Word: nairobi
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...Hussein, the second premier to be dismissed in as many years. Not that the nominal government rules more than a few blocks of Mogadishu. Earlier this year, many of the other members of the Somali government and parliament gave up on their country and decamped to the Kenyan capital Nairobi. (See pictures of Somalia's pirates...
Both leaders can do more to end the war. A peace process already provides the framework; there should be no need for more negotiations. At a summit meeting a year ago in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, Kabila and Kagame agreed to disarm the Hutu militia in Congo and ease their repatriation to Rwanda . But neither leader has upheld his end of the bargain with conviction (Kabila has not disarmed Hutu militia operating his territory). Even before the latest upsurge in fighting by Nkunda there were numerous violations of the ceasefire on both sides. (See pictures of Congo on the break...
...TIME's Nairobi Bureau Chief, Andrew Purvis covered the genocidal conflict in Rwanda in the 1990s. He is now TIME's Berlin Bureau chief...
...never seen a professor give a talk about an artist sitting two feet in front of her,” said Cathleen D. McCormick, Director of Programs for the Office for the Arts at Harvard. Odundo—who was born in Nairobi and now resides in Hampshire, UK, where she teaches at the University for the Creative Arts in Farnham—discussed her more recent work with vessels as well as her inspiration since she began creating pottery around 1975. “My whole idea of living as an artist is to be observant of what happens...
...Somaliland and Puntland. Government officials blamed the bombings on radical Islamic insurgents, who have vowed to continue fighting despite a U.N.-backed cease-fire agreed to earlier in the week by the Somali transitional government and the rival Islamic movement. The attacks coincided with a summit held in Nairobi by Somali and other African leaders to discuss the options for ending the chaos that has engulfed the nation since...