Uhuru Kenyatta and deputy named in report that condemns his family, predecessors and state agencies over human rights By: Associated Press, guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 22 May 2013 18.55 BST, Kenya‘s president has received a long-awaited report that names him and his deputy as being among those suspected of planning and financing the country’s 2007-08 post-election violence, …
The UN secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, last week nominated Mukhisa Kituyi, a former Kenyan minister of trade and industry, to lead Unctad, the UN trade and development body, which is seen as an intellectual counterweight to the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). If confirmed by the UN general assembly, Kituyi will succeed …
RĂos Montt’s intervention provided a dramatic finale to a case that has revived painful memories of one of Latin America’s bloodiest civil wars. Photograph: Jorge Dan Lopez/Reuters EfraĂn RĂos Montt held to account for abuses in campaign that killed an estimated 200,000 and led to 45,000 disappearances By: Sibylla Brodzinsky and Jonathan Watts for The …
Cameron and President Mohamud of Somalia shake hands for the revered photo-shoot between visiting dignitaries and the British premier at No 10 Downing Street. There was no such thing for Kenyan and Ugandan leaders who are largely responsible for bringing peace to Somalia. By: By Henry D Gombya for the London Evening Post. The United …
Margaret Hodge MP has called on the Teasury to stop accepting staff from the ‘big four’ accountancy firms when drawing up new laws. Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PA Experts offering advice on legislation they helped to create is ‘ridiculous conflict of interest’, says select committee chair Margaret Hodge By:Rajeev Syal, Simon Bowers and Patrick Winto for The …
Swat teams and hundreds of other police officers surrounded Tsarnaev for about two hours. The suspect was taken to hospital in a serious condition. Photograph: AP • Dzhokhar Tsarnaev taken into custody after police standoff • Suspect, 19, found hiding in boat in Watertown backyard • Obama: ‘Our nation is in debt to the people …
British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher shakes hands with ANC deputy leader Nelson Mandela inside 10 Downing Street, London, prior to talks in 1990. Photograph: Martin Cleaver/AP Former PM opposed white rule in South Africa as a sin against economic liberalism rather than a crime against humanity By: Richard Dowden for African Arguments, part of the …
Nuns line up for the inaugural mass of Pope Francis at St Peter’s Square in the Vatican. Photograph: Oded Bality/AP New head of Catholic church to be installed before thousands of people and in the presence of world leaders By: Reuters in Vatican City for the guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 19 March 2013 06.39 GMT Crowds have …
Obama joked about the ambitions of his vice-president Joe Biden and about new secretary of state John Kerry. Photograph: Rex Features President unleashes comedy routine at the expense of Joe Biden and John Kerry at dinner for politicians and journalists By: Ewen MacAskill for the Gurdian Barack Obama opened up over the weekend about Joe …
USA President Obama delivers the 2013 State of the Union address to Congress and the nation.