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East Africa is in danger of throwing away part of its new-found oil wealth IN MARCH last year the heads of state of Kenya, Ethiopia and South Sudan met among mangroves in Lamu, a Kenyan town on the Indian … read more »
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Tagged Ethiopia, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Kenya, Lamu, South Sudan, Sudan, Tullow Oil, Uganda
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Nairobi – At least seven people died and many more were feared missing after a boat carrying dozens of passengers hit another vessel and capsized off the Kenyan island of Lamu on Sunday evening, the Kenya Red Cross said. Nelly … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Kenya, News
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Tagged Boat, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Indian Ocean, International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, Kenya, Lamu, Lamu Island, Pemba Island, Zanzibar
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October 18, 2011 by benim
Nairobi – Kenyan police said on Tuesday that two British men arrested on suspicion of trying to join Somali militants will be deported. Deputy police spokesperson Charles Owino said one of the arrested British men is of Pakistani origin, while … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Kenya, News
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Lamu – During high season in this Kenyan luxury resort area, foreign tourists snorkel by day and sleep in rustic dwellings with woven coconut leaves for doors. Now they’re leaving town early and cancelling reservations after gunmen kidnapped two European … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Kenya, News
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Tagged Al-Qaeda, Al-Shabaab, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Kenya, Lamu, Manda Island, Najib Balala, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Pan African News, Somalia, Southern Africa, Tourism, West Africa
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Kenya’s security minister says the country is tightening overall security, especially along its long border with Somalia, after the recent kidnapping of two westerners by a Somali militia. George Saitoti said Monday that all speed boats and merchant ships will … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Kenya, News
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Lamu – In Shela village, on Lamu island, opposite the isle where a handicapped Frenchwoman was kidnapped on Saturday, those who run the all-important tourist trade are demanding the Kenyan government beef up security. Since the kidnapping of Marie Dedieu … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Kenya, News
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Tagged Britons, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Kenya, Lamu, Manda Island, Marie Dedieu, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Pan African News, Shela, Somalia, Southern Africa, Tourism, West Africa
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Lamu – Kenyan police were on Monday questioning a man who worked for a disabled Frenchwoman whose kidnapping from her beachfront home in the idyllic resort of Lamu has dealt a blow to the east African country’s resurgent tourism industry. … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Kenya, News
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Nairobi – Kenya has sent mediators to Somalia to negotiate the release of a disabled Frenchwoman abducted on Saturday from her beach front resort home, a security official said. Kenya has “already sent envoys to Somalia to establish contact with … read more »
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Nairobi – Gunmen have kidnapped an elderly French woman from the Kenyan island of Manda, the region’s police chief and a local lawmaker said on Saturday, the second armed abduction of a foreign visitor from the east African country’s coast … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Kenya, News
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Mombasa – Kenyan coastguards were locked in a high-seas standoff on Saturday with gunmen holding a disabled French woman hostage and the abductors fired warning shots in the air, a government minister said. The elderly victim’s Kenyan boyfriend, John Lepapa, … read more »
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Nairobi – Somali kidnappers and their elderly French hostage escaped into Somalia after a gun battle with Kenyan security forces, which wounded several of the abductors, a Kenyan minister said on Saturday. “They’ve crossed the border into Ras Kamboni. There … read more »
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September 19, 2011 by benim
Lamu – A Kenyan court on Monday charged a man with the murder of a British holidaymaker and the kidnap of his wife, while staying in a luxury resort in the east African country. But Ali Batitu Kololo denied the … read more »
September 19, 2011 by benim
Lamu – A Kenyan man charged in court Monday in connection with a deadly attack on a British couple told officials that a gang abducted him at gunpoint and forced him to be their guide. David Tebbutt, 58, was killed … read more »
September 13, 2011 by benim
Nairobi – Police have arrested a Kenyan suspected of aiding the gunmen who kidnapped a British tourist and killed her husband, an official said on Tuesday. The suspect is believed to have information about the organizer of Judith Tebbutt’s kidnapping … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Kenya, News
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Tagged Al-Qaeda, Al-Shabaab, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Kenya, Kidnapping, Kiwayu, Lamu, London, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Pan African News, Somalia, Southern Africa, West Africa
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September 12, 2011 by benim
Nairobi – A Nairobi-based diplomat says armed men have killed a British man and kidnapped his wife from a beach resort in northern Kenya. The diplomat said on Sunday that the attackers broke into their accommodation at the resort about … read more »
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