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dynamicafrica: Kenya’s finance minister, Uhuru Kenyatta, has resigned following a ruling that he will face trial for crimes against humanity. It comes days after the International Criminal Court ruled that he should face prosecution over post-election violence in Kenya in 2008. But he will remain deputy prime minister, according to a statement issued by President Mwai Kibaki. The cabinet secretary, Francis Muthaura, has also stepped down. The pair are among four prominent Kenyans named by the ICC, who all deny their roles in the post-election violence of 2007-2008. The attorney general had said they did not have to resign, stating their future would be decided after the outcome of their appeal to stop the International Criminal Court trial from going ahead. Mr Kenyatta, son of Kenya’s founding President Jomo Kenyatta and a man who has been ranked as one of its richest citizens, is accused of crimes against humanity, including murder and persecution. Mr Muthaura faces the same charges. The pair are allies of President Mwai Kibaki, who appealed for people to stay calm after the ICC ruling confirming the charges. Activists had been campaigning for them to be barred from public office. A BBC correspondent in Nairobi said it was not clear whether Mr Kenyatta would abandon his presidential ambitions. More than 1,200 people were killed in weeks of unrest between December 2007 and February 2008 and some 600,000 people were forced to flee their homes. Many still remain homeless. The violence began as clashes between supporters of the two rival presidential candidates - Raila Odinga and Mr Kibaki - but it snowballed into a bloody round of score-settling and communal violence. Former Education Minister William Ruto and radio presenter Joshua arap Sang, who opposed Mr Kibaki in 2007, are alsto stand trial in a separate case. (source)
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fyeahafrica: Will 2012 see more strong men of Africa leave office? | Africa News Blog There are many reasons for being angry with Africa ’s strong men, whose autocratic ways have thrust some African countries back into the eye of the storm and threatened to undo the democratic gains in other parts of the continent of the past decades. For those who made ultimate political capital from opposing strongman rule in their respective countries, it is a chilling commentary of African politics that several leaders now seek to cement their places and refusing to retire and watch the upcoming elections from the sidelines, or refusing to hand over power after losing presidential elections. In 2012 one of the longest strong men of Africa, President Abdoulaye Wade’s country Senegal is holding its presidential elections together with other countries like Sierra Leone, Mali, Mauritania, Malagasy, and will be shortly followed by Zimbabwe and Kenya. Yoweri Museveni and Paul Biya of Cameroon , who are among the longest-ruling leaders of the Africa , won their respective presidential elections and continue to have a stronghold on their respective countries, albeit with charges raised of serious election malpractice. Eduardo Dos Santos of Angola, Denis Sassou Nguesso of Congo Republic and Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe will in one or two years face the electorate in an effort to further cement their authoritarian leadership. What happened in the second half of 2011 in North Africa and more specifically in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya does not seem to have had any kind of effect on other Sub-Saharan African Leaders.  In fact, they have strengthened their stronghold on power and in some countries even harassed and jailed opposition leaders. In 2011, Africa for the first time witnessed the removal from power of three sitting presidents without an election. This was historical. Several leaders are preparing for elections and whether they win or lose will entirely depend on them and on which direction their country’s leadership will take. Many long-serving presidents still cling on power even after the uprising in North Africa . Will the year 2012 see more of them leave office? Will it be through elections or an uprising like the one witnessed in North Africa ? By Isaac Esipisu
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n-a-v-e-l-g-a-z-i-n-g: Eye Spy (by dvlazar)
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melisaki: Samburu cattle herder at sunset, Kenya photo by Mirella Ricciardi; Vanishing Africa series, 1967
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cing-cangkeling11: Kenya kids with fun! and blue! (by Leeuwtje)