama's historic victory in Tuesday night's US presidential election gave a brief shot in the arm to the beleaguered American newspaper industry, ...
Hear All About It: Newspaper ComebackNPR - Nov 6, 2008Morning Edition, November 6, 2008 · For one rare day, newspapers made a comeback. Across the country, people flocked to newsstands to buy a written record ...
Extra! Extra! Barack Obama's election win sends newspaper sales ...Los Angeles Times, CA - Nov 6, 2008Kimberly Huie of Echo Park buys the Los Angeles Times at a newsstand in Hollywood. Readers across the nation snapped up copies of newspapers documenting a ...
Papers proclaiming Obama's win sell for $600Indian Express, India - Nov 6, 2008Melbourne, November 6: : American newspapers carrying banner headlines about Barack Obama’s historic White House victory were sold out as soon as they ...
Newspapers sell out early, restart pressesSan Francisco Chronicle, USA - Nov 6, 2008(11-05) 19:24 PST -- At a time when the industry is struggling to hold onto readers, newspapers around the country sold like hotcakes Wednesday as people ...
US newspapers rush out new copies to meet demandAFP - Nov 5, 2008WASHINGTON (AFP) — Leading US newspapers said Wednesday they had been forced to fire up their printing presses again to keep pace with demand as consumers ...
Papers leave mark on historic electionChicago Tribune, United States - Nov 5, 2008Consistent with the notion that journalism is the first draft of history, President-elect Barack Obama's victory had people Wednesday eager to grab the ...
Newspapers grabbed up after Obama's historic winReuters - Nov 5, 2008WASHINGTON (Reuters) - It was a good day to be in the newspaper business. The historic November 5 editions proclaiming Barack Obama's White House victory ...
Obama's historic election is red-hot off the pressUSA Today - Nov 5, 2008By Maria Puente, USA TODAY The election of Barack Obama kept millions of Americans glued to their TVs on Tuesday night — then had them scrambling on ...
Newspapers a Hot Commodity After Obama’s WinNew York Times, United States - Nov 5, 2008By RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA Cool enough for people to try a dozen places in hopes of finding one, and then line up around the block for it. ...
Papers sell out as readers seek Obama keepsakesInternational Herald Tribune, France - Nov 5, 2008AP NEW YORK: Newsstands from Seattle to New York quickly sold out of Wednesday's papers declaring Barack Obama the nation's first black president as some ...
Obama win makes a big day for dead treesNational Post, Canada - Nov 5, 2008Karen Bleir/AFP/Getty ImagesFront pages of newspapers announcing Democrat Barack Obama's victory in the US presidential election are displayed on November 5 ...
Extra, extra ...Los Angeles Times, CA - Nov 5, 2008Dozens of e-mails like this started coming in to the readers' representative office early this morning, and are still coming in: "HELP! ...
Tribune Sees Huge Demand for Post-Election NewspapersMarketWatch - Nov 5, 2008CHICAGO, Nov 05, 2008 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- On the day following Barack Obama's election as the next president of the United States, Tribune Company ...
Extra, extra! Barack Obama's historic win causes a run on newspapersLos Angeles Times, CA - Nov 5, 2008Across the nation, people have been snapping up newspapers bearing Obama-related headlines at record rates. The Los Angeles Times, which printed 30000-40000 ...
Long queues again for US voters as Obama takes over the frontpagesSydney Morning Herald, Australia - Nov 5, 2008A day after queuing hours to cast their vote in the US election, Americans again found themselves in lengthy lines as they tried to secure themselves a copy ...
Chicago Papers Fly From Racks After Obama VictoryEditor & Publisher - Nov 5, 2008AP Admits Flub: 'Uncalls' Franken Loss in Minnesota By Mark Fitzgerald CHICAGO Readers seeking a piece of history snapped up copies of the Chicago Tribune ...
Newspaper stands sell out after Obama winChicago Tribune, United States - Nov 5, 2008AP CHICAGO - Finding a copy of a newspaper to mark Chicagoan Barack Obama's presidential victory has become a difficult task. Newsstands across the city and ...
Obama: Good for newspapers — todayReuters UK, UK - Nov 5, 2008NEW YORK - In the same way that the Philadelphia Phillies’ World Series win boosted Inquirer and Daily News sales last week, US President-Elect Barack Obama ...
Where to buy a copy of the Sun-TimesChicago Sun-Times, United States - Nov 5, 2008Barack Obama's overwhelming victory in Tuesday's election also led to an overwhelming demand for copies of the Chicago Sun-Times on Wednesday morning. ...
Friday, November 7, 2008
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
It's all about Obama - Wed 11/5/2008
Our friends in Kenya tell us nobody slept last night, as the world awaited the election results...
> Read the cover of today's Daily Nation newspaper
In Kenya, a holiday, song and dance for Obama
U.S. President-elect Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) arrives to speak to supporters with his wife Michelle (R) and their children Malia (2nd R) and Sasha during his election night rally after being declared the winner of the 2008 U.S. Presidential Campaign in Chicago November 4, 2008. REUTERS/Gary Hershorn
By ANTHONY KARIUKIPosted Wednesday, November 5 2008 at 07:33
In Summary
Government declares a public holiday on Thursday to celebrate the election of Barack Obama as the 44th president of the US.
Kenyans celebrate Obama's victory with song and dance breaking out in Kibera, Nairobi and Kogelo, the US President-elect ancestral home.
Kenyans are celebrating Barack Obama's triumph the best way they know how - with song and dance - the Government has weighed in with a public holiday on Thursday as a country salutes an emphatic win.
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Shortly after CNN declared Obama the winner just before 7am (Kenya time) on Wednesday, President Kibaki announced that Kenyans will on Thursday take a day off to mark the historic election of Obama to the most powerful office on earth.
Even as the President made the declaration, Kenyans were already deep in celebration. From the sprawling Kibera slums in Nairobi to the senator's ancestral home 400 kilometres west in Kogelo, Siaya, jubilant Kenyans sung and danced in honour of a victorious son.
Scenes of wild celebrations were also seen at the Kenyatta International Conference, Nairobi where Kenyans kept vigil all night following the US election in giant screens.
Said President Kibaki: “This is a momentous day not only in the history of the United States of America, but also for us in Kenya. The victory of Senator Obama is our own victory because of his roots here in Kenya. As a country, we are full of pride for his success.”
He said that Obama’s unassailable victory was a clear testimony of the confidence the American people have not only in his leadership and vision for his country but for the world at large.
“On behalf of the Government and people of Kenya, and on my own behalf, I join the rest of the world in celebrating and congratulating you on your election as the 44th President of the United States of America.”
“I am confident that your Presidency shall herald a new chapter of dialogue between the American people and the world at large.”
The President also expressed readiness of his government to work with the new American administration to further promote and strengthen relations that exist between the two countries.
“We the Kenyan people are immensely proud of your Kenyan roots. Your victory is not only an inspiration to millions of people all over the world, but it has special resonance with us her in Kenya.”
Prime Minister Raila Odinga, away on an official trip in China, led the Government delegation in celebrations when Obama's win was projected by CNN and Time magazine.
Vice-President Kalonzo Musyoka said Obama's victory heralds a new dawn in history of America and in relations between America and other nations of the world.
"It is exciting for Kenya not only because of continental attachment to President-elect because of his roots in Kenya but because Obama victory is a harbinger of good tidings especially for our tourism sector."
The VP said many Americans would now wish to visit country of the father of their new President.
He said never before has a candidate of a superpower been widely supported across the world.
"This means Obama's leadership of US is likely to bring world nations closer and bridge polarisation that currently exist," he said.
> Full story with photo
==============================
Africa Stays Up All Night to Hear US Election Results
By Peter Heinlein Addis Ababa05 November 2008
Heinlein report - Download (MP3) Heinlein report - Listen (MP3)
Millions of Africans are exhausted after staying up all night watching expectantly to see whether a man of African descent will elected to the America's highest office.
VOA's Peter Heinlein attended an all-night party of journalists and political enthusiasts in Addis Ababa where everybody was talking about being American for a day to share in this historic election.
It's a long night here in front of the television at this upscale Ethiopian home.
Half a dozen anxious viewers drift in and out, trying to control the nervous energy. It's well after midnight, but the TV screen shows long lines of voters standing in the rain waiting for their turn in the voting booth. TV commentators kill time until the first polls close.
"There is a good deal of confidence in the Obama campaign that he's going to win this evening," they said. "So far, there's also the unknown. As one strategist put it, 'I'm a nervous wreck."
That comment sends a thrill through this audience. This is Africa and there are no McCain supporters in the room.
Deresse Kassa, a professor at Addis Ababa University, says he has never stayed up late for any elections results. But this is a moment he says he doesn't want to miss.
"America has history whereby the African-American community has to struggle to be considered citizens themselves and be a franchise in order to cast their votes," said Kassa. "Coming from this segregation and inequality, to be able to see Democratic candidates running for the presidency, the highest office, by itself is big achievement."
The televisions are on as the first results come in during the wee hours of the morning. The news is encouraging for viewers here.
Journalist Lulit Amdamariam says she is energized by the possibility of witnessing, what she calls, a great moment. "We're going to be here all night," she said. "Thirty-two hours, if we have to."Lulit is not an American, but she lived in the States for several years and attended Howard University in Washington.
"I attended a black college, so I understand what this means to the black community in the United States," said Lulit. "This is a candidate the entire world can relate to."
Lulit's colleague Tamrat Negera, editor of at the Amharic-language newspaper Addis Neger, has not been to the United States, but he says he can understand what this election must mean to African-Americans.
"Africa shared the pain of being black, or the pain of status, or colonization, which you understand there was a limitation for a black in this world," he said. "But Obama is breaking that through."Journalist Lulit Amdamariam calls it an American moment.
"I think this is the only time the entire world wishes they were American," she said. "So they could vote. Seriously, I think the entire world would go out and vote if they had the opportunity tonight."
This is a moment to remember. Although some Africans may have a hangover on Wednesday, the prospect of the first black U.S. president has enthralled a continent.
> Full story
==============================
Not just Africa! Even in Asia...
Asia Welcomes US Election Results
By Kate Pound Dawson Bangkok05 November 2008
Dawson report - Download (MP3) Dawson report - Listen (MP3)
People across Asia gathered to see the outcome of the U.S. presidential election. At election-watch events in dozens of cities, people cheered as Democrat Barack Obama won a historical victory. VOA's Kate Pound Dawson in Bangkok brings us the reaction in Asia to the race.
Bob Watson helps a group of Bangkok, Thailand, high school students as they attend a U.S. embassy-sponsored election watch party, 05 Nov 2008
Hundreds of Thais and Americans cheer as it becomes clear that Senator Barack Obama has won the election.
This election has drawn heavy interest around the world. Thai businessman Apinan Tungsianugul says that is partly because of Mr. Obama, the first African-American to be elected president.
"This election is a new thing. [It] could change the [politics] in the world. Just like Obama. Obama is not a white people," he said.
In Asia, polls have shown Mr. Obama is a clear favorite. For some people, it is because, as a Democrat, he represents a change from the policies of President Bush, a Republican, who has not been popular in Asia. Others were attracted by Mr. Obama's positions on the economy and the Iraq War. And, for some, it was his association with Asia.
Mr. Obama's step-father was from Indonesia and he spent several years in Jakarta as a child. At the Indonesian school he attended, his campaign has been closely watched.
Children cheer at Menteng One school, which Mr. Obama attended as a child.Eddy Gucando, is a teacher at the school. "I'm very happy because today I think, today is the day that can change the world if Barak Obama be [is] president," he said. "Because I think now in America there is a new president and that can change the world."
Many people expressed hope that Mr. Obama would maintain strong relationships with their countries.
Wang Dian is a student at China Communications University in Beijing. She says she hopes Mr. Obama's policy will be friendly to China. She says she thinks he knows the importance of friendly relations and trade with China.
Some in Asia hope that Mr. Obama's victory will help other countries learn more about ethnic diversity and become more tolerant. Choi Su-kyung is a professor at Chongnam National University in South Korea.
"This will help Koreans to understand the reality of the American politics, because Koreans are still prejudiced against the minorities," Choi said. "They are actually more prejudiced against minorities than Americans are, toward different racial groups. Americans are much more tolerant of diversity."
Most countries in Asia are closely tied to the United States. Several are military allies, such as South Korea, Japan and Australia. And, almost all Asian nations have close economic links with the United States. With the global economy weakening and with the war in Iraq dragging on, people all over the region say they just hope for change in American politics.
> Full story
> Read the cover of today's Daily Nation newspaper
In Kenya, a holiday, song and dance for Obama
U.S. President-elect Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) arrives to speak to supporters with his wife Michelle (R) and their children Malia (2nd R) and Sasha during his election night rally after being declared the winner of the 2008 U.S. Presidential Campaign in Chicago November 4, 2008. REUTERS/Gary Hershorn
By ANTHONY KARIUKIPosted Wednesday, November 5 2008 at 07:33
In Summary
Government declares a public holiday on Thursday to celebrate the election of Barack Obama as the 44th president of the US.
Kenyans celebrate Obama's victory with song and dance breaking out in Kibera, Nairobi and Kogelo, the US President-elect ancestral home.
Kenyans are celebrating Barack Obama's triumph the best way they know how - with song and dance - the Government has weighed in with a public holiday on Thursday as a country salutes an emphatic win.
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Obama victory speech
Shortly after CNN declared Obama the winner just before 7am (Kenya time) on Wednesday, President Kibaki announced that Kenyans will on Thursday take a day off to mark the historic election of Obama to the most powerful office on earth.
Even as the President made the declaration, Kenyans were already deep in celebration. From the sprawling Kibera slums in Nairobi to the senator's ancestral home 400 kilometres west in Kogelo, Siaya, jubilant Kenyans sung and danced in honour of a victorious son.
Scenes of wild celebrations were also seen at the Kenyatta International Conference, Nairobi where Kenyans kept vigil all night following the US election in giant screens.
Said President Kibaki: “This is a momentous day not only in the history of the United States of America, but also for us in Kenya. The victory of Senator Obama is our own victory because of his roots here in Kenya. As a country, we are full of pride for his success.”
He said that Obama’s unassailable victory was a clear testimony of the confidence the American people have not only in his leadership and vision for his country but for the world at large.
“On behalf of the Government and people of Kenya, and on my own behalf, I join the rest of the world in celebrating and congratulating you on your election as the 44th President of the United States of America.”
“I am confident that your Presidency shall herald a new chapter of dialogue between the American people and the world at large.”
The President also expressed readiness of his government to work with the new American administration to further promote and strengthen relations that exist between the two countries.
“We the Kenyan people are immensely proud of your Kenyan roots. Your victory is not only an inspiration to millions of people all over the world, but it has special resonance with us her in Kenya.”
Prime Minister Raila Odinga, away on an official trip in China, led the Government delegation in celebrations when Obama's win was projected by CNN and Time magazine.
Vice-President Kalonzo Musyoka said Obama's victory heralds a new dawn in history of America and in relations between America and other nations of the world.
"It is exciting for Kenya not only because of continental attachment to President-elect because of his roots in Kenya but because Obama victory is a harbinger of good tidings especially for our tourism sector."
The VP said many Americans would now wish to visit country of the father of their new President.
He said never before has a candidate of a superpower been widely supported across the world.
"This means Obama's leadership of US is likely to bring world nations closer and bridge polarisation that currently exist," he said.
> Full story with photo
==============================
Africa Stays Up All Night to Hear US Election Results
By Peter Heinlein Addis Ababa05 November 2008
Heinlein report - Download (MP3) Heinlein report - Listen (MP3)
Millions of Africans are exhausted after staying up all night watching expectantly to see whether a man of African descent will elected to the America's highest office.
VOA's Peter Heinlein attended an all-night party of journalists and political enthusiasts in Addis Ababa where everybody was talking about being American for a day to share in this historic election.
It's a long night here in front of the television at this upscale Ethiopian home.
Half a dozen anxious viewers drift in and out, trying to control the nervous energy. It's well after midnight, but the TV screen shows long lines of voters standing in the rain waiting for their turn in the voting booth. TV commentators kill time until the first polls close.
"There is a good deal of confidence in the Obama campaign that he's going to win this evening," they said. "So far, there's also the unknown. As one strategist put it, 'I'm a nervous wreck."
That comment sends a thrill through this audience. This is Africa and there are no McCain supporters in the room.
Deresse Kassa, a professor at Addis Ababa University, says he has never stayed up late for any elections results. But this is a moment he says he doesn't want to miss.
"America has history whereby the African-American community has to struggle to be considered citizens themselves and be a franchise in order to cast their votes," said Kassa. "Coming from this segregation and inequality, to be able to see Democratic candidates running for the presidency, the highest office, by itself is big achievement."
The televisions are on as the first results come in during the wee hours of the morning. The news is encouraging for viewers here.
Journalist Lulit Amdamariam says she is energized by the possibility of witnessing, what she calls, a great moment. "We're going to be here all night," she said. "Thirty-two hours, if we have to."Lulit is not an American, but she lived in the States for several years and attended Howard University in Washington.
"I attended a black college, so I understand what this means to the black community in the United States," said Lulit. "This is a candidate the entire world can relate to."
Lulit's colleague Tamrat Negera, editor of at the Amharic-language newspaper Addis Neger, has not been to the United States, but he says he can understand what this election must mean to African-Americans.
"Africa shared the pain of being black, or the pain of status, or colonization, which you understand there was a limitation for a black in this world," he said. "But Obama is breaking that through."Journalist Lulit Amdamariam calls it an American moment.
"I think this is the only time the entire world wishes they were American," she said. "So they could vote. Seriously, I think the entire world would go out and vote if they had the opportunity tonight."
This is a moment to remember. Although some Africans may have a hangover on Wednesday, the prospect of the first black U.S. president has enthralled a continent.
> Full story
==============================
Not just Africa! Even in Asia...
Asia Welcomes US Election Results
By Kate Pound Dawson Bangkok05 November 2008
Dawson report - Download (MP3) Dawson report - Listen (MP3)
People across Asia gathered to see the outcome of the U.S. presidential election. At election-watch events in dozens of cities, people cheered as Democrat Barack Obama won a historical victory. VOA's Kate Pound Dawson in Bangkok brings us the reaction in Asia to the race.
Bob Watson helps a group of Bangkok, Thailand, high school students as they attend a U.S. embassy-sponsored election watch party, 05 Nov 2008
Hundreds of Thais and Americans cheer as it becomes clear that Senator Barack Obama has won the election.
This election has drawn heavy interest around the world. Thai businessman Apinan Tungsianugul says that is partly because of Mr. Obama, the first African-American to be elected president.
"This election is a new thing. [It] could change the [politics] in the world. Just like Obama. Obama is not a white people," he said.
In Asia, polls have shown Mr. Obama is a clear favorite. For some people, it is because, as a Democrat, he represents a change from the policies of President Bush, a Republican, who has not been popular in Asia. Others were attracted by Mr. Obama's positions on the economy and the Iraq War. And, for some, it was his association with Asia.
Mr. Obama's step-father was from Indonesia and he spent several years in Jakarta as a child. At the Indonesian school he attended, his campaign has been closely watched.
Children cheer at Menteng One school, which Mr. Obama attended as a child.Eddy Gucando, is a teacher at the school. "I'm very happy because today I think, today is the day that can change the world if Barak Obama be [is] president," he said. "Because I think now in America there is a new president and that can change the world."
Many people expressed hope that Mr. Obama would maintain strong relationships with their countries.
Wang Dian is a student at China Communications University in Beijing. She says she hopes Mr. Obama's policy will be friendly to China. She says she thinks he knows the importance of friendly relations and trade with China.
Some in Asia hope that Mr. Obama's victory will help other countries learn more about ethnic diversity and become more tolerant. Choi Su-kyung is a professor at Chongnam National University in South Korea.
"This will help Koreans to understand the reality of the American politics, because Koreans are still prejudiced against the minorities," Choi said. "They are actually more prejudiced against minorities than Americans are, toward different racial groups. Americans are much more tolerant of diversity."
Most countries in Asia are closely tied to the United States. Several are military allies, such as South Korea, Japan and Australia. And, almost all Asian nations have close economic links with the United States. With the global economy weakening and with the war in Iraq dragging on, people all over the region say they just hope for change in American politics.
> Full story
Jabulani Africa! - Wed 11/5/2008
Jesus, life and hope to heal our land,
Saviour, reaching out with your mighty hand.
Sing for joy, O Africa;
The Lord your God is risen upon you.
Sing for joy, O Africa;
The Lord your God is risen upon you now.
Jabulani, jabulani Africa!
Jabulani, jabulani Africa!
Jesus, River of life to our thirsty land;
Saviour, meeting our needs from your mighty hand.
Sing for joy, O Africa;
The Lord your God is risen upon you.
Sing for joy, O Africa;
The Lord your God is risen upon you now.
Jabulani, jabulani Africa!
Jabulani, jabulani Africa!
================================
Marafiki wote,
Today, we cannot help but give praise
to God above for safe, fair, and free elections,
for the hopes of millions of people,
and for a leader who promises to listen
and to consider the needs of all.
A leader for all the nations!
A wonderful example of what it means
to be a man, a father, a husband, a leader
for all people, everywhere.
We have been blessed
in Ohio
to come together
with all kinds of people
from all corners of the country,
to work on the campaign,
a smart, well-organized and efficient
campaign.
Day by day, the tedious, hard work
of calling voters, knocking on doors,
leaving flyers at homes,
talking to our friends and neighbors,
it has all paid off!
Even after a long day of work, or school,
millions of Americans came together
to do the hard work of registering new voters,
persuading undecided voters,
getting out the vote!
Today goes down in history
as a great day for all people,
a great day for America,
and especially a great day for Africa
and African Americans.
We share your pride!
We thank God for the faith of Barack Obama
which makes him a man of integrity, kindness,
generosity, courage, and action.
We thank God for the way he seeks to live
the teachings of Jesus Christ in his daily life,
and to share a message of hope
with the entire world,
while respecting the faith of each person!
And we thank God
for the faith and hope of his ancestors,
their hard work and perseverance
who made it possible for him to see this day
with his beautiful family.
May God watch over and protect them all.
May there be more tolerance,
more respect, more listening,
more reconciliation, and
more lasting peace in our world.
Thank you to Kenya,
for sending Barack Obama
through his father
to the United States of America.
May you share the joy and
spirit of celebration
with America today!
We remember you in Kenya,
with prayer
and thanksgiving, that
we may seek peace and prosperity
for our great world
together
across oceans and continents.
Tumeshukuru! Barikiwe sana.
--Mary Kay Rehard
Cincinnati, Ohio
Saviour, reaching out with your mighty hand.
Sing for joy, O Africa;
The Lord your God is risen upon you.
Sing for joy, O Africa;
The Lord your God is risen upon you now.
Jabulani, jabulani Africa!
Jabulani, jabulani Africa!
Jesus, River of life to our thirsty land;
Saviour, meeting our needs from your mighty hand.
Sing for joy, O Africa;
The Lord your God is risen upon you.
Sing for joy, O Africa;
The Lord your God is risen upon you now.
Jabulani, jabulani Africa!
Jabulani, jabulani Africa!
================================
Marafiki wote,
Today, we cannot help but give praise
to God above for safe, fair, and free elections,
for the hopes of millions of people,
and for a leader who promises to listen
and to consider the needs of all.
A leader for all the nations!
A wonderful example of what it means
to be a man, a father, a husband, a leader
for all people, everywhere.
We have been blessed
in Ohio
to come together
with all kinds of people
from all corners of the country,
to work on the campaign,
a smart, well-organized and efficient
campaign.
Day by day, the tedious, hard work
of calling voters, knocking on doors,
leaving flyers at homes,
talking to our friends and neighbors,
it has all paid off!
Even after a long day of work, or school,
millions of Americans came together
to do the hard work of registering new voters,
persuading undecided voters,
getting out the vote!
Today goes down in history
as a great day for all people,
a great day for America,
and especially a great day for Africa
and African Americans.
We share your pride!
We thank God for the faith of Barack Obama
which makes him a man of integrity, kindness,
generosity, courage, and action.
We thank God for the way he seeks to live
the teachings of Jesus Christ in his daily life,
and to share a message of hope
with the entire world,
while respecting the faith of each person!
And we thank God
for the faith and hope of his ancestors,
their hard work and perseverance
who made it possible for him to see this day
with his beautiful family.
May God watch over and protect them all.
May there be more tolerance,
more respect, more listening,
more reconciliation, and
more lasting peace in our world.
Thank you to Kenya,
for sending Barack Obama
through his father
to the United States of America.
May you share the joy and
spirit of celebration
with America today!
We remember you in Kenya,
with prayer
and thanksgiving, that
we may seek peace and prosperity
for our great world
together
across oceans and continents.
Tumeshukuru! Barikiwe sana.
--Mary Kay Rehard
Cincinnati, Ohio
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
News of Obama in Kenya - Tues 11/4/2008
OK... it's impossible to remain quiet about my enthusiasm for our candidate any longer...
Kenya's Daily Nation newspaper is providing extensive coverage of the US presidential election.
> Click here to view today's feature on Barack Obama from Kenya, with links to other stories, such as:
US votes in historic poll
Obama’s maternal grandmother dies at 86
Bull awaits Obama win in Kogelo village
Big parties planned in US and Kenya to celebrate Obama victory
US Poll: Why Obama is the world's choice
Kisumu to hold vigil to keep up with results
Victory prayer at Obama's ancestral home
> Here are the latest poll results (predictions) on CNN
Please pray for peace & unity to prevail in Kenya and in the USA, as the results come in!
> Click here for the US election results (actual) on CNN
> Let's also remember our brothers and sisters across the African continent in today's headlines.
Kenya's Daily Nation newspaper is providing extensive coverage of the US presidential election.
> Click here to view today's feature on Barack Obama from Kenya, with links to other stories, such as:
US votes in historic poll
Obama’s maternal grandmother dies at 86
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> Here are the latest poll results (predictions) on CNN
Please pray for peace & unity to prevail in Kenya and in the USA, as the results come in!
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> Let's also remember our brothers and sisters across the African continent in today's headlines.
Friday, October 31, 2008
Congo crisis - contact your elected officials - 10/31/2008
10/31/2008
Dear Friends,
The situation in Congo is deteriorating dramatically, and it seems that all the US media can focus on is the election. While this is an important, historic election, we must not lose perspective of the global imperatives facing us today. I invite you to join me in raising awareness about the crisis in Congo and urge you to contact your elected officials.
A BBC article today provides a good summary of what is being done, internationally, and I drafted a short letter to accompany an edited version of that story.
FCNL (Friends Committe on National Legislation) has a convenient website for submitting letters to the President and Congress:
http://capwiz.com/fconl/dbq/officials/
You can enter your zip code, and your elected officials will appear. You can write all of them with one click (link is above their pictures). Below is the text I submitted to my elected officials for this issue: Crisis in Congo (Foreign Policy).
Along with the UN's IRIN news service briefings, I've posted two emails from Quaker field staff based in Kenya, Anna Crumley-Effinger (AFSC staff) and David Zarembka (AGLI staff), with updates from their contacts in the region.
BBC has an excellent overview of the long and terrible history of the civil war in Congo, in case you need more background:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/country_profiles/1076399.stm
They also provide a concise timeline of Congolese history:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/country_profiles/1072684.stm
Doctors without Borders also has a good press release on the conflict in Congo:
http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/pr/release.cfm?id=3137
Congo is Kenya's neighbor, and there is a very desperate community of Quakers in eastern Congo, who need our prayers, attention, and assistance.
Please do what you can to:
Mary Kay
=====================
Dear Elected Official:
Please urge the President and US State Department to take stronger action on the situation in Congo (BBC story below). The US should continue talks and join the EU in reinforcing UN Peacekeeping troops to end this humanitarian disaster promptly. We do not want to witness another genocide like Rwanda's. My particular concern is for the safety of women and children, as gang rape is now widespread in Eastern Congo. It is my sincere hope that US will be instrumental in protecting innocent citizens there. Instability in Congo affects all countries in Eastern and Central Africa. I look forward to your reply regarding your plans to help resolve this enormous crisis.
========================
'Human catastrophe' grips Congo
10/31/2008
BBC - Fierce fighting between government and rebel forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo is causing a humanitarian catastrophe, the Red Cross has said.
It said the number of displaced people was growing by the hour and that the precarious security situation was making it difficult to deliver aid.
Intense diplomatic efforts are under way to end the crisis, which has displaced a total of 250,000 people.
A tense ceasefire is holding in and around the eastern city of Goma.
A spokesman for the UN's refugee agency, the UNHCR, told the BBC that the situation was "extremely critical".
A Congolese aid-worker based in Goma, Godefroid Marhenge, told the BBC's Network Africa programme that some displaced people were without water or shelter, and "in desperate need of humanitarian assistance".
Overstretched peacekeepers
After several days of fighting, Gen Nkunda declared the ceasefire late on Wednesday, and his Tutsi forces are positioned some 15km (nine miles) from Goma - the provincial capital of North Kivu.
However, Gen Nkunda has threatened to take the city unless UN peacekeepers guarantee the ceasefire and security in Goma.
Looting, killings and rapes were reported in the city on Thursday, much of it blamed on retreating Congolese troops.
Meanwhile, intense international diplomatic efforts are going in a bid to maintain the ceasefire and bring an end to the fighting:
• The parliament in DR Congo has called on government to negotiate with Gen Nkunda, although President Joseph Kabila has previously refused to do so
• UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has said he is "deeply concerned" about the situation, and has called on regional leaders to take concrete measures to broker a peace deal
>>> EU are diplomats meeting in Brussels to discuss whether to send troops to back up UN peacekeepers, after EU envoy Louis Michel met Mr Kabila and his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame
>>> The EU is also to discuss sending troops to the area to aid the humanitarian effort
• An African Union (AU) Peace and Security Council is to hold crisis talks at AU headquarters in Addis Ababa
• US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Jendayi Frazer has held talks with Mr Kabila in DR Congo's capital, Kinshasa.
Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/africa/7701269.stm
Dear Friends,
The situation in Congo is deteriorating dramatically, and it seems that all the US media can focus on is the election. While this is an important, historic election, we must not lose perspective of the global imperatives facing us today. I invite you to join me in raising awareness about the crisis in Congo and urge you to contact your elected officials.
A BBC article today provides a good summary of what is being done, internationally, and I drafted a short letter to accompany an edited version of that story.
FCNL (Friends Committe on National Legislation) has a convenient website for submitting letters to the President and Congress:
http://capwiz.com/fconl/dbq/officials/
You can enter your zip code, and your elected officials will appear. You can write all of them with one click (link is above their pictures). Below is the text I submitted to my elected officials for this issue: Crisis in Congo (Foreign Policy).
Along with the UN's IRIN news service briefings, I've posted two emails from Quaker field staff based in Kenya, Anna Crumley-Effinger (AFSC staff) and David Zarembka (AGLI staff), with updates from their contacts in the region.
BBC has an excellent overview of the long and terrible history of the civil war in Congo, in case you need more background:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/country_profiles/1076399.stm
They also provide a concise timeline of Congolese history:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/country_profiles/1072684.stm
Doctors without Borders also has a good press release on the conflict in Congo:
http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/pr/release.cfm?id=3137
Congo is Kenya's neighbor, and there is a very desperate community of Quakers in eastern Congo, who need our prayers, attention, and assistance.
Please do what you can to:
- take action by contacting your elected officials
- to pray for the displaced and traumatized
- and give support to relief efforts there.
Mary Kay
=====================
Dear Elected Official:
Please urge the President and US State Department to take stronger action on the situation in Congo (BBC story below). The US should continue talks and join the EU in reinforcing UN Peacekeeping troops to end this humanitarian disaster promptly. We do not want to witness another genocide like Rwanda's. My particular concern is for the safety of women and children, as gang rape is now widespread in Eastern Congo. It is my sincere hope that US will be instrumental in protecting innocent citizens there. Instability in Congo affects all countries in Eastern and Central Africa. I look forward to your reply regarding your plans to help resolve this enormous crisis.
========================
'Human catastrophe' grips Congo
10/31/2008
BBC - Fierce fighting between government and rebel forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo is causing a humanitarian catastrophe, the Red Cross has said.
It said the number of displaced people was growing by the hour and that the precarious security situation was making it difficult to deliver aid.
Intense diplomatic efforts are under way to end the crisis, which has displaced a total of 250,000 people.
A tense ceasefire is holding in and around the eastern city of Goma.
A spokesman for the UN's refugee agency, the UNHCR, told the BBC that the situation was "extremely critical".
A Congolese aid-worker based in Goma, Godefroid Marhenge, told the BBC's Network Africa programme that some displaced people were without water or shelter, and "in desperate need of humanitarian assistance".
Overstretched peacekeepers
After several days of fighting, Gen Nkunda declared the ceasefire late on Wednesday, and his Tutsi forces are positioned some 15km (nine miles) from Goma - the provincial capital of North Kivu.
However, Gen Nkunda has threatened to take the city unless UN peacekeepers guarantee the ceasefire and security in Goma.
Looting, killings and rapes were reported in the city on Thursday, much of it blamed on retreating Congolese troops.
Meanwhile, intense international diplomatic efforts are going in a bid to maintain the ceasefire and bring an end to the fighting:
• The parliament in DR Congo has called on government to negotiate with Gen Nkunda, although President Joseph Kabila has previously refused to do so
• UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has said he is "deeply concerned" about the situation, and has called on regional leaders to take concrete measures to broker a peace deal
>>> EU are diplomats meeting in Brussels to discuss whether to send troops to back up UN peacekeepers, after EU envoy Louis Michel met Mr Kabila and his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame
>>> The EU is also to discuss sending troops to the area to aid the humanitarian effort
• An African Union (AU) Peace and Security Council is to hold crisis talks at AU headquarters in Addis Ababa
• US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Jendayi Frazer has held talks with Mr Kabila in DR Congo's capital, Kinshasa.
Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/africa/7701269.stm
Congo crisis - IRIN report
From: IRIN
Date: Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 10:09 AM
Subject: CENTRAL AND EASTERN AFRICA: IRIN-CEA Weekly Round-up 454 for 25-31 October 2008
To: Patrick Nugent
CENTRAL AND EASTERN AFRICA: IRIN-CEA Weekly Round-up 454 for 25-31 October 2008
NAIROBI, 31 October 2008 (IRIN) - CONTENTS:
DRC-UGANDA: Facilities overwhelmed as refugees stream to bor
DRC: Many aid agencies quit Goma
DRC: Government troops "on the rampage"
DRC: Instability increasing in Orientale province
UGANDA: Displaced first by war, now by elephants
KENYA: Child deaths on the rise
KENYA: Aid workers under siege
ALSO SEE:
RWANDA: Ex-militia struggle with civilian life
[Full report: http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=81156]
DRC: Eric - "There's real panic in town"
[Full report: http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=81182]
CONGO: Bibouti - "I work non-stop but never see my salary"
[Full report: http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=81165]
UGANDA: Post-traumatic stress rife in the north
[Full report: http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=81084]
KENYA: Isolation wards vital in TB fight
[Full report http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=81214]
GLOBAL: Climate change may drown cities
[Full report: http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=81117]
DRC-UGANDA: Facilities overwhelmed as refugees stream to bor
Food, water, health and sanitation facilities at several villages on the Uganda-Democratic Republic of Congo border are overstretched as civilians continue to pour into Uganda, the UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR, said on 31 October.
The agency said the facilities were inadequate for the more than 6,500 people scattered in 12 villages along the border who are being hosted by the local communities.
"It is very difficult for us to provide assistance to the refugees at the border, where the security situation is unstable and people are scattered in various villages," Stefano Severe, UNHCR representative in Uganda, said.
[Full report: http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=81220 ]
DRC: Many aid agencies quit Goma
Several aid agencies have evacuated their staff from the eastern town of Goma, where an uneasy calm prevailed on 30 October after days of fierce fighting between government troops and those loyal to renegade army commander Laurent Nkunda. On 29 October, UN civilian staff were moved from Goma to a compound on the shores of Lake Kivu.
"We heard some shooting in town last night and heard reports of looting ... we have pulled out all expatriate staff to Gisenyi [a town just across the Rwandan border] but have tried to maintain minimum activities in Goma," an official with Save the Children told IRIN.
"This morning MONUC were saying the situation is calm in town. They said NGOs can carry out operations but should return to the safety of the UN compounds before 5pm," he added.
[Full report: http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=81206]
DRC: Government troops "on the rampage"
Government troops went on the rampage overnight in Goma, according to witnesses in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) town, which renegade general Laurent Nkunda has threatened to overrun.
"Last night I was in my home with my family," Stuart, a resident who fled to Gisenyi in Rwanda, told IRIN. "Government troops were shooting outside, in the street, all over the neighbourhood. They were shooting heavy guns and breaking into people's houses, and killing people, and looting; I saw them. It felt like anarchy, there was no law," he said.
[Full report: http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=81204]
DRC: Instability increasing in Orientale province
Airplanes may be needed to help some 6,000 people displaced during attacks by Ugandan rebels in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo who are not accessible by humanitarian agencies, officials said.
"The idea is to send food and non-food items in by plane, given that it is difficult now to send a road convoy because of logistical and security reasons," said Jean-Charles Dupin of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Orientale Province.
The civilians fled attacks by the Lord's Resistance Army in September along the main north-south road in the province's Dungu territory. [Full report: http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=81177]
UGANDA: Displaced first by war, now by elephants
Marauding elephants in northern Uganda have added to the challenges faced by civilians trying to rebuild their lives in the wake of 20 years of civil war, destroying their crops and prompting some to return to displaced people's camps they had only recently left.
"The villagers are scared of the elephants; some of them have sought refuge in huts they had left in the camps," John Bosco Okullo, a local leader in Amuru District told IRIN.
Most affected are hundreds of returnees from six IDP camps - Goma, Anaka, Purongo, Ongako, Corner Nwoya, and Aler, all in Amuru District - whose crops have also been eaten by wildebeest roaming the villages in search of water and pasture.
[Full report: http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=81100]
KENYA: Child deaths on the rise
The number of children dying before their fifth birthday in Kenya has risen in the past 10 years, according to health specialists.
One in nine children dies before the age of five. "For every 1,000 children born, 121 die, compared with 97 in 1990," Shahnaz Sharif, the senior deputy director of medical services in Kenya's health ministry, told IRIN.
"A shortage of skilled health workers and a lack of access to referral facilities are partly to blame for the increasing deaths," Sharif said. [Full report: http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=81162]
KENYA: Aid workers under siege
The Kenya Red Cross Society has appealed for respect for aid workers providing assistance to thousands after its staff were attacked by bandits and accosted by security personnel in Mandera, in the northeast.
"Bandits attacked the Kenya Red Cross personnel who were returning from their work in Garissa [a neighbouring town], robbing them of their personal effects such as money and mobile phones," the agency said in a statement.
[Full report: http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=81173]
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© IRIN. All rights reserved. More humanitarian news and analysis: http://www.irinnews.org
Date: Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 10:09 AM
Subject: CENTRAL AND EASTERN AFRICA: IRIN-CEA Weekly Round-up 454 for 25-31 October 2008
To: Patrick Nugent
CENTRAL AND EASTERN AFRICA: IRIN-CEA Weekly Round-up 454 for 25-31 October 2008
NAIROBI, 31 October 2008 (IRIN) - CONTENTS:
DRC-UGANDA: Facilities overwhelmed as refugees stream to bor
DRC: Many aid agencies quit Goma
DRC: Government troops "on the rampage"
DRC: Instability increasing in Orientale province
UGANDA: Displaced first by war, now by elephants
KENYA: Child deaths on the rise
KENYA: Aid workers under siege
ALSO SEE:
RWANDA: Ex-militia struggle with civilian life
[Full report: http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=81156]
DRC: Eric - "There's real panic in town"
[Full report: http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=81182]
CONGO: Bibouti - "I work non-stop but never see my salary"
[Full report: http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=81165]
UGANDA: Post-traumatic stress rife in the north
[Full report: http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=81084]
KENYA: Isolation wards vital in TB fight
[Full report http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=81214]
GLOBAL: Climate change may drown cities
[Full report: http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=81117]
DRC-UGANDA: Facilities overwhelmed as refugees stream to bor
Food, water, health and sanitation facilities at several villages on the Uganda-Democratic Republic of Congo border are overstretched as civilians continue to pour into Uganda, the UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR, said on 31 October.
The agency said the facilities were inadequate for the more than 6,500 people scattered in 12 villages along the border who are being hosted by the local communities.
"It is very difficult for us to provide assistance to the refugees at the border, where the security situation is unstable and people are scattered in various villages," Stefano Severe, UNHCR representative in Uganda, said.
[Full report: http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=81220 ]
DRC: Many aid agencies quit Goma
Several aid agencies have evacuated their staff from the eastern town of Goma, where an uneasy calm prevailed on 30 October after days of fierce fighting between government troops and those loyal to renegade army commander Laurent Nkunda. On 29 October, UN civilian staff were moved from Goma to a compound on the shores of Lake Kivu.
"We heard some shooting in town last night and heard reports of looting ... we have pulled out all expatriate staff to Gisenyi [a town just across the Rwandan border] but have tried to maintain minimum activities in Goma," an official with Save the Children told IRIN.
"This morning MONUC were saying the situation is calm in town. They said NGOs can carry out operations but should return to the safety of the UN compounds before 5pm," he added.
[Full report: http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=81206]
DRC: Government troops "on the rampage"
Government troops went on the rampage overnight in Goma, according to witnesses in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) town, which renegade general Laurent Nkunda has threatened to overrun.
"Last night I was in my home with my family," Stuart, a resident who fled to Gisenyi in Rwanda, told IRIN. "Government troops were shooting outside, in the street, all over the neighbourhood. They were shooting heavy guns and breaking into people's houses, and killing people, and looting; I saw them. It felt like anarchy, there was no law," he said.
[Full report: http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=81204]
DRC: Instability increasing in Orientale province
Airplanes may be needed to help some 6,000 people displaced during attacks by Ugandan rebels in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo who are not accessible by humanitarian agencies, officials said.
"The idea is to send food and non-food items in by plane, given that it is difficult now to send a road convoy because of logistical and security reasons," said Jean-Charles Dupin of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Orientale Province.
The civilians fled attacks by the Lord's Resistance Army in September along the main north-south road in the province's Dungu territory. [Full report: http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=81177]
UGANDA: Displaced first by war, now by elephants
Marauding elephants in northern Uganda have added to the challenges faced by civilians trying to rebuild their lives in the wake of 20 years of civil war, destroying their crops and prompting some to return to displaced people's camps they had only recently left.
"The villagers are scared of the elephants; some of them have sought refuge in huts they had left in the camps," John Bosco Okullo, a local leader in Amuru District told IRIN.
Most affected are hundreds of returnees from six IDP camps - Goma, Anaka, Purongo, Ongako, Corner Nwoya, and Aler, all in Amuru District - whose crops have also been eaten by wildebeest roaming the villages in search of water and pasture.
[Full report: http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=81100]
KENYA: Child deaths on the rise
The number of children dying before their fifth birthday in Kenya has risen in the past 10 years, according to health specialists.
One in nine children dies before the age of five. "For every 1,000 children born, 121 die, compared with 97 in 1990," Shahnaz Sharif, the senior deputy director of medical services in Kenya's health ministry, told IRIN.
"A shortage of skilled health workers and a lack of access to referral facilities are partly to blame for the increasing deaths," Sharif said. [Full report: http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=81162]
KENYA: Aid workers under siege
The Kenya Red Cross Society has appealed for respect for aid workers providing assistance to thousands after its staff were attacked by bandits and accosted by security personnel in Mandera, in the northeast.
"Bandits attacked the Kenya Red Cross personnel who were returning from their work in Garissa [a neighbouring town], robbing them of their personal effects such as money and mobile phones," the agency said in a statement.
[Full report: http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=81173]
bn/[END]
© IRIN. All rights reserved. More humanitarian news and analysis: http://www.irinnews.org
Congo crisis - AFSC staff update
Yesterday I was planning to send a regularly scheduled update to you all. Instead I found myself reading e-mails from friends in the eastern DRC whose families or they themselves were fleeing the violence, pulling together news reports for our staff inside Bukavu, and planning for a statement from AFSC. At the same time, two bombings in Puntland and Somaliland of greater Somali also forced many NGOs to begin pulling out staffs in the regions that were formerly seen as the most safe areas in which to work. We have many colleagues affected by these attacks not to mention the implications on millions of people in Somalia.
So, instead of sending you a long update today I will just ask you to please think and pray for the people in the Great Lakes and Horn of Africa regions. There is war to a greater scale then there has been in many years in the eastern DRC. The UN with limited troops in its peacekeeping force is working to protect civilians at the same time as many civilians are so upset it is not doing more and blocking its convoys and in some cases attacking its bases. The national army FARDC which has a terrible human rights record to begin with has been seen looting houses and retreating, causing even more fear among the population. Hundreds of thousands of people are fleeing in all directions and violence is continuing to a great extent. I obviously can not get into all the details of who is arming whom and which foriegn governments are behind the hostilities, but let's just say that the continued of arming of rebels and government forces is creating major problems and the civilian population continues to suffer to unprecedented scales. World Food Program convoys have been halted and are unable to deliver enormous quantities of food. internally displaced people are fleeing from one camp to another or sleeping on the sides of roads or in wooded areas.
Please be thinking of and praying for the population in which there are many Quakers, peaceworkers, friends of mine and friends of friends. For the aid workers, the people caught in the senseless killing, the government leaders, the UN envoys, the governments of the world who arm, and the corporations who pillage.
I hate to be spreading the perception of Africa as a war zone or starving babies. This is a beautiful place with wonderful people who are searching and working for peace. But right now many in the region I know best are fleeing or stuck in their homes. And they need your prayers.
To all those whose stories are untold but who are witnessing to peace!
-Anna
Anna Crumley-Effinger
Earlham grad and
AFSC Field Staff – Nairobi, Kenya
I am attaching an update from the coordinator of the African Great Lakes Initiative with which I volunteer. I have lots I could say on this subject as well, but I want to highlight the section: "When you see all those pictures of people fleeing with goods on their heads, where will the women sleep tonight?"
So, instead of sending you a long update today I will just ask you to please think and pray for the people in the Great Lakes and Horn of Africa regions. There is war to a greater scale then there has been in many years in the eastern DRC. The UN with limited troops in its peacekeeping force is working to protect civilians at the same time as many civilians are so upset it is not doing more and blocking its convoys and in some cases attacking its bases. The national army FARDC which has a terrible human rights record to begin with has been seen looting houses and retreating, causing even more fear among the population. Hundreds of thousands of people are fleeing in all directions and violence is continuing to a great extent. I obviously can not get into all the details of who is arming whom and which foriegn governments are behind the hostilities, but let's just say that the continued of arming of rebels and government forces is creating major problems and the civilian population continues to suffer to unprecedented scales. World Food Program convoys have been halted and are unable to deliver enormous quantities of food. internally displaced people are fleeing from one camp to another or sleeping on the sides of roads or in wooded areas.
Please be thinking of and praying for the population in which there are many Quakers, peaceworkers, friends of mine and friends of friends. For the aid workers, the people caught in the senseless killing, the government leaders, the UN envoys, the governments of the world who arm, and the corporations who pillage.
I hate to be spreading the perception of Africa as a war zone or starving babies. This is a beautiful place with wonderful people who are searching and working for peace. But right now many in the region I know best are fleeing or stuck in their homes. And they need your prayers.
To all those whose stories are untold but who are witnessing to peace!
-Anna
Anna Crumley-Effinger
Earlham grad and
AFSC Field Staff – Nairobi, Kenya
I am attaching an update from the coordinator of the African Great Lakes Initiative with which I volunteer. I have lots I could say on this subject as well, but I want to highlight the section: "When you see all those pictures of people fleeing with goods on their heads, where will the women sleep tonight?"
Congo crisis - AGLI staff update
----- Original Message -----
From: David Zarembka
Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2008 10:54 AM
Subject: AGLI--Report from Kenya--"Rape"--Oct 29, 2008
Dear All,
I received this sentence in an email from Theoneste Bizimana from Rwanda: "Hold in your payers the region of North Kivu [Congo]. I talked with Zawadi this morning. She said that the situation is very bad now and nobody [in Goma] was able to get out and go to work!!" I just received an email from Zawadi who is now in Kigali saying, "Right now things are bad, just spoken to my Dad [in Goma]--Goma might be captured tonight."
The rebel Tutsi warlord, Laurent Nkunda, is within striking distance of taking Goma even though it is "protected" by Congolese troops and the United Nations troops, called MONUC. You can even find items on this in the international news if you click on Africa. There are pictures of people fleeing the fighting which is usual whenever there is an attack in the region.
While a certain amount of attention has been devoted to the use of rape as a weapon of war I have not seen many explanations of why this is done. Here are my observations.
In this area of Africa there are rarely "battles" between the armies. Rather one side terrorizes people in an area, these people then flee and the terrorizing side moves in thereby "conquering" the territory.
One of the most effective methods of terrorizing a population is "rape"-- particularly gang rape. I submit that it is more effective than killing someone because the raped person is traumatized and he/she then affects his/her family, neighbors, and community. A killed person’s body would just lie there and, if no one saw it, it would not "terrorize" anyone. Reports of the mutilation of bodies have this same affect -- the mutilation terrorizes people who then flee.
Note that above I did not use only the female gender. When we conducted a survey of seventy-nine people in Burundi nine reported being raped; two were men. As everywhere in the world, rape is under reported and I expect rape of males is even more under reported than that of females. The rape of a male would be even more "terrorizing" than the rape of a female.
Here is the testimony of an anonymous North Kivu workshop participant who was raped during the First Congo World War in 1996.
"I was raped and contracted HIV/AIDS. So is my daughter of 12 years. We all lost hope--no one to comfort the other. We just saw death as the next thing happening to us anytime. But God has been gracious. People have stood by us and those [HROC] teachings have really helped me to live positively. I am always bitter about the rapists [i.e., she was gang raped] but that had not changed me. Instead it worsens the situation because whenever I think about it everything comes back fresh in my mind. I have understood the meaning of forgiveness. Many are times we wait for offenders to ask for forgiveness. In my case where will I meet them; and I wouldn't like to meet them anyway. I have decided to forgive them. I am going to share with my daughter what we learnt. I believe it will help her so that we may begin this journey together."
This kind of rape is, to me, only the most obvious, what I would call "violent rape." When you see all those pictures of people fleeing with goods on their heads, where will the women sleep tonight? Many will have to find a man, perhaps a soldier or policeman, to protect them for the night. The cost is "consensual rape"; the agreement to have sex with the protector. This "relationship" might last a night or two, or a week, or a month, but in the end it is temporary and the woman is turned out and has to find another "protector". The result is unwanted pregnancies and HIV. Many of the women at the Kamenge Clinic in Bujumbura were infected by this "consensual rape."
The solution is, of course, to stop the fighting. But as the Congolese Government and the international community (including the UN peacekeepers) seek a "military solution" which continues to elude them, the fighting will continue. Rape will continue to be used as a "weapon of war".
Peace,
Dave
David Zarembka, Coordinator
African Great Lakes Initiative of the Friends Peace Teams
P. O. Box 189, Kipkarren River 50241 Kenya 254 (0)726 590 783
1001 Park Avenue, St Louis, MO 63104 USA 314/621-7262
From: David Zarembka
Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2008 10:54 AM
Subject: AGLI--Report from Kenya--"Rape"--Oct 29, 2008
Dear All,
I received this sentence in an email from Theoneste Bizimana from Rwanda: "Hold in your payers the region of North Kivu [Congo]. I talked with Zawadi this morning. She said that the situation is very bad now and nobody [in Goma] was able to get out and go to work!!" I just received an email from Zawadi who is now in Kigali saying, "Right now things are bad, just spoken to my Dad [in Goma]--Goma might be captured tonight."
The rebel Tutsi warlord, Laurent Nkunda, is within striking distance of taking Goma even though it is "protected" by Congolese troops and the United Nations troops, called MONUC. You can even find items on this in the international news if you click on Africa. There are pictures of people fleeing the fighting which is usual whenever there is an attack in the region.
While a certain amount of attention has been devoted to the use of rape as a weapon of war I have not seen many explanations of why this is done. Here are my observations.
In this area of Africa there are rarely "battles" between the armies. Rather one side terrorizes people in an area, these people then flee and the terrorizing side moves in thereby "conquering" the territory.
One of the most effective methods of terrorizing a population is "rape"-- particularly gang rape. I submit that it is more effective than killing someone because the raped person is traumatized and he/she then affects his/her family, neighbors, and community. A killed person’s body would just lie there and, if no one saw it, it would not "terrorize" anyone. Reports of the mutilation of bodies have this same affect -- the mutilation terrorizes people who then flee.
Note that above I did not use only the female gender. When we conducted a survey of seventy-nine people in Burundi nine reported being raped; two were men. As everywhere in the world, rape is under reported and I expect rape of males is even more under reported than that of females. The rape of a male would be even more "terrorizing" than the rape of a female.
Here is the testimony of an anonymous North Kivu workshop participant who was raped during the First Congo World War in 1996.
"I was raped and contracted HIV/AIDS. So is my daughter of 12 years. We all lost hope--no one to comfort the other. We just saw death as the next thing happening to us anytime. But God has been gracious. People have stood by us and those [HROC] teachings have really helped me to live positively. I am always bitter about the rapists [i.e., she was gang raped] but that had not changed me. Instead it worsens the situation because whenever I think about it everything comes back fresh in my mind. I have understood the meaning of forgiveness. Many are times we wait for offenders to ask for forgiveness. In my case where will I meet them; and I wouldn't like to meet them anyway. I have decided to forgive them. I am going to share with my daughter what we learnt. I believe it will help her so that we may begin this journey together."
This kind of rape is, to me, only the most obvious, what I would call "violent rape." When you see all those pictures of people fleeing with goods on their heads, where will the women sleep tonight? Many will have to find a man, perhaps a soldier or policeman, to protect them for the night. The cost is "consensual rape"; the agreement to have sex with the protector. This "relationship" might last a night or two, or a week, or a month, but in the end it is temporary and the woman is turned out and has to find another "protector". The result is unwanted pregnancies and HIV. Many of the women at the Kamenge Clinic in Bujumbura were infected by this "consensual rape."
The solution is, of course, to stop the fighting. But as the Congolese Government and the international community (including the UN peacekeepers) seek a "military solution" which continues to elude them, the fighting will continue. Rape will continue to be used as a "weapon of war".
Peace,
Dave
David Zarembka, Coordinator
African Great Lakes Initiative of the Friends Peace Teams
P. O. Box 189, Kipkarren River 50241 Kenya 254 (0)726 590 783
1001 Park Avenue, St Louis, MO 63104 USA 314/621-7262
Thursday, October 30, 2008
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Today's headlines - Fri 10/24/2008
GTV launches prepaid subscription scratch cards in Kenya
NetworkWorld.com, MA - 18 hours ago
The G-UP scratch card is available to all GTV subscribers and is expected to challenge DSTv's position in the Kenyan market. GTV scratch card are available ...
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UN honors Kenyan soldier for efforts on post-election crisis
Xinhua, China - 19 minutes ago
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BBC - Kenya set to get truth commission - Fri 10/24/2008
Kenya set to get truth commission
BBC - Kenya's parliament has approved a Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission (TJRC) to probe human rights violations and historical injustices. Those found guilty of genocide and other human rights violations will not be eligible for amnesty.
The move comes amidst debate on how to deal with those implicated in the violence that broke out after the disputed elections in December 2007. An international tribunal has been urged to try those behind the clashes. More than 1,500 people were killed and some 300,000 more fled their homes in the unrest.
President Mwai Kibaki and Orange Democratic Movement leader Raila Odinga, now prime minister, signed a power-sharing deal in February to bring an end to the crisis and formed a coalition government.
Culture of impunity
The setting up the TJRC was recommended by the National Dialogue and Reconciliation Committee which was formed to deliberate on the root causes of the post-election violence. The clashes were blamed on unresolved historical injustices such as distribution of land and state resources, and alleged human rights violations by previous governments and political leaders.
The TJRC will investigate crimes committed since the country's independence in 1963 to February 2008.
It will have nine commissioners - six Kenyans and three foreigners. The foreign commissioners will be appointed by the team of African Eminent Personalities which mediated the power-sharing deal along with former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan.
Correspondents say the TJRC is separate from the international tribunal, which was the recommendation of a separate commission of inquiry set up after the violence, headed by Justice Phillip Waki.
It found that politicians and businessmen on all sides had stirred up violence after the polls. Last week, Mr Waki handed over a sealed list of suspects to Mr Annan, the chief mediator of the power-sharing agreement.
It was agreed that if an international tribunal was not set up within 60 days, Mr Annan would hand over the names to the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague.
Politicians have clashed over the Waki report's recommendations, with some calling for unconditional amnesty for those implicated. Others insist that those involved should be prosecuted as amnesty would encourage impunity.
President Mwai Kibaki's Party of National Unity (PNU) says that the report should be implemented fully within the framework of a new constitution. [more stalling??]
Mr Annan urged the Kenyan government to set up the tribunal, saying the long culture of impunity must end.
Story from BBC NEWS:http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/africa/7688505.stm
Published: 2008/10/24 10:52:33 GMT
© BBC MMVIII
BBC - Kenya's parliament has approved a Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission (TJRC) to probe human rights violations and historical injustices. Those found guilty of genocide and other human rights violations will not be eligible for amnesty.
The move comes amidst debate on how to deal with those implicated in the violence that broke out after the disputed elections in December 2007. An international tribunal has been urged to try those behind the clashes. More than 1,500 people were killed and some 300,000 more fled their homes in the unrest.
President Mwai Kibaki and Orange Democratic Movement leader Raila Odinga, now prime minister, signed a power-sharing deal in February to bring an end to the crisis and formed a coalition government.
Culture of impunity
The setting up the TJRC was recommended by the National Dialogue and Reconciliation Committee which was formed to deliberate on the root causes of the post-election violence. The clashes were blamed on unresolved historical injustices such as distribution of land and state resources, and alleged human rights violations by previous governments and political leaders.
The TJRC will investigate crimes committed since the country's independence in 1963 to February 2008.
It will have nine commissioners - six Kenyans and three foreigners. The foreign commissioners will be appointed by the team of African Eminent Personalities which mediated the power-sharing deal along with former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan.
Correspondents say the TJRC is separate from the international tribunal, which was the recommendation of a separate commission of inquiry set up after the violence, headed by Justice Phillip Waki.
It found that politicians and businessmen on all sides had stirred up violence after the polls. Last week, Mr Waki handed over a sealed list of suspects to Mr Annan, the chief mediator of the power-sharing agreement.
It was agreed that if an international tribunal was not set up within 60 days, Mr Annan would hand over the names to the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague.
Politicians have clashed over the Waki report's recommendations, with some calling for unconditional amnesty for those implicated. Others insist that those involved should be prosecuted as amnesty would encourage impunity.
President Mwai Kibaki's Party of National Unity (PNU) says that the report should be implemented fully within the framework of a new constitution. [more stalling??]
Mr Annan urged the Kenyan government to set up the tribunal, saying the long culture of impunity must end.
Story from BBC NEWS:http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/africa/7688505.stm
Published: 2008/10/24 10:52:33 GMT
© BBC MMVIII
Monday, October 20, 2008
Today's headlines - Mon 10/20/2008
See also previous post from BBC, Annan backs election violence probe.
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BBC News
Annan backs Kenya violence probe
BBC News, UK - 5 hours ago
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Waki's verdict on Kibaki and Raila Daily Nation
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China Daily
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China Daily, China - 10 hours ago
By Lei Lei (China Daily Staff Writer) China's women swept the medals at the 2008 Beijing International Marathon yesterday while Kenya's men also pulled out ...
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It has been the position of ODM, which I wholly support, that Kenya under a parliamentary system of government would have an accountable, transparent, ...
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The Gulu district councilors, sub-county chairpersons and the technical staff had gone to Kenya for a two-day farm tour. The 53-member delegation visited ...
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Annan backs Kenya violence probe - Mon 10/20/2008
Annan backs Kenya violence probe
(BBC) - Kofi Annan has urged the Kenyan government to set up a tribunal for people accused of involvement in violence after last year's elections.
The former UN secretary general brokered a power-sharing deal which ended the violence in February.
Establishing such a tribunal was a central recommendation of a commission headed by a senior judge, Philip Waki, which submitted its report last week.
The commission found that politicians on all sides had stirred up violence.
Mr Waki also said that the police had used excessive force against protestors.
'No impunity'
The commission gave Mr Annan a sealed envelope containing the names of suspects and he told the BBC he would pass on the information to prosecutors at the appropriate time.
"I think it is important that the government acts on it," he told the BBC's Network Africa. "The victims demand justice too."
"The tendency sometimes to protect the perpetrators for the sake of peace - 'forget and let's move on' - doesn't help society. Impunity should not be allowed to stand."
More than 1,500 people were killed and some 300,000 more fled their homes after then opposition leader Raila Odinga said he had been cheated of victory by President Mwai Kibaki.
Under the deal brokered by Mr Annan, Mr Odinga became prime minister and his Orange Democratic Movement took an equal share of cabinet posts with Mr Kibaki's party.
Mr Annan dismissed the idea that the Kenyan example had set a dangerous precedent for Africa, by encouraging the idea that even if you lose you can still enter a power-sharing coalition.
"The concept of winning or losing elections is something that we should internalise," he said.
"We cannot go and create problems and expect to share power."
He said he thought that Mr Kibaki and Mr Odinga had both gone into the elections hoping to win, but the vote had resulted in an "almost perfect political gridlock".
"I had come the conclusion during the negotiations that any attempt to re-run the elections, to re-tally, to re-count, would have led to more killings, and there was no certainty that either side would accept the results," Mr Annan said.
Story from BBC NEWS:http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/africa/7679320.stm
Published: 2008/10/20 09:52:10 GMT© BBC MMVIII
(BBC) - Kofi Annan has urged the Kenyan government to set up a tribunal for people accused of involvement in violence after last year's elections.
The former UN secretary general brokered a power-sharing deal which ended the violence in February.
Establishing such a tribunal was a central recommendation of a commission headed by a senior judge, Philip Waki, which submitted its report last week.
The commission found that politicians on all sides had stirred up violence.
Mr Waki also said that the police had used excessive force against protestors.
'No impunity'
The commission gave Mr Annan a sealed envelope containing the names of suspects and he told the BBC he would pass on the information to prosecutors at the appropriate time.
"I think it is important that the government acts on it," he told the BBC's Network Africa. "The victims demand justice too."
Any attempt to re-run the elections, to re-tally, to re-count, would
have led to more killings
Kofi Annan
"The tendency sometimes to protect the perpetrators for the sake of peace - 'forget and let's move on' - doesn't help society. Impunity should not be allowed to stand."
More than 1,500 people were killed and some 300,000 more fled their homes after then opposition leader Raila Odinga said he had been cheated of victory by President Mwai Kibaki.
Under the deal brokered by Mr Annan, Mr Odinga became prime minister and his Orange Democratic Movement took an equal share of cabinet posts with Mr Kibaki's party.
Mr Annan dismissed the idea that the Kenyan example had set a dangerous precedent for Africa, by encouraging the idea that even if you lose you can still enter a power-sharing coalition.
"The concept of winning or losing elections is something that we should internalise," he said.
"We cannot go and create problems and expect to share power."
He said he thought that Mr Kibaki and Mr Odinga had both gone into the elections hoping to win, but the vote had resulted in an "almost perfect political gridlock".
"I had come the conclusion during the negotiations that any attempt to re-run the elections, to re-tally, to re-count, would have led to more killings, and there was no certainty that either side would accept the results," Mr Annan said.
Story from BBC NEWS:http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/africa/7679320.stm
Published: 2008/10/20 09:52:10 GMT© BBC MMVIII
Friday, October 17, 2008
Afropop celebrates 20 years on air! Fri 10/17/2008
Enjoy great African beats from across the continent with Afropop host Georges Collinet:
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It is almost exactly 20 years ago that the very first Afropop program, "Music from South Africa", hit the air on public radio stations all across the country. In celebration, we've put together some of our favorite moments from over the past 20 years, including special appearances by artists who have gone on to internationally acclaimed careers!
Dedicated to African music and the music of the African Diaspora
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It is almost exactly 20 years ago that the very first Afropop program, "Music from South Africa", hit the air on public radio stations all across the country. In celebration, we've put together some of our favorite moments from over the past 20 years, including special appearances by artists who have gone on to internationally acclaimed careers!
Dedicated to African music and the music of the African Diaspora
Kenya news headlines - Fri 10/17/2008
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Waki Commission: Kenya voices
BBC News, UK - 5 hours ago
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Voice of America - 35 minutes ago
By Alisha Ryu Sudan's energy minister has reportedly canceled a visit to Kenya next week to conclude an oil deal reached between the two countries in August ...
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Report: Kenyan MPs want airport upgrade for Obama
Posted : Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:30:11 GMT
Author : DPA
Nairobi - Kenyan MPs want to see a tiny airport near Senator Barack Obama's ancestral home upgraded to allow Air Force One to land there should he win the upcoming US elections, reports said Friday. The Nairobi Star said that MPs from Nyanza Province believed that an Obama win was a foregone conclusion and that Kisumu airport should be quickly brought up to scratch.
The senator's father was born in the village of Kogelo, which is around 60 kilometres from Kisumu. His grandmother, Sarah Obama, still lives there.
Obama has never lived in Kenya and has only visited the country a handful of times. Despite this, he is viewed as a hero in the East African nation.
The airport, which is little more than a tiny building and a bumpy airstrip, is due to be upgraded by 2010 but is behind schedule.
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/237519,report-kenyan-mps-want-airport-upgrade-for-obama.html
Waki Commission: Kenya voices
BBC News, UK - 5 hours ago
As a report into Kenya's election violence is presented to Kofi Annan, who brokered a peace deal, Kenyans say they agree with its call for an international ...
Foreign missions laud Kenya's poll violence report Xinhua
Kenya: Team Warns On Culture of Chaos AllAfrica.com
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Foreign direct investment in Kenya's ICT sector drops
NetworkWorld.com, MA - 2 hours agoBy Rebecca Wanjiku , IDG News Service , 10/17/2008
Foreign direct investment (FDI) in Kenya's ICT sector has dropped as a result of rigid policy on company ...
Kenya Commercial Bank upgrades IT system
NetworkWorld.com, MA - 50 minutes ago
By Rebecca Wanjiku , IDG News Service , 10/17/2008 The 18-month wait for a more efficient system at Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB) is finally over after a ...
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Clashes over water kill 4 in drought-hit Kenya
Reuters South Africa, South Africa - 1 hour ago
NAIROBI, Oct 17 (Reuters) - Fighting over boreholes in arid northern Kenya has killed at least four people as competition for resources mounts in the ...
Kenya: Mandera Floods Information Bulletin No. 1 ReliefWeb (press release)
Curfew imposed in Mandera town Kenya Broadcasting Corporation
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Somali Terrorist Group Threatens to Attack Kenya
Voice of America - 16 hours ago
By Peter Clottey
A Somali Islamic group linked to al-Qaeda is threatening to attack Kenya if Nairobi goes ahead with plans to train Somali government forces ...
AFP
Annan, Kenyan leaders awarded degrees for peace deal
AFP - 2 hours ago
NAIROBI (AFP) — Former United Nations chief Kofi Annan, Kenya's President Mwai Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga were Friday awarded honorary degrees ...
Kenya risks violence if reforms are not pursued, Annan warns African Press Agency
Kibaki, Raila, Annan honoured Kenya Broadcasting Corporation
Soldiers detained WND reporter, quashing announcement of Obama ... WorldNetDaily
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Canada.com
Somali Islamic group threatens to attack Kenya
International Herald Tribune, France - Oct 16, 2008
AP MOGADISHU, Somalia: An extremist Islamic militia in Somalia has threatened to launch attacks in neighboring Kenya if the Kenyan government trains Somali ...
Kenya under attack threat from Somali Islamists afrol News
Somali Islamist Militants Threaten To Attack Kenya Over Troop Training RTT News
High death toll from Mogadishu to Baidoa ReliefWeb (press release)
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Voice of America
Sudan's Energy Minister Reportedly Cancels Key Kenya Trip
Voice of America - 35 minutes ago
By Alisha Ryu Sudan's energy minister has reportedly canceled a visit to Kenya next week to conclude an oil deal reached between the two countries in August ...
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Report: Kenyan MPs want airport upgrade for Obama
Posted : Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:30:11 GMT
Author : DPA
Nairobi - Kenyan MPs want to see a tiny airport near Senator Barack Obama's ancestral home upgraded to allow Air Force One to land there should he win the upcoming US elections, reports said Friday. The Nairobi Star said that MPs from Nyanza Province believed that an Obama win was a foregone conclusion and that Kisumu airport should be quickly brought up to scratch.
The senator's father was born in the village of Kogelo, which is around 60 kilometres from Kisumu. His grandmother, Sarah Obama, still lives there.
Obama has never lived in Kenya and has only visited the country a handful of times. Despite this, he is viewed as a hero in the East African nation.
The airport, which is little more than a tiny building and a bumpy airstrip, is due to be upgraded by 2010 but is behind schedule.
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/237519,report-kenyan-mps-want-airport-upgrade-for-obama.html
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Today's headlines - Tues 9/23/2008
Kenya ranked most corrupt in E. AfricaKenya Broadcasting Corporation, Kenya - 4 hours ago
Corruption is still rampant in Kenya despite efforts by the coalition government to curb it. This is according to this year’s global Corruption Perception ...
Kenya ranks poorly on corruption Daily Nation
Kenya 16th most corrupt country in sub-Saharan Africa, TI report ... African Press AgencyGlobal graft watchdog says Somalia most corrupt nation Xinhua
AFP - Dose.ca
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Kenya PM Odinga set for official visit to Tanzania
The Citizen Daily, United Republic of Tanzania - 13 hours ago
By Bernard Missoke
Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga is expected to arrive in the country for a three-day official visit, a government official has said. ...
Odinga arrives in Dar today DailyNewsOnline
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Kenyan police accused of brutality against gang
International Herald Tribune, France - 3 hours ago
AP NAIROBI, Kenya: Police may have committed crimes against humanity in pursuing Kenya's most notorious gang, a government-appointed human rights body said ...
Human rights commission says police extorted, beat, killed gang ... CNN
Police must come clean on killings Daily Nation
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Corruption is still rampant in Kenya despite efforts by the coalition government to curb it. This is according to this year’s global Corruption Perception ...
Kenya ranks poorly on corruption Daily Nation
Kenya 16th most corrupt country in sub-Saharan Africa, TI report ... African Press AgencyGlobal graft watchdog says Somalia most corrupt nation Xinhua
AFP - Dose.ca
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Kenya PM Odinga set for official visit to Tanzania
The Citizen Daily, United Republic of Tanzania - 13 hours ago
By Bernard Missoke
Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga is expected to arrive in the country for a three-day official visit, a government official has said. ...
Odinga arrives in Dar today DailyNewsOnline
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Kenyan police accused of brutality against gang
International Herald Tribune, France - 3 hours ago
AP NAIROBI, Kenya: Police may have committed crimes against humanity in pursuing Kenya's most notorious gang, a government-appointed human rights body said ...
Human rights commission says police extorted, beat, killed gang ... CNN
Police must come clean on killings Daily Nation
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