Commonwealth Secretary-General Says Support Will be Provided to Help Kenya Implement New Constitution

The Commonwealth Secretary-General, Kamalesh Sharma, has committed the Commonwealth to providing rapid support to implement the changes agreed decisively in the constitutional referendum, which took place in Kenya on August 4th.

Rwandan Premier Holds Meeting with Commonwealth Secretary-General

Visiting Commonwealth Secretary- General Kamalesh Sharma has met Rwanda’s Prime Minister Bernard Makuza at the latter’s office. The two officials discussed Rwanda’s membership and the two parties’ expectations. Speaking to press after the meeting,...

Commonwealth Sends Election Observers to Mozambique

The 51-member Commonwealth has sent a high profile mission to observe Mozambique’s elections on the 28th of October headed by former Sierra Leone President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, the group said in a statement on Monday. The statement said the Commonwealth...

Fiji Suspended From Commonwealth

The Commonwealth Secretary-General, Kamalesh Sharma has announced the suspension of Fiji from the Commonwealth with immediate effect for failure to commit to 2010 elections. Fiji’s interim leader, Commodore Frank Bainimarama, who led a military coup...

Commonwealth And Fiji Agree to Continue Dialogue Despite Threat of Expulsion

Though recent moves by the Commonwealth to expel Fiji for not agreeing to commit to elections by 2010 have soured relations between the two, both have agreed to keep open lines of negotiations despite not being able to arrange a mutually convenient time...