A few things to mention while I slip in and out of consciousness due to this ridiculous cold that I’ve caught. The situation in Kenya remains precarious. Both Mwai Kibaki and Raila Odinga have agreed to begin negotiations, so let’s hope it leads to something substantial. In Afghanistan, the Upper House of Parliament is [...]

Former Un Secretary General Kofi Annan has made an important observation regarding the unrest currently gripping Kenya, and it is one that Kenyan politicians should not overlook – the fact that while political turmoil might have been the impetus for the country’s current strife, it is, in the words of Mr. Annan, evolving into “something [...]

I’m tired. Not a lot of sleep last night. I spent it in one of those semi-states of sleep, the sort where you’re aware that you have to be mindful of something that requires that you remain somewhat conscious but are still trying to sleep at the same time. It’s clear and sunny here again [...]

Events in Kenya are becoming increasingly more disturbing. It is, of course, difficult to focus on them without the genocide in Darfur creeping into the back of one’s mind, a catastrophe of considerable scope that has largely been disregarded. I suppose, when examining African conflicts, it shouldn’t come as a surprise. In 100 days in [...]

If you spend some time doing some investigating today you’ll quickly discover that the unrest overtaking Kenya has a very dark side to it, one that is steeped in ethnic tensions that the country’s recent election results have pushed to the forefront. What took place in Eldoret, in Western Kenya, where 80 children were [...]