On Wednesday, one of the world’s worst conflicts entered its third year with no end in sight. Attending the Sudan London conference this week, the Kenya Government struggled to refute accusations of its support for the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and that it has developed economic interests. Sudan is a major casualty of world leaders’…
As Heads of States arrive in Dar es Salaam today for a joint Summit of the East African Community and Southern African Development Community, close to a million Congolese are on the run. While primarily a conflict between the M23 armed group and the Government of Democratic Republic of Congo, Congo’s vast mineral wealth has…
Five days before International Human Rights Day, Amnesty International released its report documenting the many crimes that have taken place against Palestinians in Gaza. While the charge of “genocide” has been on the lips of millions of protesters and observers worldwide for months, the report provides empirical and irrefutable evidence that a genocide has taken…
President William Ruto’s May 2024 visit to Washington marks a milestone in the 60-year relationship between the United States and Kenya. Prior to the trip, Amnesty International Kenya and Amnesty International USA Section Directors Irũngũ Houghton and Paul O’Brien delivered two separate open letters calling on both Heads of State to uphold justice, equality, and…
The world is reaping a harvest of terrifying consequences from escalating conflict and the near breakdown of international law, said Amnesty International as it launched its annual The State of the World’s Human Rights report today, delivering an assessment of human rights in 155 countries. Amnesty International also warned that the breakdown of the rule…
Bombs are raining down on the occupied Palestinian territory of Gaza with devastation that makes even the horror of El Nino seem mild. Meanwhile, an eight-month-old Sudanese conflict seems to have dropped off the Kenyan government and the international community’s radar. With the National Assembly on recess from today until 13 February 2024, all eyes…
By Irũngũ Houghton Today marks exactly three weeks since the violence broke out in Israel and the Palestinian Occupied Territories of Gaza and the West Bank. At least 500 hours of horrific violence preceded the crucial United Nations General Assembly vote yesterday. There are several reasons why citizens and states need to continue to care…
Israeli security forces and Palestinian armed groups must make every effort to protect the lives of civilians in today’s outbreak of fighting in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories, said Amnesty International amid a mounting civilian death toll. Today’s escalation in violence began with Hamas firing rockets into Israel and launching an unprecedented operation by…
A delegation of Ukrainian leaders was in Nairobi this week. Listening to their experiences over the last nine months, I wondered whether we had become too numbed by our own experiences as a continent to care enough. Led by Ukrainian Orthodox Church Archbishop Evstratiy Zorya, human rights right activist Oleksandra Drik, Politics Professor Olexiy Haran…