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1 hr ago | Newsday.com

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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9 hrs ago | Walta Information Centre

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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13 hrs ago | Kenyan Pundit

Mo Faya in Nairobi

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 ...

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Sun Nov 08, 2009

United Nations

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.

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Tehran Times

Somali president travels to Nairobi

Somali President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed and a delegation of ministers and lawmakers have traveled from Mogadishu to Nairobi.

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BBC News

ICC seeks speedy Kenya trials

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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Sat Nov 07, 2009

Kenya Broadcasting Corporation

Global campaign to end violence against women launched

United Nations Development Fund for Women Saturday launched a global campaign to end violence against women.

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The Ledger

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 ...

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BBC News

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.

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The Aspen Times

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.

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Fri Nov 06, 2009

CNN

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.

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Inter Press Service

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.

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Thu Nov 05, 2009

AllAfrica.com

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.

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Telegraph.co.uk

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.

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Mail & Guardian

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.

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Wed Nov 04, 2009

IRIN News

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.

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Tue Nov 03, 2009

CANOE

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.

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Bankelele

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.

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WGNO

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.

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BBC News

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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