East Africa | - Part 3

Kenya Opposition Takes to Streets as Election Decision Looms

NAIROBI (Capital Markets in Africa) – Kenyan police fired teargas at opposition supporters in two cities as the East African nation awaits the electoral commission’s response toRaila Odinga’s withdrawal from a presidential vote rerun that threatens a constitutional crisis. Demonstrators marched in the capital, Nairobi, and the western city of Kisumu to protest what Odinga said is the electoral commission’s failure to ensure that the new vote ordered by the Supreme Court will be fair….

Rwanda Army Tortured Suspected Rebels, Opponents, Group Says

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KIGALI (Capital Markets in Africa) – Rwanda’s military detained suspected rebels and supporters of an exiled opposition group, subjecting them to beatings, mock executions and electric shocks, Human Rights Watch said. The New York-based advocacy group has confirmed 104 cases of people illegally detained, many of whom were tortured, in army detention centres between 2010 and 2016, it said Tuesday in a report. The total number is probably higher because of the secret nature of…

Gunships Strike South Sudanese Rebels as Week-Long Battle Rages

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SOUTH SUDAN (Capital Markets in Africa) – South Sudan’s army used helicopter gunships to fend off rebels in a north-eastern state as fighting entered a second week, underscoring the challenge facing regional mediators trying to resuscitate a peace deal to end the almost four-year civil war. Rebels are attacking army garrisons in Waat town, Bieh state, prompting the government to use “all in its power” to fight them, Defence Minister Kuol Manyang Juuk said Tuesday by phone…

Kenya’s Vote Rerun Plans Set Back as Opposition Quits Talks

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NAIROBI (Capital Markets in Africa) – Kenya’s main opposition coalition walked out of negotiations on how a rerun of last month’s annulled presidential election will be managed and threatened street protests, setting back preparations for the Oct. 26 ballot. The officials quit the talks because of plans by the ruling Jubilee Party to remove powers from the Independent Electoral & Boundaries Commission, James Orengo, a senator for the opposition National Super Alliance, told reporters Thursday…

Kenya’s Top Court Slams Electoral Body Over Botched Election

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NAIROBI (Capital Markets in Africa) – Kenya’s top court delivered a stinging rebuke of the nation’s electoral commission, identifying a litany of failures in its handling of last month’s botched presidential elections and describing its explanations for the failure of its systems as unacceptable. The Supreme Court ruled the Aug. 8 election unlawful on Sept. 1, and ordered a rerun. A five-judge bench on Wednesday delivered the court’s detailed judgment, which upheld the main opposition’s complaints that President Uhuru…

Tanzania Needs Clear Rules Amid Economic Transition, Ndulu Says

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DAR ES SALAAM (Capital Markets in Africa) Tanzania needs to provide clear rules to businesses as it improves governance and makes better use of its natural resources, the governor of the central bank said. President John Magufuli’s government has embarked on an industrialization drive that will need the public sector and business to work better together to achieve inclusive growth, Bank of Tanzania Governor Benno Ndulu said Tuesday at a book launch in the commercial capital, Dar es…

Hacking, Fraud Claims Threaten to Spark Kenyan Vote Crisis

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NAIROBI (Capital Markets in Africa) – Kenya is sliding toward a potentially violent political crisis over opposition allegations that hackers interfered with provisional vote tallies from Tuesday’s general elections. The normally bustling streets of Nairobi, the capital, and business hub of East Africa’s biggest economy, were largely deserted Wednesday as residents stayed home bracing for potential trouble. Tension was heightened after the election commission released initial results showing President Uhuru Kenyatta with a commanding lead over his…

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