Home pagePress CenterIn the Media Joel Barkan, a senior associate with the CSIS Africa Program, was quoted by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, “Feingold Arranges Meeting on U.S. Efforts in Kenya."
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Joel Barkan, a senior associate with the CSIS Africa Program, was quoted by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, “Feingold Arranges Meeting on U.S. Efforts in Kenya."
As unrest between warring factions in Kenya continued for a sixth week, Democratic Wisconsin Sen. Russ Feingold convened African experts to tell his African Affairs subcommittee about U.S. efforts to defuse the crisis.
Fierce violence was sparked by disputed presidential election results Dec. 27. Incumbent President Mwai Kibaki claimed he won a second term. Opposition leader Ralia Odinga accused the government of rigging the results and demanded that Kibaki step down and hold new elections. Kibaki told Odinga to take his case to court. [...]
Joel D. Barkan of the Center for Strategic and International Studies recommended congressional sanctions in the form of a travel ban on members of both parties and their families, including children enrolled in American schools; a jam on Kenyan radio stations that broadcast hate speech; and a freeze on Kenyan assets. Read the article
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