Kenya MPs Storm Out Over ‘fight’
Opposition MPs in Kenya have stormed out of parliament in the capital, Nairobi, saying that they have been assaulted in the house. The chaos came during a debate on changing the electoral laws to...
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Kenya’s Cord MPs Storm Out Over ‘fight’
Opposition MPs in Kenya have stormed out of parliament in the capital, Nairobi, saying that they have been assaulted in the house. The chaos came during a debate on changing the electoral laws to...
Fistfight Breaks Out In Kenya Parliament
Politics in Kenya's parliament is known for being highly animated and partisan A parliament session in Kenya has descended into chaos, with rival MPs trading punches. Opposition lawmakers tried to...
5 Cutthroat Scandals of 2016
2016 in Ghana has seen its fair share of happy moments, successes and of course a good number of scandals. YEN.com.gh takes one last look back at 5 of the biggest scandals that hit the country this...
Kenya Court Halts HIV Data Collection
Patricia Asero Ochieng, who is HIV positive, says the ruling will protect those with the virus from stigmatisation A Kenyan high court has ruled that a government directive to collect data on...
Capping Interest Rates Could Be ‘disastrous’
The government should not attempt to introduce legislation to cap interest rates because the consequences could be dire, Frank Adu, Managing Director of CAL Bank, has said, agreeing with other...
8 Scandals That Rocked the Mahama Administration
President John Dramani Mahama’s first term in office has been buffeted by several scandals that have cost Ghana huge sums of money in lost revenue and, in some cases, embarrassed the country. Here...
8 Scandals That Have Rocked the Mahama Administration
President John Dramani Mahama’s first term in office has been buffeted by several scandals that have cost Ghana huge sums of money in lost revenue and, in some cases, embarrassed the country. Here...
I Considered Referring US To ICC After Trump Win
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has told an audience that he considered referring the US to the International Criminal Court (ICC) for "post-election violence" following the election of Donald Trump....
President Mahama To Consider Capping Interest Rates
The President of Ghana John Dramani Mahama has hinted of moves to consider capping interest rates in the country. According to the President the high cost of doing business complained about by...
Why Trump Won
The results of the US Presidential election 2016 took the public, and many pollsters and pundits by surprise; they were stunned, I was too. Though the media had informed us that the race was close,...
Nov. 12 Major Kenyan Media Outlets
The following are news highlights in major Kenyan media outlets on Saturday. — Women leaders in Kenya who had hoped to use Hillary Clinton’s win to shore up their chances of being elected for...
What Has Tanzania’s Magufuli Done During His Year In Office?
What has Tanzania's Magufuli done during his year in office? John Magufuli is known as "The Bulldozer" for driving a programme to build roads On John Magufuli's first day as Tanzania's president a...
The Global Elites And The Rise Of Trump
US business magnate Donald Trump is on the verge of pulling off a political miracle. If he succeeds, it will have little to do with who he is, besides the fact that he is not a global elitist. Mr....
How Magufuli’s No-Nonsense Leadership Is Changing Tanzania
President Uhuru Kenyatta and his Tanzanian counterpart John Pombe Magufuli at State House, Nairobi Tanzanian President John Pombe Magufuli has been turning heads in the region being not travelling...
African Countries Uniting Against ICC
South Africa and Burundi's decision to quit the International Criminal Court (ICC) and an attack by Gambia against its supposed 'Caucasian' justice are likely to embolden other African states to...
African Union Threathens To Leave ICC
The long threatened abandonment of the ICC by Africa is under way. Burundi, South Africa and Gambia have announced that they are leaving, with more departures expected. According to African leaders,...
Why African States Have Started Leaving the ICC
Until last week, no country had withdrawn from the International Criminal Court. Now, three African states — South Africa, Burundi and Gambia — have made official decisions to leave. Gambia...
‘Al-Shabab Attack’ On Kenyan Town Mandera Kills 12
At least 12 people have been killed in an attack in Kenya claimed by Somalia-based militant Islamist group al-Shabab. The target was a guesthouse hosting members of a theatre group who were...
South Africa ‘to Withdraw From War Crimes Court’
South Africa has formally begun the process of withdrawing from the International Criminal Court (ICC), media reports say. They say diplomats have notified the UN of the move, accusing the ICC of...