2008 Woodie Awards
News Summary
Issue date: 4/15/08 Section: News
International
Kenya
Peace sustained with national unity cabinet
The weeks-long deadlock in Kenya ended with President Mwai Kibaki's creation of a national unity cabinet on Sunday.
Raila Odinga, the top opposition leader, was appointed prime minister of the new cabinet and his party gained posts including local government and agriculture positions.
The ministries of finance and foreign affairs remained within Kibaki's party's control.
Violence began in Kenya after the disputed election in December, ending only with an agreement between Odinga's and Kibaki's parties to share power.
The new cabinet includes 94 people, which is almost half of the Kenyan Parliament and is the largest cabinet in Kenya's history.
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Sudan
Chabian rebels extend Darfur crisis
Ethnic battles in the Darfur region of Sudan continue into the borderlands between Chad and Sudan where Chadian rebels seek to remove Chad's president.
Both countries are supporting rebellions in the other country, pushing the crisis closer to clear war. Sudan supports rebels, who, in February, launched an offensive that reached the Chadian palace gates before retreating.
The lack of direction as to who would take power once Chadian President Idriss Déby was dislodged forced the resistance to turn back and regroup.
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China
Political problems continue Olympic controversy
Groups are using the 2008 Olympic games as a platform on which to demonstrate opposition to Chinese politics, activities that incited a nationalist backlash in China.
The demonstrations against the 2008 Games are seen by many Chinese as an attempt to disrupt the Games and hurt the image of China as a rising world power.
There are increasing calls for world leaders to skip the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in August, showing resistance to China's internal policies - the largest show of politics involved in the Games since the Cold War.
Kenya
Peace sustained with national unity cabinet
The weeks-long deadlock in Kenya ended with President Mwai Kibaki's creation of a national unity cabinet on Sunday.
Raila Odinga, the top opposition leader, was appointed prime minister of the new cabinet and his party gained posts including local government and agriculture positions.
The ministries of finance and foreign affairs remained within Kibaki's party's control.
Violence began in Kenya after the disputed election in December, ending only with an agreement between Odinga's and Kibaki's parties to share power.
The new cabinet includes 94 people, which is almost half of the Kenyan Parliament and is the largest cabinet in Kenya's history.
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Sudan
Chabian rebels extend Darfur crisis
Ethnic battles in the Darfur region of Sudan continue into the borderlands between Chad and Sudan where Chadian rebels seek to remove Chad's president.
Both countries are supporting rebellions in the other country, pushing the crisis closer to clear war. Sudan supports rebels, who, in February, launched an offensive that reached the Chadian palace gates before retreating.
The lack of direction as to who would take power once Chadian President Idriss Déby was dislodged forced the resistance to turn back and regroup.
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China
Political problems continue Olympic controversy
Groups are using the 2008 Olympic games as a platform on which to demonstrate opposition to Chinese politics, activities that incited a nationalist backlash in China.
The demonstrations against the 2008 Games are seen by many Chinese as an attempt to disrupt the Games and hurt the image of China as a rising world power.
There are increasing calls for world leaders to skip the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in August, showing resistance to China's internal policies - the largest show of politics involved in the Games since the Cold War.
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