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3 hrs ago | Voice of America

ICC Prosecutor Promises Speed in Kenya Proceedings

Luis Moreno Ocampo, prosecutor of the ICC, speaks during a press conference at Safari Park Hotel in Nairobi, Kenya, 7 Nov 2009 The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor, Luis Moreno Ocampo, ended a crucial visit to Kenya Saturday detailing his plan to speedily investigate and then prosecute the top suspects of the nation's post-election ...

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7 hrs ago | CBS News

U.N. Says U.S. Delays Food Aid to Somalia

The United Nations says it's running out of food for millions of starving Somalis in part because the United States is delaying aid amid fears it could be intercepted by militants linked to al Qaeda.

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16 hrs ago | 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

AllAfrica.com

Kenya: Chief Prosecutor Leaves Country, Awaits ICC Permission to Start Investigations

International Criminal Court prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo leaves on Saturday morning with the fate of Kenya's post-election violence suspects resting with judges at The Hague.

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Time

After Kenyan Stalling, the ICC Will Investigate Post-Election Riots

The ICC is pushing to bring to justice those responsible for the post-election violence in Kenya.

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IRIN

Samuel Mwangi, "Being an IDP is like being in jail"

NANYUKI, Two years after violence forced Samuel Mwangi off his farm in the Kiambogo location of Nakuru District in Rift Valley Province, the father of seven is still struggling to rebuild his life and educate his children.

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TMCnet

Rise of Mobile Cash Transfer Service

Mobile telephony is a big business in Africa today. It is amazing how M-commerce has quickly hit the market with a bang.

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Related Topix: Cellphones, Cell Phones, Electronics, World News, Africa

Thu Nov 05, 2009

Indo-American News

Pirates capture Greek cargo ship off Tanzania

Pirates seized a Greek cargo ship with its Ukrainian and Philippine crew off the east African country of Tanzania today, Greek port police said.

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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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IRIN

Replacing the bucket latrine

The sound of the evening bell at a local boarding high-school in Wajir, in the northeast of Kenya, did not always signal the end of the day's classes.

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KOKI

Spanish hostages' wives: Three crew ...

Separately, pirates on Thursday captured a Greek-owned bulk carrier with 21 crew on board, according to an EU naval force fighting piracy in the Indian Ocean.

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Kenya Broadcasting Corporation

Ocampo arrives in Kenya

Caption: Mr Ocampo's two-day visit follows the Kenyan government's failure to meet a September 30 deadline agreed to by a Kenyan delegation to set up a process of prosecuting top suspects in the deadly post-election violence locally.

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Wed Nov 04, 2009

Sky News

Kenya Floods Leave Thousands Homeless

El Nino storms have caused major flooding in parts of Kenya's coastal regions, killing at least two people and leaving thousands homeless.

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AlertNet

Hundreds evacuated in Kenya after mudslide death

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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News.com.au

First malaria vaccine ready in years

The vaccine - known as the RTS,S - is targeted to be at least 50 per cent effective against the severe form of malaria and to last up to one year.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Malaria, Health, Inventions, Science / Technology, World News, Africa

Daily Times

China seeks to redress trade imbalance with Kenya

NAIROBI: China wants to address the imbalance in its trade with Kenya by encouraging Chinese firms to import more from east Africa's largest economy, its envoy to Nairobi said on Monday.

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Related Topix: World News, China, Asia, Africa, Travel, Kenya Travel, Hu Jintao

United Nations

UNICEF begins relief efforts after floods strike north-eastern Kenya

The United Nations Children's Fund is leading UN relief efforts in north-eastern Kenya, where recent torrential rainfall has brought flooding at the same time as much of the rest of the country endures a prolonged drought.

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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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Financial Standard

Report: Police, AP will not merge

The highly expected merger of Kenya police and the Administration Police will be implemented after all.

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Deseret Morning News

New vaccine offers hope in Africa's malaria battle

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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