News Source: Daily Nation
| 2 days ago
US magazine ranks top global thinkers who made our lives change for the better Perhaps due to his participation in the mediated talks which ended Kenya’s post-election bloodbath, there is little mention of Mr Kofi Annan the farmer. Rather, the
News Source: Daily Nation
| 2 days ago
As the man who brokered the ceasefire to halt the carnage that engulfed Kenya in the wake of the 2007 elections catches up on developments during his ongoing visit, there are specific areas worth close attention. Dr Kofi Annan will undoubtedly get
News Source: Myanmar News
| 3 days ago
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday announced that Ibrahim Gambari would stop being the special envoy to military-ruled Burma and a replacement will be sought. Marie Okabe, deputy spokesperson for Ban, at a press briefing in New
News Source: News 24
| 3 days ago
Former United Nations chief Kofi Annan, who mediated an end to Kenya's 2008 post-election violence, arrived in the country on Wednesday to assess reforms agreed on to avert a repeat of the deadly unrest. Annan will first chair meetings of his
News Source: United Press International
| 3 days ago
Passage of a bill to set up local tribunals to try those suspected of election violence in Kenya has been delayed by legislators staying away from debates. The legislation was stalled again Wednesday because of lack of a quorum, The Nation reported.
News Source: Inter Press Service
| 4 days ago
The firm stance taken by Western Sahara independence activist Aminatou Haidar, in her third week of a hunger strike in an airport in Spain's Canary Islands, contrasts with the weak position of the Spanish government vis-�-vis the Moroccan
News Source: Daily Nation
| 5 days ago
Ministers confident that government has made ‘real’ progress on Agenda Four The government was on Tuesday looking forward to its meetings with Chief Mediator Kofi Annan because it believes it has tangible reform progress to show. The draft
News Source: The Daily Telegraph
| 5 days ago
BEN Bernanke, the head of the US central bank, and US President Barack Obama top a list of the foremost 100 global thinkers for 2009 published today by Foreign Policy magazine. Ben Bernanke ranks first for "staving off another Great Depression"