Tag Archives: Kenyan
Kenyan voters go to the polls on 4 March in the first general election since the disputed contest of December 2007 unexpectedly exploded into violence. During the elections Kenyans will choose a president, members of parliament and senators, county governors … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Kenya
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Tagged Barack Obama, Hague, International Criminal Court, Kenya, kenya elections 2013, Kenyan, kenyan elections 2013, Kenya’s 2013 elections, Mwai Kibaki, Raila Odinga, Uhuru Kenyatta, William Ruto
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Seven people were shot dead by gunmen believed to be Al Shabaab militants in Liboi on Thursday morning. Two of them are women who were attacked after they responded to screams at a mosque in Maleley near the Kenya-Somalia border. … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Kenya
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Tagged Al-Qaeda, Al-Shabaab, County commission, Garissa, IndepthAfrica, Kenya, kenya news, Kenyan, Liboi, Mosque, Somalia
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By Ozias Tungwarara, Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (Johannesburg) analysis Kenya and Zimbabwe hold critical elections this year. Kenyans will go to the polls on 4th March to elect a president, members of the senate and parliament, county governors, … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Kenya, Politics, Southern Africa, Zimbabwe
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Tagged IndepthAfrica, Kenya, kenya election 2013, Kenyan, Robert Mugabe, Southern African Development Community, Tsvangirai, Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe African National Union Patriotic Front, zimbabwe elections 2013, Zimbabwe Electoral Commission, Zimbabweans
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By Machua Koinange, The Star opinion The one thing that has crystallised this week with the diplomatic community in panic mode and the ICC question dominating both the headlines and the presidential debate is that the momentum in the race … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Kenya
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Tagged IndepthAfrica, Kenya, kenya elections, Kenyan, kenyan elections 2013, Martha Karua, Mwai Kibaki, Raila Odinga, Uhuru Kenyatta, United States, William Ruto
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By Maina Kiai, The Star opinion Kenyans go to the polls in three weeks to choose a new president. Memories of election violence five years ago are still strong, and justice for those crimes against humanity has yet to be … read more »
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Tagged Hague, IndepthAfrica, International Criminal Court, Kenya, kenya elections, Kenyan, Kofi Annan, Uhuru Kenyatta, United Nations Special Rapporteur, William Ruto
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Somali militant group Al Shabaab say they executed a Kenyan army private at midnight on Thursday after the expiry of an ultimatum for the release of Muslims held by Kenya on terror charges. The Al Shabaab militants, who want to … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Kenya, Somali
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Tagged African Union, Al-Shabaab, Foreign hostages in Somalia, France, IndepthAfrica, Kenya, Kenyan, Nairobi, Somalia
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By Richard Lough CReuters) – East Africa’s most powerful economy and a key regional ally in the U.S.-led war against militant Islam could next month elect a president accused of crimes against humanity, posing a diplomatic headache for Western capitals. … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Kenya
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Tagged Hague, Indepth Africa Magazine, International Criminal Court, Kenya, Kenyan, kenyan election, Kenyatta, Uhuru Kenyatta, William Ruto
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By The Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands – Two prominent Kenyans accused of orchestrating deadly violence that erupted after 2007 presidential elections are calling on the International Criminal Court to delay the start of their trial. Lawyers for deputy Prime … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Kenya
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Tagged Francis Muthaura, Hague, IndepthAfrica, International Criminal Court, Kenya, Kenyan, kenyan elections, Kenyan presidential election, Kenyatta, Raila Odinga, Uhuru Kenyatta, William Ruto
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One clear element is that violence in Kenya has to do with community identities, particularly where the young males of society are concerned. By Kisuke Ndiku In recent assessments it has emerged that young people are contributors to certain types … read more »
Posted in Analysis, East Africa, Kenya
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Tagged about kenya, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, International Criminal Court, Kenya, kenya elections 2013, Kenyan, KenyaWith, Uhuru Kenyatta, Violence, Youth
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For the first time in Kenya’s electioneering history, a debate by presidential candidates will be aired on all radio and television stations Monday to test the candidates health, education, security and foreign policies. Prime Minister Raila Odinga, the flag-bearer of … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Kenya
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Tagged Brookhouse school, IndepthAfrica, Kenya, kenya elections, kenya Presidential debate, Kenyan, kenyan elections, Martha Karua, Musalia Mudavadi, Nairobi, Paul Muite, Raila Odinga, Uhuru Kenyatta
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By Mugambi Kiai,The Star opinion The past weekend witnessed a feat of such sporting splendour that followers of Kenya’s seven-a-side rugby team breathlessly exhilarated. After dumping rugby powerhouses South Africa (the BlitzBokke) and New Zealand (the All Blacks – and … read more »
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Tagged Hague, IndepthAfrica, International Criminal Court, Kenya, kenya elections, Kenyan, kenyan elections, Mike Friday, Musalia Mudavadi, New Zealand, Uhuru Kenyatta, William Ruto
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By Njambi Ngunjiri The upcoming national elections in Kenya bring a sense of trepidation and foreboding due to the post-election violence witnessed following the polls in 2007. Presumably, this is why The White House recently released a message from US … read more »
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Tagged IndepthAfrica, International Criminal Court, Kenya, Kenyan, kenyan elections, obama, Raila Odinga, Uhuru Kenyatta, United States, White House
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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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Refugees who once fled to Kenya for safety claim extortion and threats rife since government ordered them to move to camps. Clar Ni Chonghaile in Eastleigh,guardian.co.uk, A police officer disperses rioters in the Eastleigh district of Nairobi in November. Skirmishes … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Ethiopia, Kenya
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Tagged Africa news, Al-Shabaab, Dadaab, Eastleigh, IndepthAfrica, Kenya, Kenyan, Nairobi, Somali, Somali people
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The Kenya’s tourism sector has seen a 40- percent fall in hotel bookings over concerns surrounding the country’s March 4 general elections. Stakeholders in the tourism industry say the majority of hotel bookings in the coastal region were cancelled over … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Kenya
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Tagged Barack Obama, BERNAMA, IndepthAfrica, Kenya, kenya elections, Kenya Vision 2030, Kenyan, Somalia, Tourism, United Nations
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Omar Hammami, an American former al-Shabaab member who has used Twitter to publicise a falling-out with the group. Photograph: Farah Abdi Warsameh/AP Twitter has suspended an account used by Somalia‘s al-Qaida-linked militant group al-Shabaab after the insurgents used the site … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Kenya, Somali
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Tagged Abu Mansoor Al-Amriki, Al-Shabaab, Kenya, Kenyan, Shabaab, Somalia, Somalia's Al-Shabaab’s Twitter, Somalia's Al-Shabaab’s Twitter account ‘suspended’, Somalia's Al-Shabaab’s.Twitter account, Twitter, Youtube
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Preparations for elections in Kenya turn into high gear today as the parties in the three major coalitions nominate their candidates. Kenya’s 2013 Elections, the latest report from the International Crisis Group, examines the run-up to the 4 March 2013 … read more »
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Tagged Al-Shabaab, Election, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, International Criminal Court, International Crisis Group, Kenya, Kenyan, March 2013
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NAIROBI (Reuters) – Hundreds of demonstrators torched 221 coffins outside Kenya’s parliament on Wednesday in protest at legislators who voted last week to triple their end-of-term bonuses and award themselves state funerals. President Mwai Kibaki, aware of popular resentment over … read more »
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 »
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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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By Ali Abdi The Borana traditional king who reigns in Ethiopia has spoken again on the community’s politics in Marsabit County. The Abba Gadha, Guyo Gobba met delegates representing Moyale MP Mohamud Ali and his rival Chachu Tadicha, an NGO … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Ethiopia, Kenya
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Tagged Ethiopia, Ethiopian, Facebook, History, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Kenya, Kenyan, Moyale
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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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Fredrick Nzwili | The Christian Science Monitor After a spate of grenade attacks linked to Somali Islamist militants over the past 14 months, Kenya has ordered all refugees in its urban areas to move to established refugee camps, which the … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Kenya, Somali
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Tagged Al-Shabaab, Dadaab, IndepthAfrica, Kenya, Kenyan, Nairobi, Somali, Somalia, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
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Overnight residents of Dinsor town, previously an Al-Shabaab stronghold in the Bay region of Somalia, witnessed the retreat of Al-Shabaab forces in the face of a joint Somali-Ethiopian military advance. Dinsor, held by Al-Shabaab for the last four years, fell … read more »
Posted in Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somali
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Tagged African Union Mission to Somalia, Al-Shabaab, Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, Ethiopian National Defense Force, ethiopian news, IndepthAfrica, Kenyan, Kismayo, Politics of Ethiopia, Somalia
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Queries on how to procure an abortion were among the most persistent searches by Kenyans, according to a Google report that analylised search trends this year. The Google Zeitgeist 2012 report, released Wednesday, shows the number one trending search in … read more »
Never before seen files on Britain’s cruel colonial grip on Kenya have revealed a desperate attempt to cover up the massacre of unarmed prisoners during the Mau Mau uprising. Eleven prisoners at the Hola detention camp were brutally clubbed to … read more »
“Bomb them like Gaza”, a Kenyan Facebooker rants. “Wipe them out, that’s the only solution”, another raves. “If you rattle a snake, be prepared to be bitten by it”, another sheepishly quotes an already nauseating absurdity once brayed out by … read more »
Posted in Article, Kenya, Somali
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Tagged Al-Shabaab, Eastleigh, Garissa, IndepthAfrica, Kenya, Kenyan, Nairobi, Somali, Somali people
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by IMAN HASSAN, Mail7Guardian Last year around this time, I was eagerly anticipating my trip to Nairobi. My last visit was in 2008 and I could not wait to be greeted by the warmth of the city and its people, … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Kenya, Somali
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Tagged Al-Shabaab, IndepthAfrica, Kenya, Kenyan, Nairobi, Somali, Somali people, Somalia, toronto
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Kenyans in the Diaspora will not vote in the next General Election. The bombshell was delivered to Parliament Tuesday by Justice minister Eugene Wamalwa, who told MPs the decision was reached at last week’s Cabinet meeting. It followed consideration of … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Election, Kenya
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Tagged Diaspora, Eugene Wamalwa, IEBC, IndepthAfrica, Irwin Cox, Kenya, Kenya 2013 Election, Kenyan, Martha Karua, member of parliament
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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 »
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Tagged Al-Shabaab, Eastleigh, IndepthAfrica, Kenya, Kenyan, kenyan news, Nairobi, Somali, somali news, Somali people, Somalia
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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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