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Somali pirates hit oil tanker in long-range attack
Some of the seven suspected Somali pirates are guarded by Kenyan security officers as they arrived at the port's police station in Mombasa, Kenya , Monday Nov.
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Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda Get U.S. $452 Million for Roads
This is because the African Development Bank board of directors has approved a total of $452 million for development of road infrastructure in the four countries.
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A Kenyan musical written and composed by Eric Wainaina and directed by John Sibi-Okumu. Location: The GoDown Arts Centre - Dunga Rd, off Lusaka Rd Tickets available at Silverbird Cinemas and selected Uchumi outlets Dates: November 11th to December 20th: Wednesdays - 7.30pm - Sh300 adults, Sh300 students Thursdays and Fridays - 7.30pm - Sh600 ...
Prosecutor to ask International Criminal Court to probe Kenyan violence
The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has announced that he will ask the tribunal to open an investigation into the deadly post-election violence in Kenya in December 2007 and January 2008.
Somali president travels to Nairobi
Somali President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed and a delegation of ministers and lawmakers have traveled from Mogadishu to Nairobi.
The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor has spoken of his intention to move quickly against the perpetrators of Kenya's 2007 post-election violence.
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Global campaign to end violence against women launched
United Nations Development Fund for Women Saturday launched a global campaign to end violence against women.
U.N.: U.S. Delays Led to Aid Cuts in Somalia
Published: Friday, November 6, 2009 at 10:32 p.m. Last Modified: Friday, November 6, 2009 at 10:32 p.m. NAIROBI, Kenya U.N. officials said Friday that the supply of critical food aid to Somalia had been interrupted and that rations to starving people needed to be cut, partly because the American government has delayed food contributions out of ...
ICC seeking speedy Kenya trials
The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor says he wants to move quickly against the perpetrators of Kenya's 2007 post-election violence.
A paramedic's long-distance aid
Snowmass Village firefighter and paramedic Brandon Potter prepares to hand out stuffed animals to children in the African village of Kolunga, an island community in Lake Victoria, Kenya, last year.
Kenya's street teens struggle to survive
On a wet dawn in Nairobi, Kenya, Joan stands on a grubby patch of concrete she calls home.
HEALTH: Uganda's Counterfeits Bill Threatens Access to Medicine
Uganda is considering an anti-counterfeit bill which analysts say will impair the country's ability to import and export cheap but effective generic medicines.
Kenya: Leader of Sect Linked to Post-Election Violence Killed
An outlawed sect spokesman has been shot dead in downtown Nairobi. Mr Njuguna Gitau Njuguna of Mungiki's political wing was killed after he was confronted by three unknown assailants in Nairobi's Luthuli Avenue.
Somalia's Sufis organise in face of 'existential' threat
On Thursday Somalia's main Sufi movement, Ahlu Sunna wal Jamaa, wrapped up an unprecedented conference in Nairobi to strategise its response to the rise and radicalisation of the Shebab group.
ICC pushes probe into Kenya post-poll unrest
The International Criminal Court's prosecutor arrived in Kenya on Thursday for talks on trying those behind last year's post-poll violence, which claimed about 1 500 lives.
In Brief: Hundreds evacuated in Kenya after mudslide death
NAIROBI, 4 November 2009 - Authorities in central Kenya have ordered hundreds of people to evacuate after a girl was killed when a mudslide destroyed her home following heavy rains.
Obamaa s half brother recalls their abusive father
President Barack Obama's half brother has broken his media silence to discuss his new novel - the semi-autobiographical story of an abusive parent patterned on their late father, the mostly absent figure Obama wrote about in his own memoir.
Nairobi Christmas Tourism Expo
The annual Christmas tourism expo fair was held at Sarit center last weekend. About 75 exhibitors were offering holiday packages for Christmas and the New Year in addition to 2010 rates.
New vaccine offers chance for children in Africa, where 1 million die of malaria each year
A mother watched with dread as a nurse inserted a tube in her baby's head. Blood streamed into the anemic 4-month-old who already has malaria, the mosquito-borne disease that kills a million African children every year.
Who is the fastest? Usain Bolt adopts a cheetah
The fastest man on Earth, Usain Bolt, has adopted the fastest animal on four legs, a cheetah, and has given it the only suitable name - Lightning Bolt.
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