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What Ethiopia and Tigray need for peace talks to succeed
2 years, 3 months ago

What Ethiopia and Tigray need for peace talks to succeed

Al Jazeera  

An impartial mediator, political will and a fraction of the world’s attention that Ukraine has received would help. On September 11, 2022 – the Ethiopian New Year – the government of Tigray expressed its readiness to resume negotiations brokered by the African Union, effectively putting the ball in Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s court. Ethiopia needs to recognise the TDF as …

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William Ruto sworn in as Kenya’s president
2 years, 3 months ago

William Ruto sworn in as Kenya’s president

The Hindu  

William Ruto was sworn in as Kenya's president on Tuesday after narrowly winning the Aug. 9 election in East Africa’s most stable democracy, and quickly signaled that his leadership will be a strongly Christian one. Ruto is taking power in a country heavily burdened by debt that will challenge his efforts to fulfill sweeping campaign promises made to Kenya’s poor, …

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Kenya’s Supreme Court upholds Ruto’s narrow presidential win
2 years, 3 months ago

Kenya’s Supreme Court upholds Ruto’s narrow presidential win

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenya’s Supreme Court on Monday unanimously rejected challenges to the official results of the presidential election and upheld Deputy President William Ruto’s narrow win in East Africa’s most stable democracy. In his first comments Monday night, he didn’t mention Ruto by name but said “it is my intention to oversee a smooth transition to the next administration.” …

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Kenya's Supreme Court upholds William Ruto's narrow presidential win
2 years, 3 months ago

Kenya's Supreme Court upholds William Ruto's narrow presidential win

The Hindu  

Kenya's Supreme Court has unanimously rejected challenges to the official results of the presidential election and upheld Deputy President William Ruto's win. The commission “needs far-reaching reforms,” the court acknowledged, “but are we to nullify an election on the basis of a last-minute boardroom rupture?” The court shocked Kenyans in the previous election in 2017 by overturning the results of …

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U.S. congressional delegation in Kenya amid election crisis
2 years, 4 months ago

U.S. congressional delegation in Kenya amid election crisis

The Hindu  

A U.S. congressional delegation has arrived in Kenya to meet with the new President-elect and the opposition figure likely to file a court challenge to his election loss in the latest electoral crisis for East Africa’s most stable democracy. President-elect William Ruto is Mr. Kenyatta’s deputy president, but the two fell out years ago, and Mr. Kenyatta in the election …

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Kenya’s president-elect will ‘engage’ in any court challenge
2 years, 4 months ago

Kenya’s president-elect will ‘engage’ in any court challenge

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenyan president-elect William Ruto says that if there’s a court challenge to the election results, “we will engage in those” as East Africa’s most stable democracy awaits a likely petition from losing candidate Raila Odinga. Ruto, Kenya’s deputy president, was declared the winner of last week’s close election on Monday, but the electoral commission publicly split minutes …

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William the 5th: How Ruto went from streets to Kenyan presidency
2 years, 4 months ago

William the 5th: How Ruto went from streets to Kenyan presidency

Al Jazeera  

In William Ruto’s first presidential bid, history and hustle helped him outwit the sitting president and a political veteran. The announcement signalled that Ruto had outsmarted two of his former bosses and allies – perennial aspirant Raila Odinga and his backer, sitting President Uhuru Kenyatta – in the race to become the country’s fifth president. By December that year, when …

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Kenya’s Odinga says he will challenge close election loss
2 years, 4 months ago

Kenya’s Odinga says he will challenge close election loss

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — Opposition figure Raila Odinga said Tuesday that he would challenge the results of Kenya’s close presidential election with “all constitutional and legal options” after Deputy President William Ruto was declared the winner, bringing new uncertainty to East Africa’s most stable democracy. It was Odinga’s first appearance since Kenya’s electoral commission chairman declared Ruto the winner Monday with …

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Kenya's Raila Odinga vows to pursue 'legal options' over vote defeat
2 years, 4 months ago

Kenya's Raila Odinga vows to pursue 'legal options' over vote defeat

The Hindu  

Kenya's defeated presidential candidate Raila Odinga vowed on Tuesday to pursue "all constitutional and legal options" after rejecting the outcome of elections that awarded victory to his rival William Ruto. No presidential poll outcome has gone uncontested in Kenya since 2002, and Mr. Odinga says he was already cheated of victory in the 2007, 2013 and 2017 elections. "I will …

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Kenya: Supreme Court blocks controversial constitutional reforms
2 years, 8 months ago

Kenya: Supreme Court blocks controversial constitutional reforms

Al Jazeera  

The reforms would’ve been the biggest change to Kenya’s political system since it introduced a new constitution in 2010. Kenya’s top court has declared controversial constitutional changes proposed by President Uhuru Kenyatta and his allies ahead of crucial elections in August, as illegal. The reforms would have expanded the executive and increased the number of parliamentary seats from 290 to …

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