Tag Archives: kenyan news
Kenya’s Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) on Wednesday (February 27th) arrested Ministry of Foreign Affairs Permanent Secretary Thuita Mwangi on corruption charges, Kenya’s The Standard reported. Mwangi and two other ministry officials will appear in court on Friday to hear … read more »
Henry Makori In recent months, media in Kenya has reported the re-emergence of the terror group Mungiki in parts of the central region. Mungiki, an exclusively Kikuyu ethnic militia, has over the years been blamed for atrocious violence and extortion … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Kenya
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Tagged IndepthAfrica, International Criminal Court, Kenya, kenyan election 2013, kenyan news, Mungiki, Nairobi, Uhuru Kenyatta, William Ruto
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NAIROBI – Kenya’s Chief Justice Willy Mutunga says he has been threatened with “dire consequences” if the courts barred presidential candidate Uhuru Kenyatta from contesting next month’s election. Mr Mutunga said he had received a “poison-pen letter” from an outlawed … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Kenya
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Tagged about kenya, IndepthAfrica, International Criminal Court, Kenya, kenya election, kenya election 2013, kenyan news, Mungiki, Mutunga, Nairobi, Raila Odinga, Uhuru Kenyatta, William Ruto
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By Duncan Breen Refugee Protection Program Following a series of grenade attacks in Nairobi and near the border with Somalia, the government of Kenya has announced a new policy requiring all refugees living in urban areas to relocate to camps. … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Kenya, Somali
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Tagged Al-Shabaab, Dadaab, IndepthAfrica, Kenya, Kenyan, kenyan news, Refugee, Somali, Somali people, Somalia, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
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By Ben Rawlence ‘Never again!’ blared Kenya’s radio stations in the heady days of 2008, when the blood of the victims of the post-election violence was fresh on the streets and politicians scrambled to negotiate the coalition agreement. One of … read more »
Posted in Article, Kenya, Nigeria
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Tagged Baragoi, Coast Province, IndepthAfrica, Isiolo, Kenya, kenya news, kenyan news, Moyale, Nairobi, Nakuru, Tana River
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NAIROBI — “There are 10 dead and two critically wounded, with gunshot wounds, machete cuts and burns,” local Red Cross official Caleb Kilunde told AFP. The attack came a day after nine were killed in a raid. Violence in the … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Kenya
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Tagged Agence France-Presse, IndepthAfrica, International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, Kenya, kenyan news, Nduru, Orma, Orma people, Pokomo people, Tana River
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NAIROBI — At least eight people were killed and several wounded in the latest outbreak of violence in the Tana River region of southeast Kenya, where scores died in clashes last year, the Kenyan Red Cross said Wednesday. Less than … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Kenya
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Tagged Al-Qaeda, IndepthAfrica, Kenya, kenya ethnic violence, kenya news, kenyan news, Nairobi, Nduru, Orma, Somali, Somalia, Tana River
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Ten years ago Kenya captured the imagination of the world when it experienced a change of power from the reign of long standing leader Daniel Arap Moi to Mwai Kibaki. It was a change that was seen as having broken … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Kenya
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Tagged Daniel arap Moi, East Africa, International Criminal Court, John Githongo, Kenya, kenya news, Kenyan, kenyan news, Mwai Kibaki, South Sudan
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TWO youths have died and several people wounded during a grenade attack at a refugee camp in eastern Kenya, reports say. An Agence France-Presse journalist was able to view two bodies while the Red Cross said on its Twitter account … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Kenya
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Tagged Agence France-Presse, Dadaab, International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, Kenya, kenya news, kenyan news, Refugee, Refugee camp, Somalia, Twitter
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ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia Ten men were found guilty Tuesday by an Ethiopian court of plotting terror attacks with Islamist extremist rebels from neighboring Somalia. Judge Bahiru Darecha said the group was making plans and getting supplies to attack political and … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somali
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Al-Qaeda, Al-Shabaab, Al-Shabab, Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, ethiopian news, Islamism, kenya news, kenyan news, Middle East, somali news, Somalia, Somalia News
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NAIROBI — Suspected Islamists shot dead a Kenyan policeman in an ambush in the restive northeastern border town of Mandera, the latest in a string of attacks near the border with Somalia, police said Friday. “The officer was on patrol … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Kenya
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Tagged African Union, Al-Qaeda, IndepthAfrica, Islamism, Kenya, kenya news, kenyan news, Mandera, Nairobi, Police officer, Somalia
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Critical Threats Horn of Africa Security Brief Somali police conducted security operations in Mogadishu, Banadir region on December 27. The searches were concentrated in the Hamar Weyne, Waberi, Hoban and Dharkenley districts of the city. Fifteen suspects were arrested during … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somali
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Tagged Al-Shabaab, Beledweyne, Kenya, kenyan news, Kismayo, Mandera, Mogadishu, somali government, somali news, Somalia, Somalia News
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Exiled Somali journalists living in Nairobi were struck with disbelief this week when daily newspapers published a statement by the Department of Refugee Affairs ordering all Somali refugees to move to refugee camps. “The refugees, particularly those living in urban … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Kenya, Refugees/Migrants, Somali
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Tagged Al-Shabaab, Holocaust, IndepthAfrica, Israel, Kenya, kenyan news, Nairobi, somali news, Somali people, Somalia, somalis in kenya, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
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Kenya will hold new elections next March, the first since the 2007 vote triggered ethnic killing across the country in which at least 1,220 people died. Two senior politicians facing charges of playing a part in that violence at the … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Kenya
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Tagged IndepthAfrica, International Criminal Court, Kalonzo Musyoka, Kenya, kenyan election, kenyan news, Mwai Kibaki, Orange Democratic Movement, Raila Odinga, Uhuru Kenyatta, William Ruto
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By Raluca Besliu Kenya has tightened its decision to control the growing number of Somali refugees living on its territory, by calling for their return to their home country. After discussions with his Somalian counterpart, Kenyan President Kibaki recently stated … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Kenya, Somali
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Tagged Al-Qaeda, Al-Shabaab, Dadaab, Horn of Africa, IndepthAfrica, Kenya, kenyan news, Somali, Somali people, Somalia
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President Barack Obama is condemning violence in Kenya that left at least 39 people dead in renewed fighting between farming and herding communities that have a history of violent animosity. The White House says in a statement that Obama urges … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Kenya
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Tagged Associated Press, Barack Obama, Friday, Kenya, kenya news, kenyan news, Orma, Pokomo people, River Tana, White House
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Kenya and Somalia have stressed the need to revitalise the Joint Commission for Co-operation (JCC) signed between the two countries in September 2005 as the key framework for their bilateral engagements. In a joint communiqué issued after a bilateral meeting … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Kenya, Somali
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Tagged African Union Mission to Somalia, Al-Shabaab, Joint Commission, Kenya, kenyan news, Mwai Kibaki, somali news, Somali people, Somalia, Somalia News, United Nations Security Council
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Antony Otieno Ong’ayo The 2013 general elections as a tipping point INTRODUCTION The political violence and near eruption of a civil war in the aftermath of the botched 2007 general election in Kenya is still fresh in the memory of … read more »
Posted in Analysis, East Africa, Kenya
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Tagged 2007–2008 Kenyan crisis, Election, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Kenya, kenya news, Kenyan, kenyan news, Kofi Annan, Mwai Kibaki, Rift Valley Province
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Two people have been injured in two blasts in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, according to local media. The blasts, in quick succession, happened outside Al Amin mosque in the Somali-dominated Eastleigh district of the capital Nairobi during the evening rush hour on Wednesday, police … read more »
NAIROBI — Kenyan activists submitted a fresh appeal Monday petitioning for a court ruling on the eligibility of two presidential running mates charged with crimes against humanity over election violence five years ago. Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta, 51, and … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Kenya
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Tagged 2007–2008 Kenyan crisis, IndepthAfrica, International Criminal Court, Kenya, kenyan news, Kenyatta, Nairobi, Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, Uhuru Kenyatta, William Ruto
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“…What does (Kenya) want to achieve from the incursion, knowing that the Ethiopia invasion created Al-Shabaab, the opposite of what was expected? Who can guarantee the invasion would not reinvigorate Somali nationalism hence energising radicalism that might even engulf the … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Kenya, Somali
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Tagged Al-Shabaab, Eastleigh, IndepthAfrica, Kenya, Kenyan, kenyan news, Nairobi, Somali, somali news, Somali people, Somalia
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By H. Ali-Horad Among all other things, it is undisputed that Somalia’s new constitution recognizes the country as a Muslim nation with every citizen having their rights to practice his/her Islamic religion. After its adoption last August, many intellectuals applauded, … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Somali
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Tagged Ahmed Osman, IndepthAfrica, Islam, Kenya, kenyan news, Nairobi, Somali, Somali people, Somalia, United States
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opinion By Colins Mabinda,The Star I have been pondering long and hard why is it that Kenyans often follow their tribal leaders with such mindless zeal, even when all indications are that we are being led to a slaughter house. … read more »
Posted in Article, Kenya
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Tagged Ethiopia, Ghana, IndepthAfrica, Kenya, kenya news, Kenyan, kenyan news, Maasai Mara, Serengeti, Tanzania, World cup
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Human Wrongs Watch A landmark study of Kenya’s high-elevation forests shows that the economic cost of deforestation in the East African country exceeds national gains from forestry and logging by more than four-to-one, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) reported. … read more »
By Nuur Mohamud Sheekh and Jason Mosley Despite heavy deployment of security personel in Tana River many lives have been lost in clashes. In Kenya, ahead of the 2013 elections, attention is turning to sources of tension that could fuel … read more »
Posted in Article, Kenya
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Tagged Coast Province, IndepthAfrica, International Criminal Court, Kenya, kenyan news, Pokomo language, Tana Delta, Tana River, Uhuru Kenyatta, William Ruto
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Kenyan police officers continued their anti-terrorism operations on Sunday when they killed or arrested suspected members of a Somalia-based Islamist group, one of whom lived in the same western Kenya location as some family members of President Barack Obama who … read more »
Posted in Angola, Cote d'Ivoire, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Libya, Mali, Nigeria, Somali, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Zimbabwe
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Tagged Al Shabaab terrorists, Al-Shabaab, AlQaeda, Barack Obama, IndepthAfrica, Kenya, kenyan news, Kismayo, Mombasa, Nairobi, Obama family, Somalia
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