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  • Kenya’s stalled operation in Somalia

    Posted: December 13, 2011, 4:35 am by Ken Opalo
    The East African reports: There are four major factors that have bogged down the military campaign. They are: Lack of finances to run a long-drawn war; the differences between interested parties over whether to divide Somalia into autonomous regions or maintain one united country; differences over the option to engage Al Shabaab in a political [...]

  • Happy Jamuhuri Day to all the Wananchi out there!

    Posted: December 12, 2011, 3:24 am by Ken Opalo
    Kenya is 48, with a lot to celebrate. Happy Jamuhuri Day!   Filed under: africa Tagged: Achieng' Oneko, Bildad Kaggia, Daniel Arap Moi, James Gichuru, Jomo Kenyatta, kapenguria six, Kenya, Kijana Wamalwa, Masinde Muliro, mau mau, Mwai Kibaki, Nairobi, Oginga Odinga

  • Live blogging the Kenya National Dialogue and Reconciliation Conference

    Posted: December 5, 2011, 3:01 pm by Ken Opalo
    Here is a link to the live stream. I will post my own comments on the day’s proceedings later tonight. Filed under: africa Tagged: Kenya, Kenya National Dialogue and Reconcialiation Conference, KNDR, Nairobi, Upper Hill

  • The missing big thinkers

    Posted: December 5, 2011, 8:38 am by Ken Opalo
    In order to think big your country/region must have some geopolitical significance… or so it seems. Here is a quote from the comment section on Dan Drezner’s post on the big thinkers that were overlooked in the FP 100 top thinkers list. What’s the criteria for big thinkers? do they precede big issues or are [...]

  • Tough trying to be good in a bad neighborhood

    Posted: December 4, 2011, 9:32 am by Ken Opalo
    A few days ago a Kenyan judge ordered the government to arrest Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir if he ever sets foot in Kenya. Mr. Bashir has an outstanding arrest warrant against him from the ICC for crimes against humanity committed since 2003 in Darfur. The ruling has since metastasized into a full blown diplomatic row; [...]

  • Tackling Africa’s Image Problem

    Posted: December 1, 2011, 11:13 pm by Ken Opalo
    Back in 2000….                 And now… The latest issue of the Economist has “Africa” on the cover, with the pronouncement that the continent has, in the last ten years, moved from hopeless to hopeful. Africa’s enthusiasm for technology is boosting growth. It has more than 600m mobile-phone users—more [...]

  • More than 30 million dead, and counting…

    Posted: December 1, 2011, 2:20 pm by Ken Opalo
    But it can be stopped. Be aware. Filed under: africa Tagged: HIV/AIDS, World AIDS Day

  • Ocampo’s successor to be named

    Posted: December 1, 2011, 4:08 am by Ken Opalo
    Current Deputy Prosecutor of the ICC, Fatou Bensouda, will become the next top Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court. What does this mean for the future of the ICC, especially with regard to African cases? JiC poses the following question: ….. Bensouda becomes the first African Prosecutor at the ICC. This fact will almost surely garner [...]
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