Kenyan Rivals Agree to Review Election Results
Posted on February 15, 2008 - Filed Under Elections, Kenya
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Progress in Kenya has been made.
Today, Kenya’s rival parties have agreed to an independent review of the disputed presidential election. Since his arrival in the region Kofi Annan has been working furiously to find a way out of this conflict that has left more than 1,000 people dead.
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Musharraf Warns: Don’t Dispute Election Results
Posted on February 14, 2008 - Filed Under Elections, Musharraf, Pakistan
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf said flatly that the opposition parties in the upcoming February 18th election must accept the outcome results and not to resort to any agitation should the election not go their way. He also asserted the elections will be free and fair.
“They should not be under any illusion that they will […]
Hillary Supporter: “Win Both Ohio and Texas comfortably, or She’s Outâ€
Posted on February 12, 2008 - Filed Under Elections
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In the truncated primary schedule of 2008, the fortunes of candidates can change in an instant. A little over a month after winning New Hampshire and looking to big victories in February, Hillary Clinton’s campaign is suddenly looking to make a dramatic last stand. Come March 4th, Clinton supporters are now saying that she must win both […]
Terrorists Strike at Election Rally as Fear Sweeps Across Pakistan
Posted on February 9, 2008 - Filed Under Elections, Pakistan
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The Awami National Party, a Pashtun nationalist group based in Pakistan’s North West Frontier, was hosting an election rally today when a bomb exploded near the stage. There are reports of at least 15 dead, although that number is expected to climb.
The leader of the Awami National Party, Afrasiab Khattak, who was addressing the rally […]
Presidential Race Heads into Overtime
Posted on February 6, 2008 - Filed Under Elections
Super Tuesday was supposed to be a decisive day for both parties, the great national primary that would catapult a clear front runner for both parties, and more likely than not, end the 2008 primary season. It did not happen that way.
Although on the Republican side John McCain won the most states and has the […]
Odinga Asks for UN Peacekeepers as Armed Gangs Devastate Kenya
Posted on February 3, 2008 - Filed Under Elections, Kenya
A peace agreement is in place, but in Kenya the killing continues. In the western part of the nation machete-wielding tribal gangs roamed, torching homes and hunting each other down.
Since Kenya’s own forces seem incapable (or to some, unwilling) to stop the violence, ODM leader Raila Odinga called for peacekeepers in Kenya when he […]
Second Kenyan Lawmaker Killed; Talks Cancelled
Posted on January 31, 2008 - Filed Under Elections, Kenya
The death of a second opposition member of parliament in Kenya has put a halt to peace talks. Just how long these talks remain grounded is unknown. Right now the only constant in Kenya is violence.
CNN reports, “David Too was shot dead Thursday in the Rift Valley town of Eldoret amid fresh violence […]
Kenya Crisis Called ‘Ethnic Cleansing’ but not Genocide by US Envoy
Posted on January 30, 2008 - Filed Under Elections, Kenya
Frazer, the Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs said today that “ethnic cleansing” is underway in Kenya, but that the level of violence does not rise to be classified as ‘genocide.’ However, you may have a hard time convincing that to the people who live in the Rift […]
Read More..>>Opposition Politician Is Assassinated in Kenya
Posted on January 29, 2008 - Filed Under Elections, Kenya
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The crisis in Kenya reached a new and potentially violate flashpoint on Tuesday when Mugabe Were, a freshman parlimentarian from the opposition party was shot dead outside his home.
Were was seen as part of a new generation of leaders in Kenya who was trying to end the violence. Instead, he became a victim of it.
The […]
Kenya Crisis: Police Overstreched, Death Toll Climbs over 800
Posted on January 28, 2008 - Filed Under Elections, Kenya
The police in Kenya have been called upon for almost a month to try and restrain the violence that has rattled the country. However, now reports are emerging that the police are simply outnumbered, outmatched and unprepared to deal with this unprecedented level of bloodshed.
David Ohito, a senior political reporter for the Kenyan Standard […]