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Start of Ruto ICC trial pushed back to Sept. 10

Mon, 03 Jun 2013 13:10:39 -0400

THE HAGUE, Netherlands - International Criminal Court judges pushed back the start of the trial of Kenya's deputy president Monday until Sept. 10 to give defense attorneys more time to prepare and recommended that it could be started in Kenya or Tanzania.

African leaders urge ICC to transfer charges

Mon, 27 May 2013 15:17:47 -0400

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - African leaders on Monday asked the International Criminal Court to transfer charges against Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta to the Kenyan legal system.

'Boom Town Baby': African stock markets see gains

Wed, 22 May 2013 13:25:37 -0400

NAIROBI, Kenya - The barrage of hourly tweets sent out by Aly-Khan Satchu - East Africa's version of CNBC's Mad Money host Jim Cramer - cheers on what Satchu says is a growing sentiment among investors: If you're not investing in Africa, you should be. Or as Satchu loudly proclaims on his Twitter feed or newspaper column: "ITS BOOM TOWN BABY."

Kenya's truth report: Killings, land grabs, graft

Wed, 22 May 2013 11:55:31 -0400

NAIROBI, Kenya - Kenya's president received a long-awaited Truth Justice and Reconciliation Commission report that names the president and his deputy as being among those suspected of planning and financing Kenya's 2007-08 postelection violence in which more than 1,000 people died and 600,000 were evicted from their homes.