News: Kenya

We have started to collect the most important news related to Kenya in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

World news related to Kenya – overview

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• November 23rd 2009 – October 7th 2009
• October 4th 2009 – August 16th 2009
• August 14th 2009 – July 1st 2009
• June 29th 2009 – April 27th 2009
• April 23rd 2009 – March 3rd 2009
• February 26th 2009 – January 20th 2009
• January 20th 2009 – November 18th 2008
• November 10th 2008 – August 25th 2008
• August 24th 2008 – June 30th 2008
• June 28th 2008 – April 24th 2008
• April 18th 2008 – March 5th 2008
• March 5th 2008 – February 14th 2008
• February 13th 2008 – January 26th 2008
• January 25th 2008 – January 10th 2008
• January 10th 2008 – December 30th 2007
• December 30th 2007 – November 20th 2007
• November 10th 2007 – August 31st 2007
• August 30th 2007 – June 21st 2007
• June 19th 2007 – March 20th 2007
• March 20th 2007 – December 8th 2006
• December 8th 2006 – October 22nd 2006
• October 20th 2006 – July 4th 2006
• June 25th 2006 – April 20th 2006
• April 19th 2006 – February 15th 2006
• February 14th 2006 – January 19th 2006
• January 7th 2006 – November 11th 2005

Kenya: news

Kenya in HIV/Aids testing drive

Monday, November 23rd 2009, 17:22

Kenyan health officials are launching a controversial drive to get one million people tested for HIV/Aids.
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East Africa in historic trade pact

Friday, November 20th 2009, 15:43
related countries: Burundi, Tanzania, Uganda

East African leaders sign a common market trade agreement, allowing the free movement of people and goods.
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Kenya bid to cut president powers

Tuesday, November 17th 2009, 13:33

A draft constitution is published in Kenya, which would slash the power of the president and boost the prime minister.
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Kenya combs forest for squatters

Monday, November 16th 2009, 19:42

Officials comb Kenya's largest forest to ensure squatters have obeyed a deadline to leave so trees can be replanted.
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Nigeria qualify for World Cup finals

Saturday, November 14th 2009, 10:38
related countries: Nigeria, South Africa, Tunisia

Nigeria beat Kenya 3-2 to finish ahead of Tunisia and book a place in the 2010 World Cup finals in South Africa.
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FBI sued over Ethiopian jailing

Wednesday, November 11th 2009, 11:14
related countries: Ethiopia, United States

An American man is suing the FBI for mistreatment while he was held in jails Kenya and Ethiopia in 2007.
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Somali pirates charged in Kenya

Tuesday, November 10th 2009, 17:46
related countries: Germany, Somalia
related places: Mombasa

Seven Somalis, captured at sea by German naval forces last month, appear in court in the Kenyan port of Mombasa accused of piracy.
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Somalis free Kenyan print staff

Tuesday, November 10th 2009, 16:54
related countries: Somalia

Two Kenyan printing contractors abducted in Somalia's capital are freed unharmed two days after they were seized.
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Somalis seize Kenyan print staff

Monday, November 9th 2009, 11:54
related countries: Somalia
related places: Mogadishu

Suspected Islamist gunmen kidnap two Kenyans working for a printing firm in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu.
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ICC seeking speedy Kenya trials

Saturday, November 7th 2009, 9:26

The ICC's top prosecutor says perpetrators of Kenya's post-poll violence could face trial as early as next July.
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ICC to investigate Kenya violence

Thursday, November 5th 2009, 10:59

The ICC chief prosecutor says he will request ICC judges to open an investigation into Kenya's post-election clashes.
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Ocampo presses Kenya for justice

Thursday, November 5th 2009, 9:39

The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor is in Kenya for talks on how to bring to justice those behind post-poll violence.
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Kenya to launch homosexual census

Thursday, October 29th 2009, 11:38

Kenya will carry out a census of the gay population - controversial because homosexuality is illegal in the country.
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Somalis get first-ever debit card

Wednesday, October 28th 2009, 17:09
related countries: Djibouti, Somalia

A finance firm launches Somalia's first debit card, hoping to roll it out from Djibouti to Kenya for Somalis displaced by civil war.
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US bans senior Kenyan official

Monday, October 26th 2009, 17:49
related countries: United States

The US imposes a travel ban on a Kenyan official, amid concerns over a failure to look into post-election violence.
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US bans senior Kenyan official

Monday, October 26th 2009, 13:01
related countries: United States

The US imposes a travel ban on a senior Kenyan official for obstructing anti-corruption efforts.
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Arrests over Kenya tourist deaths

Sunday, October 25th 2009, 23:31
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: Mombasa

Two people have been arrested over the deaths of a British couple on holiday in Mombasa, Kenyan police say.
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Mungiki sect head freed in Kenya

Friday, October 23rd 2009, 16:24

Crowds welcome the release from prison of a notorious gang leader in Kenya after murder charges against him are dropped.
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Convicted Kenya aristocrat freed

Friday, October 23rd 2009, 11:16

A white Kenyan aristocrat convicted of manslaughter is freed from jail five months into an eight-month sentence.
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British torture in Kenya alleged

Thursday, October 22nd 2009, 17:24
related countries: United Kingdom

Evidence alleging UK government authorisation of torture during Kenya's independence struggle is revealed in a compensation claim.
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Kenyan efforts to rescue trapped

Tuesday, October 20th 2009, 9:05
related places: Nairobi

Rescue efforts continue after a multi-story building collapses in Kenya, killing three people and trapping 20 others.
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Kenya cracks down on illegal guns

Monday, October 12th 2009, 14:27

Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki tells security forces to crack down on illicit firearms as part of a national disarmament exercise.
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Kenya warned over Somali 'troops'

Monday, October 12th 2009, 10:24
related countries: Somalia

Somalia's main Islamist group accuses Kenya of recruiting soldiers to fight against it, and threatens to retaliate.
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Annan backs Kenya riot tribunals

Wednesday, October 7th 2009, 21:06

Former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan says the leaders of Kenya's post-election violence in 2008 should face trial.
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Kenyans 'rearming for 2012 poll'

Wednesday, October 7th 2009, 11:05

Rival Kenyan ethnic groups, who fought after a 2007 election, are rearming for the next vote due in 2012, a BBC investigation finds.
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