Rift Valley, Kenya News

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The Government must be compelled through the new constitution to provide good housing.

The International Criminal Court is widely expected to announce that it will open investigations to identify and prosecute the main perpetrators of post-election violence in Kenya.

A cargo train has derailed near residential areas in the Kenyan capital, killing two people.

There are only eight of them still known to exist in the world -- but officials hope to increase the population of northern white rhinos by moving four of them to a game park in Kenya.

Athletic Kenya chairman Isaiah Kiplagat was injured in a robbery in Nairobi. Kiplagat lost Sh41,000 to a gang that waylaid him at his Karen home gate before escaping in a get-away car, police said.

NAIROBI, Kenya – Somali pirates have released a Greek-owned ship and its 21 crew members, including 14 Filipinos, after more than a month in captivity, the Philippine government and the ship's owner said Friday.

In remote northeastern Kenya, poor healthcare, a harsh climate and an ever-growing influx of refugees conspire to make preventable and treatable diseases more deadly than elsewhere in the country.

Somali pirates have released a Greek-owned ship and its 21 crew members, including 14 Filipinos, after more than a month in captivity, the Philippine government and the ship's owner said Friday.

Freed freelance journalist Amanda Lindhout is thanking the people who helped secure her release from Somali captors in her first statement since returning to Alberta.

Drought-stricken cattle are seen outside a slaughterhouse south of Nairobi, Kenya, on Sept.

NAIROBI, 17 December 2009 - The US President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief has pledged US$2.7 billion over the next five years to advance HIV programmes in Kenya - a 112 percent increase.

Kenya is fast becoming a key hub for trafficking of drugs from Afghanistan to the rest of the world.

The political siege against Prime Minister Raila Odinga could be part of 2012 succession politics and a wider plot to derail the constitutional review process, experts suggest.

Main Category: HIV / AIDS Also Included In: Alcohol / Addiction / Illegal Drugs Tropical Diseases Drug trafficking and use are fueling the spread of HIV/AIDS in Kenya, according to a recent report by the U.N. Security Council, the Nation reports.

Four rare northern white rhinos will be moved from a Czech zoo to Africa to live in the wild in an attempt to save the species from being wiped out, officials said Wednesday.

The United States committed $2.7 billion on Wednesday to help fight HIV infection in Kenya where more than a million people are living with the disease.

The urban poor in sub-Saharan Africa are the latest victims of the obesity epidemic.

Chief prosecutor Ocampo said the murders of about 1,500 people were "crimes against humanity." By Tristan McConnell - GlobalPost Published: December 15, 2009 06:33 ET NAIROBI, Kenya - The long years of impunity enjoyed by Kenya's power brokers may finally be drawing to a close.

By Tom Maliti Nairobi, Kenya - The US ambassador in Nairobi on Thursday called for an investigation into claims the Kenyan army tortured thousands of people in an effort to stamp out a brutal militia, but he said the United States had no plans to cut military aid.