The ing">ruling military council issued a statement designed to calm the increasingly">increasingly
febrile
atmosphere. The military said they would deal firmly with anyone ing">confronting the public interest">interest. They defended their own decision to take back important powers and called on all sides to respect the result of the election. It's still not clear when that election result will be announced. Both sides have claimed victory and warned of the dire consequences if the other candidate ins">wins.
Kenya has suspended the recruitment of its citizens to work as domestic servants in">in the Middle East. It said a ing">growing number of Kenyans ing">working as maids and housekeepers there were
ing">ending up
in
distress
. More from Gabriel Gatehouse in Nairobi.
Mistreatment, lack of payment, overwork and the denial of food - these are some of the complaints that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs says it's received from Kenyans who sought work abroad as domestic servants. Between January and March this year, a spokesman for the ministry said the government
repatriated
more than 150 women from one Middle Eastern nation alone. She would not identify which country. The Kenyan government is keen to emphasise that the
suspension
is a temporary measure while it seeks to establish agreements with countries involved to try to ensure the welfare of its citizens.
A book containing George Washington's personal copy of the American constitution has sold in New York for $10m. The buyer was the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association, which maintains Washington's home. The leather-bound book is in