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Four senior judges in Kenya have been declared unfit for office in a landmark ruling by a new committee investigating the impartiality of the judiciary. The vetting panel was set up as part of the deal to end post-election violence in 2008 when it was agreed to reform political and judicial institutions. Those dismissed include Justice Riaga Omollo, the appeal ...

The Kenyan, Somali and Ugandan presidents on Wednesday held a closed-door meeting in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi aimed at emphasizing the need for joint cooperation in order to successfully defeat the Islamic militant group, Al Shabaab, and others that continue to threaten peace and stability in the Horn of Africa and internationally. President Mwai Kibaki of Kenya, Yoweri Museveni of ...