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☆ Kenyan government critics mysteriously disappeared. They came back silenced
▼ + stars: | 2025-01-09 | by ( Larry Madowo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

He was taken by the men after posting cartoons critical of Kenyan President William Ruto and his government to social media in December. But they all have said that they will no longer criticize the government on social media or have completely gone silent. Human rights groups say the abductions should be called enforced disappearances, and that they violate Kenyan and international law. Amnesty International Kenya’s executive director, Irungu Houghton, told CNN that the disappearances were well-calculated and organized. Muteti’s cousin Ansity Kendi Christine told CNN that handcuff marks and cuts on Njeru’s arms indicate violence in detention.

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☆ Kenya’s president promises to stop abductions following wave of disappearances
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-28 | by ( Larry Madowo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Despite Ruto’s speech, a state-funded human rights body says 29 people remain unaccounted for, including six people who disappeared days before Christmas. The 47-year-old told CNN he was forcibly dragged out of a matatu (minibus) one night in August by four hooded men wearing black balaclavas, then was blindfolded, beaten and waterboarded. “They’re Kenyan security officers who took us because they told me we had become a threat to the state. “I was very traumatized,” he told CNN. Mwangi’s barber told CNN that unidentified men jumped out of a car and grabbed Mwangi, who was waiting for a haircut, from his shop.

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Reliable and affordable food and commodity imports are more important to a net food importer like Kenya than to some other countries. Perhaps more importantly, a critical part of the world's food supply system remains disrupted, undermining food security and raising the underlying costs of cross-border trade. The governments of Kenya and Ukraine are also working together on food security. Meanwhile, Russia's own efforts to play a part in rebuilding food security have been more a public relations exercise than real action. Although Russian sources have claimed that such shipments have begun, there is still little evidence of Russian food aid arriving in Africa.

Persons: Timothy Njagi Njeru, Kalya Kiptiony, Dr Abraham Korir SingOei, William Ruto, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Russia's, Dr Njeru, Lensa Omune Organizations: Tegemeo Institute, Kenyan, Initiative, Kenya's Ministry of Foreign, Diaspora Affairs, International Food Policy Research Institute, Insider Studios, Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Locations: East Africa, Ukraine, Kenya, Russian, Nairobi, Russia, Africa, Horn, Port, Mombasa

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