Uhuru gives hope to Africans

The president of Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta is in The Hague, Netherlands to face war crimes and crimes against humanity before the International Criminal Court (ICC).

The charges are related to his country’s 2007 post-election violence that claimed over 1,000 lives and displaced tens of thousands.

He is the first sitting president to appear before the ICC. This is a court that was established more than a decade ago to resolve cases of crimes committed in conflict areas, through the Roman Statute.

Editor's Comment
Human rights are sacred

It highlights the need to protect rights such as access to clean water, education, healthcare and freedom of expression.President Duma Boko, rightly honours past interventions from securing a dignified burial for Gaoberekwe Pitseng in the CKGR to promoting linguistic inclusion. Yet, they also expose a critical truth, that a nation cannot sustainably protect its people through ad hoc acts of compassion alone.It is time for both government and the...

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