Kenya's government moved to shut down two rights organisations who said Tuesday they had been contemplating court action over last week's disputed presidential election.
South Sudan's rebel forces have reclaimed their stronghold of Pagak, less than a week after being pushed out of the town by government forces, Colonel Lam Paul Gabriel, deputy spokesperson for the opposition IO, told the Associated Press.
A former Somali insurgent leader, Mukhtar Robow Abu Mansur, has defected to the government, a military official said on Sunday, severing ties with Islamist group al Shabaab.
Uhuru Kenyatta on Friday was declared winner of Kenya’s presidential elections, defeating his rival Raila Odinga who is challenging the results. Mr. Kenyatta had 54.2 per cent of votes, according to final results declared by the electoral commission chair, Wafula Chebukati.
Heavy fighting erupted on Friday in the South Sudanese town of Pagak near the border with Ethiopia when rebels launched an offensive against government forces, the rebels said.
There is high security presence across Kenya ahead of the Friday's expected announcement of the winner of the Presidential elections. The leading candidates are President Uhuru Kenyatta and opposition leader Raila Odinga.
