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...stern face of president Daniel arap Moi has stared out at Kenyans for more than 24 years. Framed on office and shop walls, pictured on every banknote and coin and ubiquitous on the nightly news, the steely gaze hints at his rule: paternal, omnipotent and tough. Don't question the chief, the stare seems to say, because I'm everywhere. But Moi, 78, is constitutionally obliged to step down at the upcoming presidential and parliamentary election on Dec. 27, and his country is more than ready for the change. In the past few years of economic decline and rampant corruption...
...Water Israel protested when Lebanon inaugurated a project to pump water from a river near their joint border. The Lebanese project will draw water from a tributary of the Hasbani River, which feeds the Sea of Galilee, Israel's largest freshwater reservoir. KENYA Breaking Up President Daniel Arap Moi's KANU party split over his choice of successor. The party, which has ruled Kenya for 40 years, was divided over Moi's decision to name political neophyte Uhuru Kenyatta, son of the country's founding father Jomo Kenyatta, as kanu's candidate for presidential elections due within months. Accusing Moi...
...surge was measured at 26 meters above sea level. Large parts of Maumere, the island's second biggest town, were flattened. Some coastal communities were obliterated. "It's taken us a long time to rebuild, for things to get back to normal," says Dominggus Koro, manager of Moni Moi Tours and Travel. "But Flores is ready to welcome the world again...
...similar hard line. The South Africans conceded that the elections were not “free and fair,” but still saw fit to declare the result “legitimate.” Teams from Namibia and Nigeria drew similar conclusions, and Kenyan President Daniel arap Moi lost no time in congratulating his “dear brother” on his reelection...
President Moi recently announced the latest in a string of attempts to convince donors that he is serious about cracking down on graft - the appointment of a team of corruption busters from Risk Advisory Group, a London firm that describes itself as an "independent investigations and intelligence consultancy." The team will make recommendations on how best to fight corruption. Many Kenyans are skeptical. "Stamping out corruption in this country is not really a matter of experts, it is about political leadership," says opposition M.P. Anyang Nyong...