Tag Archives: Najib Balala

Kenya riots: Violence ‘new trend’ in Mombasa

August 28, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

A grenade has been thrown at police in the Kenyan city of Mombasa, reportedly killing two people and wounding 16. Muslim youths have been involved in running battles with the police since Monday after the murder of radical preacher Aboud … read more »

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Kenya tourism ravaged by kidnappings

October 5, 2011 by benim

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 »

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Elderly French visitor to Kenya kidnapped

October 1, 2011 by benim

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 »

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Kenyan coastguard surrounds abductors

October 1, 2011 by benim

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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Abductors take elderly hostage to Somalia

October 1, 2011 by benim

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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Kenya: Balala says Raila is a betrayer

April 18, 2011 by benim

Kenya, Apr 16 – Cabinet Minister Najib Balala is blaming Prime Minister Raila Odinga for the split in orange Democratic Movement (ODM) saying he betrayed his coalition partners after the 2007 general elections. Speaking to Capital News on Saturday, he … read more »

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