Kenya - Tana River Violence

Press Statement

Victoria Nuland
Department Spokesperson, Office of the Spokesperson

Washington, DC

September 12, 2012

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The United States condemns the deadly cycle of recent attacks and reprisals in Kenya's Tana River Delta that has left more than 100 people dead. Our sympathy goes out to the families who have lost loved ones in the violence.
We urge community leaders and the Kenyan Government to intensify efforts to bring opposing factions together to end the violence and establish peaceful mechanisms to address disputes in the future. It is also important that those who have committed crimes are held accountable through transparent, fair, and thorough investigations and trials.
Attacks such as those in Tana River threaten to destabilize the surrounding region and rob Kenyan citizens of opportunity. The United States calls on all parties throughout Kenya to address grievances and assert their rights through peaceful means, as provided for in the new constitution, so that all Kenyans may participate in fair and credible elections in March 2013.

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AUC AND PARTNERS IN PREPARATORY MEETINGS FOR Conference of Energy Ministers of Africa

 

Addis Ababa, 13 September 2012- In the framework of the preparations for the Second All Africa Energy Week, the Conference of Energy Ministers of Africa (CEMA) and the Pan African Energy Investment Forum to be held from 12 to 16 November 2012 in Addis Ababa, the African Union Commission’s Department of Infrastructure and Energy is holding two days of preparatory meetings, from 13 to 14 September. The meeting is considering the CEMA work programme, documents, budget, administrative and organizational matters as well as a communication strategy.

 

Speaking as he kicked off the meeting today on behalf of the Commissioner of Infrastructure and Energy, the Department’s Director Dr Aboubakari Baba Moussa reiterated the high priority position that energy provision occupies in Africa’s efforts to develop and integrate.

 

Participants to the preparatory meeting include representatives of the AUC, the African Development Bank, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa and the European Union

 

 

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For 14 September 2012

 

MEDIA ADVISORY

 

Briefing to the AU Peace and Security Council on Capacity-Building for effective response to Humanitarian Crisis and Disasters in Africa

 

 

The Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Union (AU), at its 333rd meeting, invites journalists to attend the briefing by the Conflict Prevention and Risk Analysis Division (CPRA) of the Institute for Security Studies (ISS)-Addis Ababa, on the title “Capacity-Building for effective response to Humanitarian Crisis and Disasters in Africa”, on Friday, 14 September 2012, at 9:00 a.m., at the Plenary Hall of the AU Conference Centre.

 

The objective of the briefing is to examine the existing response mechanisms of the AU to humanitarian crises and natural disasters, their shortcomings and forward means to improve these mechanisms. The briefing will be followed by presentations and interactive session on capacity building in response to humanitarian crisis and disasters and the role of the PSC in responding to such crisis.

 

The Meeting will be attended by the permanent representatives of Member States, permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, members of the UN and UN agencies, European Union, Arab League and other invited guests.

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