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BY: FUNMI OJUROYE  23rd Sept. 2013 The International Criminal Court is allowing Kenyan Deputy President William Ruto to return home so he can help deal with the militant attack on a Nairobi shopping mall. Judges on Monday gave Ruto a one-week leave from his trial on charges of crimes against humanity. At a hearing Monday, defense lawyer Karim Khan said the deputy leader is needed at home to take part in security briefings and consultations. "It is essential, we say, for William Ruto to go back. One wouldn't have expected, or the world would have found it intolerable, if the president and the vice-president of the United States were not in the country after 9-11. Well, this is Kenya's 9-11 and it is absolutely essential, for law and order, for assisting the president to resolve the situation."  Kenya's Deputy President William Ruto (R) reacts as he sits in the courtroom before his trial at the International Criminal Court (ICC) As he left the build...

BY: FUNMI OJUROYE  23rd Sept. 2013 The Federal Government on Tuesday in Abuja re-affirmed its commitment to support any sustainable option that would lead to peaceful resolution of insurgency in some states in the northern part of the country. Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Dialogue and Peaceful Resolution of Security Challenges in the North, Kabiru Turaki, disclosed this after a closed-door meeting with President Goodluck Jonathan. Turaki, who is also the minister of special duties, led the 17-member committee to the meeting. Turaki later told newsmen that the meeting, which was at the instance of the committee was to further discuss with the president before moving to the critical stage of its assignment. “Having interacted with most of the security agencies and other stakeholders that we have come to a critical stage where we also need to hear the government side of the story is. “And that was what we have come to discuss with Mr. President and I want to assure yo...

Kofi Awoonor is among those confirmed dead in the attack on a Nairobi shopping mall. Renowned Ghanaian poet and statesman Kofi Awoonor is among the 59 people confirmed dead so far in an   attack by Somali fighters   on a Nairobi shopping mall, Ghana's president has said. John Dramani Mahama on Sunday said in a statement: "I am shocked to hear the death of Professor Kofi Awoonor in the Nairobi mall terrorist attack. Such a sad twist of fate." Awoonor, 78, was killed and his son wounded at the Westgate mall, Ghana's Deputy Information Minister Felix Kwakye Ofosu said. He added that Awoonor's son has been discharged from the hospital. Awoonor had been due to appear at the Storymoja Hay literary festival in Nairobi on Saturday. Kwame Dawes, a cousin of Awoonor as well as a poet who was in Nairobi at the time of the attack, said Awoonor and his son were separated when the shooting started. "I think the son went to pick up something at the mall. Professor Awoo...